Explore MIT at Saturday's Open House

Alumni, neighbors, and the public are all invited to MIT from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. this Saturday, April 30, to experience a bit of MIT. You can witness the landing of a Blackhawk helicopter, hear talks by Nobel laureates, learn about MIT inventions, see micro-aerial vehicles controlled by iPhone, and hang out with robots.

Use the Under the Dome online guide to search among the 600+ events for topics of interest or types of experiences. You can create an itinerary and then print out your choices and a map that guides you around campus.

Search by topic:

Life Sciences and Biotechnology—see scheduled or all day activities including volunteering to have your voice tested in the Real-Time Voice Transformation demonstration and visiting Bits, Electrons, and Robots for robot competitions and demos.

Engineering, Technology, and Invention—visit the Startup Showcase to meet entrepreneurs founding their own businesses, learn How Computers Work, and play a game that allows you to redesign the health care system.

Browse by experience:

Tours—38 activities including explore MIT’s public art collection, find out about game research at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, or fly a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle).

Galleries and Exhibits—108 activities including the High Tech Show and Tell to understand what powers everything from e-book readers to electric cars; Bits, Electrons, and Robots for robot competitions and research demos; and a Carbon Nanotube Display.

This is not MIT's first open house! See the Slice of MIT blog post on the history of MIT open houses.