MIT students adjust a model of an Easter Island head to test a theory of how the Rapa Nui people moved the giant stone heads into position on the island 1,500 years ago. This experiment, done Wednesday, March 15, was part of Professor Herbert Einstein's class in civil engineering design. From left, foreground: seniors Luis Loya, Ira Simkhovitch and Sala McGuire.
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on March 22, 2006 (download PDF).
