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  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  Augmented reality is technology that enables you to overlay digital objects onto the real world. And it’s pretty freaking cool. I’ve been following augmented reality and virtual reality closely since…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  On Jan 3rd, Forbes published their annual list of the 30 Under 30 of 2017. For six years now, Forbes has put out lists of the top 30 innovators under…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  of: both own fancy hats....)     p.s. my patronus is a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  . (P.S. Even if you’re not legally an adult, you cannot use “LOL I’m not

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  Cue Monday afternoon. I’m hungry because I decided to not spend money for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin’ through the Stata Center, when out…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I look at the clock – it’s 5 am. I started working at 3 pm. What just happened? No pset, no exam, no looming deadline. I spent the past 14…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  Huawei P7. Huawei is a smartphone brand that sells widely in Africa and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  each problem in the p-set and still have to “collaborate” (ie. mooch) off

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  on 3/14 around 2 p.m. I found out I got into MIT. And now, after all

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  Mass Innovation Nights is a monthly product launch party for local Boston entrepreneurs. Each one is held in a different place, with this one (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn’s new headquarters…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  Matt Damon? The actor? I thought MIT Commencement speakers were always famous alumni. How did he become this year’s speaker? It sounds like I’m being harsh, but I wasn’t the…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  . Tuesdays used to be a glorious time. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Gates lobby

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  “The Social Enterprise Conference brings together top leaders, practitioners, and students passionate about social enterprise. In our 17th year, the conference’s content focused on the untold truths of Social Enterprise…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  The following is a guest entry by Patrick L. ’17 Just before 9 pm on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the puzzle in private dining.…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  semester is starting to heat up and being off P/NR is mildly terrifying. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  Opportunities abound for student entrepreneurs amongst the MIT community. Today I’d like to take a look at Dorm Room Fund, a venture fund run by students for students. At DRF,…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  either a P - “Pass” (!) or a DN - D, but not recorded or an FN - F

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  cheered. Hugs followed. Solar Car Captain P. ‘17 presented me with a very

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  That you vote most certainly does! The following is a guest entry by Cody C. ’14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that I have heard almost…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  that?!?! ***P.S. Big thanks to Ceri for letting me use the pictures I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015