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Four MIT riders in prime position fight for intermediary sprint points.

Mitchell H. Kates ’13 hustles past a defender in the Final Four game against Wisconsin-Whitewater on March 16.

Lindsay M. Sanneman ’14 performs a back handspring on the beam.

In September, hackers lit up the Green Building in a patriotic display of an American flag in honor of 9/11. The flag was the first use of the LED system that was later featured in the Tetris hack.

Students and prefrosh alike were able to play a fully functional game of Tetris on the Green Building over Campus Preview Weekend. Hackers used the already installed LED arrays to light up the windows with a variety o...

A woman plays Tetris on the display on the Green Building during Campus Preview Weekend.

In March, the same LED arrays were used to display a purple ribbon in recognition of Relay for Life.

A close up view of board number 121. Of note is the antenna at the top of the image; each pixel is independently controlled via wireless link. The larger black IC is a PIC24FJ32GA — an inexpensive micro controller sim...

The status LED on this pixel glows green, indicating its readiness to turn on at the figurative flip of a switch. Each pixel features a button labeled “sleep” which, according to an e-mail sent to the EAPS department,...

Under the protective plexiglass cover, each device features 13 LEDs. Each pixel has a ridged plastic cover to direct the light up toward the window rather than back into the room.

Each pixel in the display featured the phrase “WHO did this?” printed on the corner of the circuit board.

Stacks of comics litter the tables of a merchant’s booth.

Two DC Comic cosplayers pose for a photo together in the hallways of Boston Comic-Con.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman inks a sketch for a fan at his booth in the main hallway.

Katherine A. Wymbs ‘14 leaps in the women’s pole vault at MIT’s non-scoring Spring Invitational this past Saturday afternoon. The Engineers will be competing in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference ch...

The MIT Triathlon Club poses beneath the finishing chute at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships.