photos

Neal Smith, a contractor from Carr-Dee Corporation, examines some sediment flushed from a monitoring well during drilling near the Stata Center. John Brancaccio, another Carr-Dee contractor, said that the 37-foot-deep...

Jeremiah R. Cohen '09 (far right) drives his robot—named "Kronos" for its speed—as his roommate Trevor B. Rundell '09 (center right) poises to activate one of the machine's critical mechanisms.

Professor Alexander H. Slocum PhD '85 does one-armed pushups in a Hawaiian shirt. Push-ups are a regular part of the annual competition.

Stephanie A. Sidelko '07 is carried around the stage by Professor Alexander H. Slocum PhD '85 after winning this year's 2.007 competition. At the beginning of the semester Sidelko "just wanted a robot that would move"...

Contractor Wolf Hutchinson trims part of a temporary staircase to fit on Wednesday morning, June 6. The staircase will provide access from the Stata Center's third floor outdoor plaza to ground level while the Stata A...

Karlen E. Ruleman '09 connects a wireless control box to her robot, "Nico," in preparation for an upcoming match. Students are given several minutes on an "on-deck" table prior to competing to ready their machines.

xkcd artist Randall Munroe is bombarded by playpen balls after they dropped from the ceiling of 10-250 during the LSC-sponsored xkcd lecture.

(left to right) Chienchuan Chen G, Marissa G. Desmond G, Charles Curran G, and Ian Kaminski-Coughlin cross an all-fiber bridge built across the Stata Moat by students in Materials in Human Experience (3.094). The brid...

xkcd author Randall Munroe considers audience suggestions for an on-the-fly comic regarding funny things that might fall from a kite. Randall Munroe gave a lecture on his webcomic, xkcd, to a packed house in 10-250 la...

Among the dinosaurs that menaced xkcd artist Randall Munroe during his lecture at MIT were a pair of radio-controlled velociraptors that occupied a right-hand portion of the stage. When the velociraptors moved towards...

xkcd author Randall Munroe signs a playpen ball with a man in a hat, a character featured in many of Munroe’s strips.

xkcd creator Randall Munroe autographs an inflatable dinosaur while explaining why it is technically not a velociraptor.

An audience member at yesterday evening’s xkcd webcomic lecture holds on to one of hundreds of labelled playpen balls which fell from ceiling hatches in 10-250. The label, which says ‘Our hobby: Posting “09 F9 11 02 9...

Daniel Wandel ’04 (right) sings a solo as members of the Cross Products croon along during their Saturday, May 12 spring concert.

xkcd creator Randall Munroe discusses different objects that could be dropped from a kite in order to confuse passersby.

Kristiana E. Schneck ’10 (left) performs solo with The Muses at the May 12 “Mocktail” event put on by the Student Health Advisory Council, SaveTFP, and the Interfraternity Council. The group will be performing their f...