Computer Refurbishing, AM Session
Henry Wu
Sat Jan 26, 10am-12:00pm, 50-305
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Have you ever wondered what's inside your computer? Do you want to learn how to rebuild an old computer? This two-hour class will let you take apart old computers, look inside, and learn about how the parts fit together. You should be able to refurbish your own computer by the end of this class. Also, you will receive information about the MIT Used Computer Factory, and how your volunteering could help bridge the Digital Divide. This class is aimed toward beginners. Sponsored by the MIT Public Service Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Contact: Henry Wu, 4-104, x3-0742, ucf-staff@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Computer Refurbishing, PM Session
Henry Wu
Sat Jan 26, 01-03:00pm, 50-305
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Have you ever wondered what's inside your computer? Do you want to learn how to rebuild an old computer? This two-hour class will let you take apart old computers, look inside, and learn about how the parts fit together. You should be able to refurbish your own computer by the end of this class. Also, you will receive information about the MIT Used Computer Factory, and how your volunteering could help bridge the Digital Divide. This class is aimed toward beginners. Sponsored by the MIT Public Service Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Contact: Henry Wu, 4-104, x3-0742, ucf-staff@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Fun with Robots
Joseph Okor, Zandile Williams
Tue Jan 15, 04-05:00pm, 2-136, Overview of activity
Wed Jan 16, 04-05:00pm, 2-136, Hardware
Thu Jan 17, Fri Jan 18, 04-05:00pm, 2-136, Programming
Mon, Wed-Fri, Jan 21, 23-25, 04-05:00pm, 2-136, Play
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
One time or other, we have all been curious about robots. Most people do not participate in robotics because the perception is that robotics is hard and as such you have to be either a nerd or a geek to participate.
We have developed 3 easy to use robots - Speedy, Kicker and Roamer - that make robotics accessible to almost anybody.
In this course, you learn to program Speedy to race against other Speedys, form a team of up to 3 Kickers to play ball against other teams of Kickers, and if you are adventurous, build task specific attachments to Roamer.
This activity combines the fun and excitement of 6.185, 6,186 and 6.187 without the hard work and time commitment., .
Web: http://iap2008xfb.ayotsu.com/
Contact: Joseph Okor, (617) 639-3097, jkokor@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Zandile T Williams, BAKER-HOUSE # 331, 617 225-7331, zandile@mit.edu
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IS&T Adaptive Technology Open House
Mary Ziegler, Kathy Cahill
Wed Jan 30, 01-03:00pm, 7-143
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The IS&T ATIC (Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing) Lab Open House showcases the latest adaptive technologies for persons with disabilities. This year, we plan to highlight magnification devices, braille embossing, accessibility features in Mac OS, and alternative keyboard and pointing devices. To see the scope of the technologies and services offered by ATIC, please see http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/adaptive For specific quesitons or more informaiton, please contact us at atic@mit.edu or 617-253-7808
Contact: Mary Ziegler, 7-143, x8-9328, maryz@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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IT Overview and Data Center tours
Anne Silvester
Thu Jan 24, 01-02:30pm, TBA
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Jan-2008
Limited to 50 participants.
Single session event
Information Systems and Technology will provide an overview on MITnet services and a tour of the recently renovated W91 and W92 Data centers. W91's tour will include an overview for Co-location services.
The tour will start at 1:00 at W92 in the Back Bay conference room.
Contact: dost@mit.edu
Contact: Mike Mullett, W91-107, 253-7049, mmullett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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MITnet: The MIT Campus Computer Network – A look behind the scenes
Jeffrey I. Schiller
Wed Jan 16, 01-04:00pm, 3-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MITnet is MIT’s campus computer network. Both wired and wireless it all runs on the Internet Protocol. This talk will concentrate on how the Internet Protocol works and how it provides the basic services that underly e-mail, web browsing and all of the other things we do with the Internet. Specifically we will talk about the Internet Protocol itself, routing – how data is sent across different network segments to get to its ultimate destination and auxiliary protocols such as Dynamic Host Configuration (DHCP) which is used to assign a network address to each computer.
Contact: Jeffrey I. Schiller, W92-190, x3-0161, jis@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Rhinoscripting Workshop
John Snavely, Matthew Trimble
Thu Jan 17, Fri Jan 18, Tue Jan 22, Wed Jan 23, Thu Jan 24, 10am-05:00pm, 9-250
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Dec-2007
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Experience in Rhinoseros preferred, but not required
Fee: for TBD; Based on use of RPL and zcorp printer
An introduction to Rhinoscripting. The topic of the workshop will be three-dimensional tesselation, exploring hedral and packing patterns as well as their structural, formal and programmatic implications. Since this IAP
course will follow a workshop format, the schedule will therefore be
structured as a short lecture period covering Rhinoscript basics
accompanied by group led research on the topic. This will be a
collaborative design charette.
This workshop is open source. All materials, images, and scripts will
be published on http://rhinoscripting.blogspot.com and available for
public download.
Contact: John Snavely, 7-337, x3-7387, snavely@mit.edu
Sponsor: Architecture
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The Greening of IT at MIT
Laxmi Rao, Taeminn Song, Jonathan Hunt
Thu Jan 24, 12-02:00pm, 26-302
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT has over 20,000 networked personal computers supporting education, research and administrative activities on campus. In support of the MIT Energy Initiative for campus energy use, IS&T has developed near-term guidelines for personal computer energy saving actions you can take on campus and at home. Join us to learn how we can save 8 million kWh annually. We will discuss other IT energy saving activities including data center design and hope to learn of other ideas you may have to offer.
Contact: Laxmi Rao, N42-040f, 452-2333, Lrao@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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