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Lectures tagged "engineering"

Eternally Green: Natural Burial and New Cemetery Landscapes

February 13, 2010

Environmental journalist Mark Harris presents a history of the changes in American burial practices, from natural burials in the 17th and early 18th century, to the beginning of the funeral industry during the Civil War, to today's modern funeral with embalming (and its toxic chemicals), metal caske

Jaron Lanier: You Are Not a Gadget

January 13, 2010

Computer scientist Jaron Lanier discusses his new book, You Are Not a Gadget. Jaron Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary since the 1980s, was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture.

Conor James Walsh: Robotical Surgical Aids

Conor James Walsh

October 7, 2005

Conor James Walsh's discusses his objective at MIT to develop practical engineering technologies that assist humanity directly, including high-tech medical devices for doctors to improve patient care, assistive devices that augment the physical ability of humans, and low-tech solutions to problems i

Nanotechnology: The Next Small Thing?

Nancy A. Burnham

January 21, 2004

Nancy A. Burnham, W. Grant McGimpsey, and William Durgin discuss consumer products that take advantage of the possibilities of nanotechnology, and what we can expect to see on the market in the near future.