Build a Geodesic Dome!
Debora Lui
Sun Jan 11, 01-04:00pm, MIT Museum
Mon Jan 26, 10am-02:00pm, Lobby 13
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 26-Jan-2009
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor, and visionary Buckminster Fuller was at MIT in 1950 when he built the world’s second full-size geodesic dome – a lightweight prefabricated shelter designed for a family of six. Join the MIT Museum in building another version of this structure out of everyday materials by transforming a stack of papers and some bolts into an (almost) inhabitable structure.
Help us build a not-so-small version of this structure at the MIT Museum on Sun, Jan 11 or contribute to building a larger dome in Lobby 13 on Mon, Jan 26.
Whether you’re a civil engineering whiz or a novice at building structures, we welcome you to join us. Please pre-register (just so we have a headcount) for either building session. You can stay all day or just for half an hour. See you then!
Web: http://museum.mit.edu
Contact: Debora Lui, N52-218B, x3-0528, dlui@mit.edu
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Do-It-Yourself Biology - Soap Box @ MIT Museum
Jon Markowitz Bijur
Wed Jan 14, 06-07:30pm, MIT Museum
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prof. Natalie Kuldell and Reshma Shetty PhD '08 are at the forefront of new tools in biological engineering that allow interested researchers of all backgrounds to build custom bacteria and other simple organisms from off the shelf technologies and biological building blocks. Come discuss where this exploding field is heading and what it means for biology education, medical research, biofuels, and the invention of industrial processes for the 21st century. Free admission with light refreshments.
Soap Box, held at the MIT Museum, is a series of salon-style, early-evening conversations with scientists and engineers who are making the news that really matters. Soap Box is a public forum for debate about important ideas and issues in science and technology.
Web: http://museum.mit.edu
Contact: Jon Markowitz Bijur, N52-218B, x3-9607, jbijur@mit.edu
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Drafting Lines Plans from N. G. Herreshoff’s Designs
Kurt Hasselbalch, Captain Will Sofrin
Tue Jan 20 thru Fri Jan 23, 10am-03:30pm, N51-160
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Jan-2009
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
This course in drafting practice teaches a traditional method of creating lines plans. We will use historic design data by N. G. Herrshoff from the Hart Nautical Collections – MIT Museum. NGH graduated from MIT in 1870 and is still considered the worlds greatest yacht designer. You will learn how to translate Herreshoff’s original hull offsets (numerical XYZ hull shape) into a lines plan you keep. Since Herreshoff built boats directly from his offsets, taken from half-hull models (without producing lines plans), you will be creating lines of famous designs that have never been drawn. An in depth tour of the amazing Hart Nautical design collections is part of this course. The instructor is a professional draftsman and graduate of the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, RI.
Contact: Kurt Hasselbalch, N52-2nd Flr., x3-5942, kurt@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Architecture
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Exploring the Hidden Gems of the MIT Museum
Debora Lui
Thu Jan 15, 10:30am-12:00pm, MIT Museum
Fri Jan 23, 02-03:30pm, MIT Museum
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 10 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
So you think you know MIT's basements? Come check out one of the most interesting dark corners of the Institute with curators from the MIT Museum. Since 1971, the museum has amassed more than a million artifacts from an urn that dates to the 7th century BCE to a computer from the One Laptop Per Child project. Like an iceberg only a tiny percent of these items are on display at any one time but we'll show you some of the hidden gems including giant slide rules, a pair of chomping dentures that measure food texture, a piece of the first coaxial cable, one of the few remaining models of the World Trade Center towers, a row of the original 10-250 lecture hall seats and much, much, more. Bring your curiosity and comfortable shoes! Enrollment is limited to 10 people per tour. Please pre-register using contact below.
Web: http://museum.mit.edu
Contact: Debora Lui, N52-218B, x3-0528, dlui@mit.edu
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SumoBot Competition
Debora Lui
Wed Jan 28, 10am-05:00pm, MIT Museum
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 60 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Want to play with robots this IAP but not ready or too busy to commit to 6.270? Then come to the MIT Museum to create a SumoBot! Using the Lego Mindstorm NXT and NXT-G programming environment, teams will work together for one day to create their ultimate fighting machine. Whether you’re a literature major or an electrical engineer, we guarantee that you’ll have a lot to do and tons of fun doing it. Join us on either January 28 to build a robot and compete for special prizes!
Please pre-register for this competition using the contact below. You may either register with a team (of 2-5) or as an individual to be matched to a team at the competition. Enrollment is limited to 12 teams.
Contact: Debora Lui, N52-218B, x3-0528, dlui@mit.edu
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