Lecture 13 (of 16) | Introduction to Robotics
Though this is an entry-level university course, there may be high school students who desire to enter into the field of Robotics, and this course may inspire them.
Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department.
Professor Khatib shows a short video on Juggling Robots, then lectures on robotics control.
CS223A is an introduction to robotics which covers topics such as S
Lecture 15 (of 16) | Introduction to Robotics
Though this is an entry-level university course, there may be high school students who desire to enter into the field of Robotics, and this course may inspire them.
Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department.
In this segment, Professor Khatib shows a short video about On the Run: The Leg Laboratory, then continues to lecture on Control.
CS223A is an introduction to
A poem by Osip Mandelshtam (read in Russian)
An introduction and excerpts from a poem by Osip Mandelshtam (read in Russian)
Basic Multiplication
In an easy conversational tone, the instructor uses the computer screen (the Paint Program)Â as his 'blackboard' and different colors to emphasis his points. As this is an introduction to multiplication, this video is for elementary students (fourth, fifth, and sixth-grades).
Sample Mean Experiment
The resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet illustrates the distribution of the sample mean of a random sample from a given distribution. The sample size and the sampling distribution can be specified. The applet illustrates the central limit theorem.
Open Teaching in a Digital Age
The digital age has rung in profound changes for the higher education endeavor - not least of which has been a revolution in the way teaching materials are generated shared and re-appropriated by means of the Internet. This is the realm of OER: a new philosophy in teaching and learning which has the potential to open new channels for the flow of knowledge. OER UCT invites you to explore the unlimited potential to boost your individual academic profile as well as that of your department or facult
12.409 Hands-On Astronomy: Observing Stars and Planets (MIT)
This class introduces the student to the use of small telescopes, either for formal research or as a hobby.
This course covers background for and techniques of visual observation, electronic imaging, and spectroscopy of the Moon, planets, satellites, stars, and brighter deep-space objects. Weekly outdoor observing sessions using 8-inch diameter telescopes when weather permits. Indoor sessions introduce needed skills. Introduction to contemporary observational astronomy including astronomical com
15.342J Organizations and Environments (MIT)
The goal of this doctoral course is to familiarize students with major conceptual frameworks, debates, and developments in contemporary organization theory. This is an inter-disciplinary domain of inquiry drawing primarily from sociology, and secondarily from economics, psychology, anthropology, and political science. The course focuses on inter-organizational processes, and also addresses the economic, institutional and cultural contexts that organizations must face.
This is an introduction to
18.435J Quantum Computation (MIT)
This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered include: physics of information processing, quantum logic, quantum algorithms including Shor's factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm, quantum error correction, quantum communication, and cryptography.
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men: Themes
The themes of a novel are those issues or concerns which run
through the fabric of the novel. Themes tend to recur and can be
explored through characters' speech and behaviour. This title will look
at the themes of John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. There are very
clear themes and issues in Of Mice and Men which Steinbeck explores
thoroughly. One is loneliness, which for some characters is cruel,
overwhelming and even corrosive because it wears away at th
Lord's Resistance Army- LRA in Obo, Central African Republic
Examining the impact the Lord's Resistance Army's has had on the town of Obo in the Central African Republic, and the problems its residents still face. By Joe Bavier, for the Pulitzer Center.
View the project: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa/lords-resistance-army-joseph-kony-central-africa
Good Reasons for "Believing" in God - Dan Dennett, AAI 2007
Dan Dennett's talk at the AAI 2007 Conference in Washington, D.C. He is presented with the 2007 Richard Dawkins award at the introduction.
Read Dan Dennett's 'THANK GOODNESS!' artilcle here: http://richarddawkins.net/article,280,n,n
Buy the DVD with all the AAI 2007 videos here: http://store.richarddawkins.net/products/aai-2007-conference-video-by-rdfs
http://richarddawkins.net
http://richarddawkinsfoundation.org
http://atheistalliance.org
Filmed by
JOSH TIMONEN
WAYNE MARSALA
The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science - An Introduction
An introduction to the current and prospective projects undertaken by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
Score by
JOSH TIMONEN
"The Politics of Driving"
by The Life and Times
from their album "Tragic Boogie"
http://thelifeandtimes.com
Get it on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tragic-boogie/id309896191
Inside the Collections: Ichthyology at AMNH
In the first of a new series of behind-the-scenes looks at the collections at the American Museum of Natural History, Melanie Stiassny, Axelrod Research Curator in the Department of Ichthyology, takes us through the Museum's vast collection of fishes.
The Department of Ichthyology, one of the four departments within the Museum's Division of Vertebrate Zoology, houses a collection that comprises more than 2 million specimens from around the world, with a special focus on African, Australian, Ce
Museum Bird Walks in Central Park
Learn how to use field marks, habitat, behavior, and song as aids in identification. Walks start across from the Museum on the northeast corner of Central Park West and 77th Street and take place rain or shine.
Produced/Edited by James Sims. For more information, visit http://www.amnh.org
A view on Thailand's deadly floods
Residents in Thailand's central regions struggle through chest-deep waters in the country's worst floods in decades which have left at least 68 people dead.
How Indian MIT and IIT Graduates Have Shaped Computer History
[Recorded July 15, 2010]
In the last fifteen years the very names Bangalore and Silicon Valley have become evocative of the important connections between India and the United States in the global IT industry. Historian Ross Bassett argues that the linkages between the two countries are far older and deeper than is widely known. In the course of his research, he found that Indian graduates of MIT significantly influenced the creation of modern technological India. In the colonial period, a small
Authors@Google: Jeffrey Ma
Jeff Ma is the author of The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big In Business.
As part of the notorious MIT Team depicted in Ben Mezrich's now classic Bringing Down the House, Jeff Ma used math and statistics to master the game of blackjack and reap handsome rewards at casinos. Years later, Ma has inspired not only a bestselling novel and hit movie, but has also started three different companies—the latest of which, Citizen Sports, is an innovative marriage of sports, betting, and
Harold Varmus: 2010 National Book Festival
Nobel Prize winning scientist Harold Varmus appears at the 2010 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: In 1989 Harold Varmus and Michael Bishop shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their "identification of a large family of genes which control the normal growth and division of cells." Varmus is the former director of the National Institutes of Health and is the former chief executive officer of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In July, he became the d
Introduction to the topic of Holocaust Denial
Professor Dina Porat of Tel Aviv University discusses the issue of Holocaust Denial as an introduction to the International Task Force Chair Project of 2010.
