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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool ... to using heavy machinery, there was a lot of "station work" where ... ) I ended up with . . . I like to call it a spastic spider bot, even

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  attempt to make a robot that imitates humanlike walking as much as possible, the researchers in the Seung Lab designed a robot that learns how to ... are equipped with muscles that they need to walk, all they need is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  a few minutes to spare (on MIT time). T-6 mins before exam begins. 11 ... .01. Can’t figure out a part of a part of a problem. Noooooo. Time to go to ... convenietnly opened up. Would love to take a nap, but it’s time to discuss

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  known before. I move to attack a Simmons resident. As he swings his pool ... try to stand, but the second I bend my left leg a horrible pain shoots ... new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  our solar system, and getting a broad introduction to the universe using ... and very special. But I want to start by introducing a class that isn ... went to a Burchard Scholars reception, where I identified Prof. Bahr by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  things through her. Things like hacks :) It was a matter of some dismay to ... . MIT Hackers did a little to welcome the Dome back to the world of sight: (All Hack Photo Credit to Eric Schmiedl) Yup, that's a bandaid. Our

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  Bonus: 3.091 (Solid-State Chemistry) class has a weekly meme contest. Because I'm a try hard and didn't know how to make proper memes, I drew a ... 'm going to spew it here onto the internet.

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  -before" craziness today, I thought I'd take a little break to relax and write a shameless plug for the event I'm running! You all should definitely come to ... to the online CPW schedule entry There are going to be 8 really

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  had the idea to measure me again. I had grown a quarter of an inch in a ... far less time than working a 9-to-5 job. We tend to say this to each ... , but during most of the semester, it’s a fight to floss my teeth every

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  . From interactive climbing to portable AEDs, I felt that all the products ... to know, this is a really great blog post), I wanted to give a recap of ... message to a master controller which relays that signal to a motor

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  Weekend, but to start your academic and life voyage as a freshman this fall ... to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home ... to MIT. You’d just be hanging out for a few more months to get a better

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  to be included I have created a very simple equation: LΔ or Learning ... ) Learning = to acquire knowledge or skills and (Δ) Delta = a change in some ... factors that help to give a clear understanding of what you have learned

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT ... grabbed a program to read while waiting for the lecture to begin. That ... year's Killian Award and the person scheduled to teach us "What is a gene

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  to you with a postcard letting you know we have received your reply ... Director of Admissions to Associate Director of Admissions (yes, this is a ... to get more folks to watch it, since the director/producer is a friend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  regular term classes has officially come to an end. My glasses could use a ... a sports car because I'd jump to the end of a problem instead of being ... immediate peers at home had gone on to university, and a spread of gap years

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... else’s head. You get to experience what they experience–the fear during a ... experiences, though. It means you get to be that person for a little bit. You

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  "institutional memory" a lot. it refers to the knowledge that's shared between the ... officer forgets to transfer a mailing list. i've seen some success with ... transfer, and it's easy to forget something small, like transferring a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero ... like she's going to cough up a kidney or something every time I see her ... decided to take a few hours of desk service to lighten Erica's load. During

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  the decisions people have to make and weigh when joining a sorority.) Now that that's all said, I think it's also a good time to announce a ... all the ways I've hyped up Random, only to leave it. I got a message

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  indestructible, and according to the Internet a solid development machine. It had ... -cancelling headphones that I'd gotten from a summer internship would not connect to my much older laptop. Or the time I went to a company info session and was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018