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• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  , 1 Megapixel." The plan is to initially roll out the computers in a little over a year to six large nations. Negroponte has identified China ... I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MIT faculty and students to connect with research and innovation in ... . MIT's primary international program, MISTI is a pioneer in applied ... , universities, research institutes and NGOs around the world. In addition to Chile

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  studying in France. We've been trying to chat all week, but the 6 hour time ... to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of ... all time. Go read his archives. Seriously. Friday, 16:55 In response to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  "the child of a Foxconn line operator in China." But according to Forbes ... that doesn't have to worry about cultivating diverse perspectives in a ... the child of a well-to-do family in Beijing, by offering them a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  group going out to a club in Boston, or hundreds of people in a fraternity ... The fifth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st ... in this situation, MIT Admissions is willing to give an extension on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  ). My interests in clean tech are pretty broad, so I was fortunate to find ... you get to know  Now I’m in a big city. I don’t go out into Boston as ... writing this at a cafe in Brookline that my friend and I walked to in the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... exams. In a word, sophomore standing isn't very difficult to get, if that ... 's a GIR) course in that department. I wanted to wait a little before

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  ’t get off at MIT. I love living in a city, and I love being able to ... Jebby in a shakey Red Line compartment as Sara struggled to start a ... in Arkansas was an old-fashioned tram system in Little Rock, and a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  measures in the Executive Order as a reasonable path to make the country ... in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  raise no shame."]to answering lots of questions,[/annotation] even in a ... ? Is there a way to view vector and matrix values at each point in a deep ... Ava's ability to teach these topics to such a broad audience (in person

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with ... Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria ... -minded noises in response while working on a short story that looked funnily

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  there is no one in the shop, they'll still find something "productive" to ... conducted in the Buddhist fashion, with a monk chanting sutras to accompany ... arranged by MIT. This IAP, I decided to follow the same format and seek out a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... question that ends in a consonant. You will answer "Yes" to every question that ends in a vowel. You will answer "Maybe" to every question that ends

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  , though, it can be a harder question to answer. Our profession requires no ... to a lay audience. I don't operate heavy machinery or conduct ... able to transfer my experience judging people in admissions to judging

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  happens - you try to push the cart in a straight line, but at the slightest ... cart hits a bump in the road and tilts to the left slightly, because that ... there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  my degree in Management Science). Famous architects like Holl get to ... completely new cities in China. Holl has begun talking about Simmons Hall ... what this crazy building looks like. Holl, in answering a question, talks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  prototypes (a.k.a. parents). I was in attendance to take pictures of food- I ... , residents are required to pay $300 per semester for a 50% discount in any of ... through a wooden door, which is why I chose to live in one of the non

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  "]accelerometers[/annotation] in a digital setting, and how to break large, complex systems into ... intense – in addition to simulating our designs in software, almost ... , but it has also been one of the most rewarding. In just a few short

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  ." On a final note, if you're in Cambridge and want to see a building that ... its eco-friendliness. In addition to photovoltaic panels, the building ... , rainwater is stored and used to water the garden, wastewater is treated in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  helped a student who wanted to make a difference in his community write and direct a play to combat drug and violence in his neighborhood. I learned ... One of the things that I try to do here is to write a little bit

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009