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The colorful, plastic bubbles of Light Drift glow vivid blue and green in the dark. Light Drift was installed along the Charles River for the MIT150 FAST Light festival last weekend.

MIT seen from Boston (left to right): LightBridge, SKY Event, Liquid Archive, and Light Drift were installed along the Charles River for the MIT150 FAST Light festival last weekend. For more photos, see p. 12.

Visitors play in the Gradated Field, one of the many FAST installations on campus. The Gradated Field is a collection of smooth, white plaster mounds formed by latex sheets. Visitors are encouraged to wander and loung...

SOFT Rockers, installed by a team led by Professor of Architecture Sheila Kennedy, are clean energy charging stations disguised as outdoor furniture. Both the lighted loop and the chargers are powered by solar energy ...

Transparent inflatable arches were installed on Killian Court on the day of FAST Light. For SKY Event, which was installed on the evening of May 7, they connected to that work’s large inflatable stars.

Kaustuv K. De Biswas G and Daniel Rosenberg G, the developers of Maxwell’s Dream: Painting with Light, stand in front of their creation. Over 600 exhibit visitors played with a magnetic field to create light on May 8.

The theme of this year’s 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I) competition was “MIT’s Greatest Hacks” in honor of the Institute’s 150th anniversary. The four tasks that the teams’ robots had to complete were placing a po...

“Mood Meters,” a FAST Art Festival installation, have taken up residence in the Infinite Corridor, the Stata Center, the Media Lab, and the first floor of the Student Center.

A decrepit upright piano sails off the roof of Baker House during the traditional Spring drop date celebration on Memorial Drive. The drop was held over a week after the April 21 drop date to coincide with MIT’s Under...

Wind Screen, installed by Associate Professor of Architecture J. Meejin Yoon for the MIT150 FAST Arts Festival, is on display in the archway below the Green Building. Each subunit is a wind turbine and generates all t...

Students throw colored powder in celebration of the spring season at MIT’s Holi celebration on Sunday. Holi is celebrated widely in South Asia. For more photos of the event, p. 10.

String Tunnel, located next to the Building 18 bridge, was installed by Yuna Kim G, Kelly E. Shaw G, and Travis A. Williams G for the MIT150 FAST Arts Festival. String Tunnel directs visitors to the Infinite Corridor.

Night of Numbers, a set of lighted numbers with special significance to MIT, was installed on buildings across campus by Praveen Subramani G and Anna A. Kotova ’10 for the MIT150 FAST Arts Festival. It uses LCD projec...

A plate of lentil köfte, a traditional Turkish dish, was served during iFair on Friday, April 22. MIT’s international student groups shared their culinary uniqueness at this annual cultural showcase, held on Kresge Oval.

The MIT Women’s Sailing team competed at the Reed Trophy on Saturday, April 23. The team finished 12th out of 14, missing out on nationals.

Julia C. Hsu ’14 serves the ball during the final heated sets against the Skidmore Thoroughbreds on Sunday afternoon. The Engineers earned their eighth consecutive victory, defeating the Thoroughbreds 6-3. MIT will pl...