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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  If you're a regular on /r/technology, you might have seen Project ... -of-the-art computer vision algorithms on every image you see while browsing the web. The ... trapped within an image. You can see it in action on the Project Naptha

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  of being in the Navy, when push comes to shove I knew that the guys on the other side of the court were definitely on our team. We are a group ... can always count on air support, and nobody is going put forth less than

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  campus on Monday and spent two hours at events for undergraduates 2. Iqbal ... on Monday about the importance of small farms 4. Brigitte Madrian ... few weeks ago on the ways form logistics affect retirement savings Read

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars ... here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it focuses on using technology to solve problems in developing nations. We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  break thing. All of the dorms were like "oh we go on these awesome trips ... value of the study break a couple of weeks ago when I was working on this ... move on to the next. I took one look at the question and just burst out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  : there are four pads on the ground, each corresponding to an arrow ... , and the player’s job is to step on the pads at the same time that the corresponding arrows reach the top of the screen; you get points based on how well

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  and great. The week started off on August 18th when us counselors met up in our room on the fourth floor of the Student Center. The freshman arrived on the 21st, so that gave us around three days to do all the prep

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... -ray facility at Mount Auburn Hospital. Junior year: the incident on the New ... were on crutches for weeks, thanks to a broken big toe. Senior year

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  my eye on the most is ice climbing. If you want the technical ... sheet deep enough for you to support yourself on, and kicking spikes on your feet into that same ice sheet to stand on. Climbing is a motion

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  After a busy CPW weekend, I was driving home on the Mass Pike basking ... and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the guest was Sherry Turkle who directs the MIT Initiative on Technology and

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  SPECIAL DOUBLE BONUS ENTRY!! I didn't actually write this entry on Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled ... really cool article. Then on midnight of the 12th day of the festival, a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  , filling my body like helium. All the energy would leave me and I'd lie on my ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a ... weekends with things to do and meetings to go to. SIPB on Mondays, Squares on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  website that I've been working on a lot since school got cancelled just ... , and current research projects that you can check out. I also cheated on the Admissions blogs and collaborated on a very official and detailed

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  : The weather on campus turned beauuuutiful this week (just in time for ... lovely springy pictures. This was drawn on one of the public use blackboards in Stata! (If you haven't seen it, more background on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each ... , depending on the time of my earliest class on a given day, I have three to ... id="attachment_41207" align="aligncenter" width="550"] sunny morning on

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  post update on the upcoming HackMIT!   --   Hey there~! We’re Shannon P. ‘20 and Jierui F. ‘20, and we’re on the HackMIT organizing team ... MIT, check out our stories on Medium!) Hackers arriving on campus at Hack

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  downtime on December 31st, it seems that most students were able to ... moment! To submit Parts 1 and 2, log in to your account on MyMIT. You can ... application materials, and are waiting for it to appear on your My

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  first set foot on MIT's campus as an innocent, doe-eyed freshman over a ...  recently pointed out. On day one of FAP, I was greeted by a bunch of hyperactive ... my cohorts and I were escorted to the FAP lair on the fourth floor of

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  keep working on those puzzles that Snively and Brian posted—we still don ... hunting remotely, instead of from on campus. Smaller teams can coordinate by ... to keep track of who's working on which puzzle, where they are, how

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  action telethon! 54 MIT students total came to chill out and check up on ... , during which Christina and I called our parents to congratulate them on ... , and I'd like to congratulate you on your acceptance! That's right! I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007