Browsing Graduate Theses by Title
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0 + 0 = 1 : the appliance model of selling software bundled with hardware
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)The business model of selling software bundled with hardware is called the appliance model. As hardware becomes less and less expensive and open source software is being offered for free, the traditional business model of ... -
0-1 graph partitioning and image segmentation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Graph partitioning is the grouping of all the nodes in a graph into two or more partitions based on certain criteria. Graph cut techniques are used to partition a graph. The Minimum Cut method gives imbalanced partitions. ... -
0.3V biopotential sensor interface for stress monitoring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Miniaturized sensor nodes have a very tight power budget, especially in the case of implantables and health monitoring devices that require long operation lifetime. Exploiting low-voltage techniques in analog design can ... -
The 1,000 dollar home : a scalable business model to build disaster relief dwellings and upgrade slums
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis proposes a new model for the private markets to build disaster relief dwellings or to upgrade degraded neighborhoods of very low income communities. The study offers a way to empower the dwellers of very poor ... -
A 1-mW vibration energy harvesting system for moth flight-control applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)This thesis focuses on the approach and methodologies required to build a 1-mW energy-harvesting system for moth flight control applications. The crepuscular hawk moth Manduca sexta is the chosen test subject. This project ... -
A 1.5 Kbps multi-band excitation speech coder
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990) -
A 1.6-3.2GHz, high phase accuracy quadrature phase locked loop
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Most PLL research focuses on narrowband systems that support only one communication standard. For a flexible system, it may be desirable to support multiple standards. A single PLL capable of operating over a wide frequency ... -
100% container scanning : security policy implications for global supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)On August 3, 2007, President George Bush signed into law HR1 the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007." The 9/11 Act requires 100% scanning of US-bound containers at foreign seaports by 2012 ... -
100% petroleum house
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)I am designing a Case Study House to be sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell which utilizes the by-product of oil extraction, petroleum gas, to produce a zero waste, 100% petroleum based house. The motivation of the Case Study ... -
The "11.11" phenomenon in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Along with the rise of the Internet and smartphones, e-commerce plays a more and more important role in the Chinese consumer market. In 2009, Alibaba first created the "11.11" shopping festival. In 2015, the total GMV of ... -
A 12-bit 500 MHz GaAs MESFET digital-to-analog converter with p+ ohmic contact isolation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
A 12-year community plan for Culver in Brooklyn, New York
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948) -
A 1394 bus interface for the Chidi media processor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)The Chidi reconfigurable media processor requires a low-cost, scalable data link for media and sensor I/O. This paper describes a 1394 Serial Bus interface for the Chidi processor, which allows for routing of data between ... -
A 16-bit, 100kS/s self-calibrating cyclic analog-to-digital converter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)Self-calibrating AID architectures minimize the sometimes expensive process of in-factory calibration, thus allowing manufacturers to reduce chip cost. This thesis presents an AID converter built using one such architecture, ... -
18 ̊water : thermal and dynamical balances
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979) -
A 19-bit monolithic charge-balancing A/D converter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Existing high-resolution ADC topologies are expensive, complicated and vulnerable to switch leakage at high temperature. This thesis introduces the Modified Landsburg ADC, a high-resolution converter optimized for minimum ... -
1960's office towers in the City of London : obsolete or recyclable?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
The 1984 riots : Lawrence, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
1996 Taurus/Sable and Mystique/Contour bumper production planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
The 19th-century American country house : a prototype for multi-family housing.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
