Walking Day 2
MIT Museum
Apart from being a major institution of higher learning, MIT
also has a museum, displaying some of the work being done there.
Included (but not photographed) is the work on making computers
more like humans when interacting with humans. Little did I know
that Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, the person leading this work,
was to be the closing speaker at the Usenix conference. She is
doing very interesting work in this area, and it looks quite
promising for improving human/computer interaction.
Robots
A one legged robot. It would seem difficult to keep such an
entity upright, but perhaps that is easier (at least dynamically)
than balancing a two or more legged thing.
A TWO legged robot - progress?
Whirlwind Memory Test Computer
Whirlwind was an early experimental computer system, the
creator of many important technologies, including core memory!
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A test jig for verifying the first core memory to be used.
Not actually part of Whirlwind's system, but just as important.
A closer view of the core stack being tested. How memory technology
has changed in the last 40 years!
Harvard Art Museum