Charles Lindbergh: Full Biography
This Biography Channel full length video explores the triumphs and tragedies of Charles Lindbergh, including a look at the kidnapping and murder of his son, as well as his questionable politics prior to America's entry into WWII. Pilot, inventor, writer, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan. Lindbergh became famous for making the first solo transatlantic airplane flight in 1927. (47:19)
Fulton Steamboat Engine
This is a quick recording of an animated scale model of a steam engine, drive train, and paddlewheels from Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat. Filmed at Cabin Fever Expo 2011. (00:30)
15.031J Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies (MIT)
This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments through a number of frameworks to describe and explain behavior at various levels of aggregation. Examples include a wide range of countries, scope, settings, and analytical approaches. This course is one of many OCW Energy Courses, and it is a core subject in MIT's undergraduate Energy Studies Minor. This Institute-wide program complements the deep expertise obtained in an
All about speed: Corvette at 60 resurrects the Stingray
Chevrolet introduced its latest Corvette at the North American International Auto Show. Reuters' Paul Ingrassia breaks down the highlights of the new model and delves into the legendary sports car's rich history.
SuperUROP project titled: Image De-blurring Despite JPEG Artifacts, presented by SuperUROP student A MIT EECS - Qualcomm Undergraduate Researdch and Innovation Scholar Aakanksha Sarda presented her SuperUROP project titled "Image De-blurring Despite JPEG Artifacts" at the DEc. 6, 2012 SuperUROP poster session in the MIT Grier Room, 34-401. Aakansha Sarda's advisor is EECS professor Fredo Durand.
Research methods: Visual data in ethnographic research
This resource is part of "Research methods" module. This module is designed primarily for students taking sport-related courses, but knowledge and use of research methods is widely shared across a range of social science disciplines, so students from any other such discipline should find this useful too. It is important to focus on methods, almost to the exclusion of any actual content, at least until you find your bearings. Thus although there are important differences between them students of
Premium Vehicle Customer Interface Technologies Centre of Excellence
PVCIT (Premium Vehicle Customer Interface Technologies) is a Centre of Excellence part funded by Advantage West Midlands (AWM) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to provide support to industry based within the region.
Jonathan Perry Recorded 10/11/12
Overview of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Hollie Hancock, MS, describes the classic concept known as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. She distinguishes the basic needs that all people need to be met and explains the higher needs that appear once those have been fulfilled. (3:45)
60 Seconds With.......Professor Clare Kelliher - Employee Engagement
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Seeing the heart in 4D
Using a combination of x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound, cardiologists can now build virtual three and four dimensional models of the interiors of patients' hearts. Cardiologists Dr Antonis Pantazis and Dr Mike Mullen (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) talk about heart imaging technology and the changes it is making to surgery, and to the lives of one patient in particular, George Adonis.
Further information:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jro/jro-news/news071212-01
Powers, Roots, and Equal Temperament
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
A review of roots and powers for the music student who wishes to understand frequency relationships in equal temperament.
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Introduction to the Windows Azure Media Player Framework for iOS | Windows Azure Media Services Tuto Use this framework to build native iOS video applications that can consume secure Http Live Streaming (HLS) content from Windows Azure Media Services. Typically, developers will use this framework to easily integrate client-side advertisements into their applications, but there are other applications as well. Future work includes support for various advertisement standards, such as VAST 3.0 and VMAP 1.0. For more information, please visit Author(s):
MuniLand: High-yield muni bonds still an attractive buy
Jan 18 - Invesco senior portfolio manager Mark Paris says the widening spreads in the high-yield municipal bond space, low issuance and less defaults make for a very attractive purchase for investors in 2013.
How to Port iOS apps to Windows Store apps This session talks about how to port iOS apps to Windows Store apps with mapping relations between iOS and Windows Store apps. We'll cover programming architectures, design principles, UI controls, application lifecycles, and data storage. After this course, you'll know the difference between these two platforms, and the best replacement when you port a certain feature to Windows Store apps.
Social marketing and public health with Change4Life
Podcast looking at the way in which public health campaigns, in particular the Change4Life campaign are marketed. By Kevin Chan, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Green Gown Award for sustainability in teaching and learning
The University of Nottingham was highly commended in the learning skills category at the Green Gown Awards 2012. Watch this video to find out more.
Promoting Positive Development Among Youth
The focus this semester will be a discussion and analysis of national, and in particular, international perspectives on promoting positive development through youth participation in, and leadership of, civil society. The course will present the work of scholars and practitioners who have pursued (a) the building of civil society through the strategy of youth civic engagment and the fostering of healthy individual development; and (b) the promotion of positive development through engaging youth i
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
This course teaches the basic skills needed to critique the medical literature by providing a fundamental understanding of epidemiology and biostatistics. One highlight of the course is the Small Group Session. The small group format provides one with an excellent opportunity to closely interact with a faculty member by enhancing the concepts taught in the lectures and clarifying questions concerning the lecture material.
Middle School Portal: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2)
This virtual manipulative with an interactive three-circle Venn diagram can be used to model set operations for union, intersection, and subset. For each statement, the student uses an onscreen paint function to find and highlight the region that is the solution. The student can click a button to find out if his or her solution is correct. In addition to the manipulative, there are 13 progressively more difficult logic statements to challenge the student. Instructions for use and a link to the N
