“iCampus projects this year include the first interactive ocean engineering lab accessible to the public, and games that can be played while pedaling a stationary bike” Tech Talk, May 14, 2003 Original link: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/may14/icampus.html (No longer active)
Continue reading...SafeRide Tracking Project Nears end of Beta Testing
“The Shuttletrack project, which provides real-time tracking of the locations of SafeRide and Tech Shuttle on the Internet, is nearing the end of its beta testing…” Read More The Tech, April 25, 2003
Continue reading...Learning and Design Join In New Spaces
“Five principles—community, intensity, variety, flexibility, and ubiquity—underlie MIT’s changing approach to architecture and learning, said Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning William J. Mitchell…” Read More The Tech, March 11, 2003
Continue reading...Swimming with MIT’s Virtual Fish
“Visitors to MIT will soon have more to see than lab equipment and students snoozing through afternoon lectures. They’ll also be able to gawk at—and even manipulate—fish as they swim alongside the pedestrians in MIT’s famous one-sixth-mile-long Infinite Corridor…” Read More Wired, March 7, 2003
Continue reading...iCampus Projects Close to Done
“SafeRide tracking system and free on-demand music through MIT Cable are two programs that will soon be available to the MIT community, thanks to the iCampus program…” Read More The Tech, March 7, 2003
Continue reading...Interactive Workout, Aquarium Funded by iCampus
“Cyclescore, a creation that transforms exercise on a stationary bicycle into a competitive race with other gym participants, is among the winning project proposals receiving $30,000 from the Microsoft/MIT iCampus alliance…” Read More The Tech, January 15, 2003
Continue reading...Virtual Reality System on its Way to Z-Center
“Imagine yourself running at a steady pace on a steep slope only to be outrun by a runner to your left. Suddenly, a mass of runners passes by you. Shocked, disgusted, and being a competitive member of the MIT community, you quicken your pace. No, this scenario is not happening on your local neighborhood hill—it […]
Continue reading...Students Give Rave Reviews to Online Critic
“Thank-you notes so rarely follow exams that Leslie Perelman, director of Writing Across the Curriculum in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, has to repeat himself when he describes this unexpected measure of success for MIT’s Online Assessment Tool, known as iMOAT…” Tech Talk, December 18, 2002 Original Link: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2002/dec18/writing.html (No longer active)
Continue reading...Scholarly Communication in a Digital World: A Thought Provoking Symposium To Celebrate the World-Wide Launch of DSpace (Video lecture)
ABOUT THE LECTURE: MIT Libraries Director Ann Wolpert defines Dspace and explains that “solving the digital problem” is central to the mission of libraries and librarians. She also announces plans for a federation with other research based universities, and explains the critical role of the H-P MIT Alliance. MITWorld – DSpace series, Lecture on November […]
Continue reading...SafeRide Replaces Vans, Online Tracking Expected
“SafeRide, MIT’s nighttime transportation service, has replaced some of its vans with buses on busier routes and may soon implement the new Web Global Positioning Satellite I-Campus project…” Read More The Tech, November 1, 2002
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