MAS.962 Special Topics: New Textiles (MIT)
This project-based course will explore the future of textiles, focusing particularly on blending rich crafting traditions with new technologies. Topics will include textile-based electronics, textile fabrication, algorithmic pattern design, and composites. We will experiment with a wide range of fibers, yarns, and fabrics including traditional materials like wool and cotton as well as metal fibers and yarns, fusible plastics, papers, and resins. We will also explore techniques like felting, lase
When Would a Bar Graph Best Be Used?
When Would a Bar Graph Best Be Used?. Part of the series: Math Lessons and Study Tips. A bar graph is best used when someone wants to compare two pieces of data. Use a bar graph to make data more accessible to people with help from an author and tutor.
The Berenstain Bears-Visit Fun Park-Part 1 of 2
The Berenstain Bears are beloved literary characters of many students and teachers. In this video the Berenstain family and friends receive free passes to Fun Park. Brother Bear brags about riding the big roller coaster, The Thunderbolt, but is not so sure once he sees the roller coaster. This is part one of two (5:47).
Ivory Coast unrest risks cocoa trade
Fears are growing that violence in the Ivory Coast could affect the world's top cocoa producer's production
Eastern Europe and the Balkans: what now?
After months of renewed celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, has a new malaise taken over? Are there any indicators of hope in the shadow of the unfinished project? Tim Judah is Balkans correspondent for The Economist. Nick Thorpe is Eastern Europe correspondent for the BBC.
The Photoshop Marquee Tool
The Photoshop Marquee Tool. Part of the series: Photoshop Toolbox Tips. There is almost nothing you can't do to a picture in Photoshop. Learn how to use the marquee tool in this free video clip (01:41).
A Roadmap for the Edge of the Internet
In the curious way of technological evolution, we first had computers that occupied entire rooms, watched them shrink to desktop, laptop and palm-sized devices, and now find ourselves coming full circle, and then some, Alan Benner reports. He tells this MIT class about warehouse-sized data centers, linking p
Rescue begins for 28 miners, China
Rescuers race against the clock to free 28 miners trapped by a flood in a coal mine in Sichuan province.
Anthony, Lawrence K. at sculpture dedication, September 19, 1977
This is the dedication of the sculpture that has come to be known as Campus Life." It was donated to the College of Mr. and Mrs. Downing Pryor. Some students help Mr. Anthony with the copper sculpture as part of a class experience. There aretwenty-four human figures and three dogs and two pigeons. The humans depicted include students, faculty, security office and a campus garderner.
American Revolution by Sesame Street Part 1
The Muppets teach about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. You could also use this vintage video to review rhyming schemes because the Muppets use words that rhyme with Quill.(4:17)
Planning your online class
Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/gFPzbN from the Learning to Teach Online project website.
This Learning to Teach Online http://bit.ly/d18ac5 episode explores some of the key considerations when planning your online or blended (face-to-face and online) class. It examines ...
Konzepte mittelalterlichen Selbstverständnisses
(4. Vorlesung vom 22.05.1995)
Eröffnung durch den Präsidenten der DMV Prof. Dr. Ziegler
Im Rahmen des 550-jährigen Universitätsjubiläums fand am 27.4 um 17:00 im Auditorium Maximum der Universität die Gauß-Vorlesung der DMV statt.
Nach einer historischen Einführung durch Herrn Prof. Dr. Dieter Wolke mit dem Titel "Freiburg und die Kreiszahl p" hielt Herr Prof. Dr. Don Zagier (MPI, Bonn und Collège de France, Paris) den Hauptvortrag zum Thema "Zahlentheorie und die Kreiszahl p".
Diese faszinierende Thematik knüpft an das 125. Jubiläum des Beweises der Unmöglichkeit einer
Video Production: Project: Production
You have been patiently learning all the things you need to shoot your video. Now, follow the steps the project crew went through as they shot their video and hopefully it will give you some ideas too before you shoot. Run time 05:22
Video Production: Project: Introduction
A project is the best way to learn! Work with this crew to see what they did, and it will help you to create your own video without making some of the usual mistakes and maybe even help you add a few special features. Run time 07:08
"Come to the Carpet"-A Song to Transition to Carpet Time Birdoswald Roman Fort J050054 HADRIAN'S WALL: BIRDOSWALD ROMAN FORT, Cumbria. Reconstruction drawing by Philip Corke of the main West gate in the mid 3rd century AD. London Hearth Tax: City of London, 1662 London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 Apple sales calm CEO worries
This brief video \
The returns of the Hearth Tax assessment for the City of London in 1662, as collected by the AHRC London Hearth Tax Project (2007-2010). The full project database may be downloaded from SAS-Space (http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/ ).
The returns of the Hearth Tax assessment for metropolitan London in 1666, as collected by the AHRC London Hearth Tax Project (2007-2010). The full project database may be downloaded from SAS-Space (http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/).
Summary of business headlines: Apple releases strong results, CEO worries lighten-up; Goldman Sachs changes Facebook plan; Citigroup continues uphill climb; Wall Street ends higher.
