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  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  objects onto the real world. And it's pretty freaking cool. I've been following augmented reality and virtual reality closely since the beginning of ... Earth floating in the room, spinning it around and stopping it to look at

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

  jr fall classes &c

  

  .33 - Research and Communication in Economics a sort of pre-thesis class, where we ... stay focused and not let work from this class pile up, because the work is heavily concentrated in two assignments (a small project and a final

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

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

  

  on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the ... took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help and support that so many people provided in order to make this the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  It's Career Fair season, and that means hundreds of companies are ... , and oddly-formatted emails.  I've been reading a lot of job descriptions lately, and I've noticed that recruiters regularly provide "success

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  and Chris Peterson here -- On the Conservation of Frosh by Rachel D. ‘16 ... friendly upperclassman will help you compare and contrast. Even if you know ... friend. Ask the names and experiences of older students and peers. No

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... weather - only inadequate clothing." Sure, cold weather is cold (duh), and ... learn to love winter (I do!) and its beauty: ^ I visited Ouray, CO over

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving break with my parents and my favorite sister (she’s kind of my only sister ... , the room empty, and my roommates still gone. The glare of my laptop

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  years ago. MIT has its times of incredible stress and it's during those ... I struggled with the most. When you're in classes all day and doing psets all night it becomes much too easy to skip meals and rely on fast

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  late at night after watching a couple episodes of my favorite TV show and curling up with a cup of tea, I sometimes like to just sit around and ... like GEL, you’ll do reflections a lot, and it might take a while to

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  , and a rhetorical question. If I asked you what the meaning of life was, you could answer in a multitude of ways and I wouldn’t be able to say ... scientific, social, and economic approaches to addressing them, keeping

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  awesome people I'm meeting (and delicious food I'm eating) next week. But ... respect, understand, and integrate the importance of social production and ... , and especially on Facebook, across a variety of groups maintained not by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  , you have my permission to put down your AP study books and take a look ... a bridge out of paper, paper clips, and pencils under tight time ... while building a paper bridge on time, within their materials budget, and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  officers here, I'm known as the girl who draws things during class and has a ... of being back and Matt McGann and Chris Peterson have already called me "quirky and special" - translation: "why'd we hired this creeper?"). But

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  . And I do mean very warm. My bike has been sitting out with one handlebar in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work ... pictures!) in the next week or so. and last, but definitely not least, 3

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  barefoot and promptly tripped over a friend's size 12 shoe. I ended up ... ), a white polo, and waterproof boots and help those in pain, instead of ... points, and bandage wounds. Not that I'm amazingly brilliant at those

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  major number starting from the top and going clockwise. Taken from here ... ; Engineering (founded as Geology and Mining; Geology is now a part of Course 12 ... (founded as Building and Architecture) Course 5: Chemistry (founded as

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... “jock-y” than I expected. So many students play varsity sports, and discussions about various practices and games span classroom chatter and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  Well here are a whole bunch of interesting things, and I'm just going ... me, and I really don't think that sending an addendum to my application ... going to MIT that I just looked at the envelope and went, "Oh, that was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  reports that the snowman's head had indeed been removed and destroyed in a ... dispatched to the snowman to assess the damage and administer any treatments ... gave it a ceremonial sending off in the moat and sought a replacement. A

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  what we call soccer. And to Europe, it's been the focus of everyone ... only happens every 4 years). Only one country emerged victorious. And ... him and his family to watch the game. On my way to meet them, I passed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008