2017-08-05

Harvard University (videos of July 2017)

source: Harvard University
1:37 Soft Exosuit for Post-Stroke Gait Retraining This video explains how exosuit technology, developed at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, applied to ankle movements helps patients post-stroke regain a more normal gait. C...
0:40 Young students from Allston-Brighton gathered to learn about the science behind what they eat Now in its 5th year, the “Science and Cooking for Kids” lab is a hands-on class aimed at piquing kids’ interests in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) through an approachable medium:...
16:43 The Case for Cosmic Modesty If we want to find life elsewhere, we should search for it in all of its possible forms.
Avi Loeb
“There are many reasons to be modest,” my mother used to say when I was a kid. But after three de...
11:08 The Divine Journey: A Painter's Mission The short documentary looks at the life and work of Vermont painter Janet McKenzie, who is challenging traditional Christian images by using women and people of color in depictions of Jesus, Mary, ...
3:11 CRISPR-Cas: Molecular Recording In this video, Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School researchers George Church and Seth Shipman explain how they engineered a new CRISPR system-based technology that enables the chronological r...
2:47 Thoreau at 200: Reflections on "Walden" Larry Buell, Harvard’s Powell M. Cabot Research Professor of American Literature emeritus, taught Henry David Thoreau’s seminal book “Walden” for years, both at Harvard and at Oberlin College in Ne...
3:08 Soft Fabric Sensor This textile-based sensor effectively registers fine motor movements of the human body, taking researchers one step closer to creating soft, wearable robots. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard Unive...
1:30:28 Wave Piloting in the Marshall Islands || Radcliffe Institute As part of the 2016–2017 Oceans Lecture Series, John Huth leads a panel discussion in which participants tease apart what the Marshallese navigators did, how they were taught, and how they conceptu...

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