MIT's Golden Age of Innovation

The chapter explores MIT's golden age of innovation, where students had access to surplus stores for affordable electronics, built their own laboratories with companies like Heathkit, and learned from distinguished professors like Ray Kurzweil and Jerry Sussman. It discusses the emergence of cybernetics and AI, the foundation of the Media Lab, and early advancements in media integration and communication visualization. The chapter also touches on challenges in securing research funding, the shift in student career paths, and the complexities of neuroscience research in visualizing the brain's intricate structures.