Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Smell But Were Afraid To Ask
Joseph 'Jofish' Kaye
Tue Jan 16 thru Fri Jan 19, 10:30am-01:00pm, E15-335
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
An overview of social, neurological, physiological, and informational qualities of smell. Topics include How We Smell, How to Make Smells, Smell & Learning, Smell & Sleep, Smell & Sex, The Rise of Perfumery, Plague, Disease & Smell, Smell in Films, Literature, and Computers including Sensorama, Smell-o-Vision and Aromarama, and my current research on 'smicons': smell as an abstract icon.
Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/~jofish/projects/smellcourse/
Contact: Joseph 'Jofish' Kaye, E15-468, jofish@media.mit.edu
|
I Wanna be a Borg
Rich DeVaul
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
So do you:
- Want to see the next step in ultra mobile computing?
- Want to know what a MIThril is?
- Want to give input into what your computer will look like in 3-5 years?
Wanna be a Borg?
Stop by the Borg Lab (E15-368) at the Media Lab for one or all of these sessions!
Contact: Rich DeVaul, E15-368, 253-0366, rich@media.mit.edu
Intro to Wearable Computing
Rich DeVaul
General overview of what a wearable is and what it will be.
Wed Jan 31, 01-01:45pm, E15-368
Wearables - A Short History of Applications
Brad and Ryan
What applications have been created for wearables up till now.
Wed Jan 31, 01:45-02:15pm, E15-368
Wearable Technology show-and-tell
Steve and the Borglab Crew
Come and see what has been done and what we're working on now.
Wed Jan 31, 02:15-03:00pm, E15-368
Intro to Context Awareness and Wearable Applications
Rich DeVaul and Thad Starner
Find out about context aware computing in a wearable platform from two of the leaders in the wearable community.
Thu Feb 1, 01-01:45pm, E15-368
ML Researchers Short Discussion of Applications
Various
Come hear about the exciting and cutting edge projects that some of the other leaders in the wearable community are working on.
Thu Feb 1, 01:45-02:15pm, E15-368
Thad's Stuff
Thad Starner
Come hear the creator of the Lizzy speak about wearables and where they are going.
Thu Feb 1, 02:15-03:00pm, E15-368
MIThril and the Future of Wearable Computing
Rich DeVaul
Come hear the head of the Media Lab's wearables group talk about the current project, MIThril, in addition to the future of wearable computing.
Fri Feb 2, 01-01:45pm, E15-368
The Market for Wearable Computers
Michael Parduhn
A talk about how wearable computers can move out of the lab and into the home and business of the average Joe.
Fri Feb 2, 01:45-02:15pm, E15-368
Brainstorming Session: Provide Input into what a Wearable should be
Borglab Crew
Give us your ideas on what a wearable should look like and what it should do!
Fri Feb 2, 02:15-03:00pm, E15-368
|
Laser Pointer Holography
Elroy L. Pearson
Wed Jan 10, 02-06:00pm, E15-054
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: desire for an interesting challenge
Amaze and dazzle your friends with holograms made from a simple laser pointer in your own home! Learn the basics of holography and see how to make your own holography setup.
Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/~elroyp/lph/lph.html
Contact: Elroy L. Pearson, E15-420c, x3-5232, elroyp@media.mit.edu
|
Pet Projects
Irene Pepperberg
Thu Jan 11, 02-04:00pm, E15-335
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
Children's toys are now often computerized; let's do the same for pets. Come and brainstorm: last year's projects included InterPet Explorer (Web browser for parrots), and a Cat Bat 'Bot... Maybe a spring UROP project can be based on your ideas.
Contact: Joan Wood, E15-331, x3-8337, jwood@media.mit.edu
|
Technology and Competitive Strategy
Joseph Jacobson, Associate Professor, MIT , Brian Silverman, Assistant Professsor, HBS
Thu Jan 11, 18, Tue Jan 23, 30, 03-06:00pm, E15, Bartos, continues into spring semester
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2001
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Two paragraph application due by 1/11/01.
Technology and Competitive Strategy deals with the strategic issues posed by emerging new technologies and future technologies now just in the lab. Students will come from both HBS MBA students and graduate students from MIT.
There will be four sections: Logic, Chips and Computation; Biotechnology; Patents and University Developed Research; and Communications and Developing Nations. There will be an overview of the most important future technologies followed by a set of case studies. Each unit culminates in a group project consisting of teams from HBS and MIT geared towards future developments in each of these areas. In addition there will be a final project.
A 2-paragraph statement detailing your reasons for wanting to take the course along with technical background, skill set, and accomplishments is required by 1/11/01 to: TCS@media.mit.edu. Admission will be decided, in part, on the basis of your application. We will attempt to choose a mix of people spread across the areas of emphasis of the course.
Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/tcs
Contact: Murray Whitehead, E15-435, x3-0905, tcs@media.mit.edu
|
|
