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LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionThe technology choices Africa makes in the next decade will help to determine whether it becomes …
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LocationMIT Media Lab, Building E14, 6th Floor Lecture Hall DescriptionThe Edinburgh International Festival has been connecting artists and…
Dr. Minoo Rathnasabapathy spoke at the 1st IAA African Symposium on Small Satellites and the 5th African Space Generation Workshop.
The Lifelong Kindergarten group develops technologies and activities that engage people in creative learning. We’re exploring a few directi…
LocationBocoup, Boston, MA Description
As part of NewSpace Africa Conference , Danielle Wood presents on Harnessing Earth Observation for a Resilient and Sustainable Africa.
The US Department of Commerce invited Wood to speak at New Space Africa about Space Enabled's NASA-funded Angola drought project.
Dannielle Wood spoke at GEO Week in South Africa, held this year November 6-10 in Cape Town, South Africa.
NewSpace Africa includes industry leaders, commercial space companies, investors, and key stakeholders in the African space industry.
Isaacs, S., Kalashnikova, O., Garay, M. J., van Donkelaar, A., Hammer, M. S., Lee, H., & Wood, D. (2023). Dust soiling effects on decentralized solar in West Africa. Applied Energy, 340, 120993.
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Educators from across Africa are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya for the first Scratch Africa Conference.
Danielle Wood will be a speaker at the first US-Africa Space Partnership Roundtable, hosted by the African Space Leadership Institute.
Dr Minoo Rathnasabapathy contributes to Via Satellite's November feature on Africa's space industry.
CIS research affiliate describes his goals in creating a webinar series exploring sustainable development in Africa.
BBQ magazine was fortunate to chat two remarkable women in the South African space industry—Carla Sharpe and Dr Minoo Rathnasabapathy
Wood and Rathnasabapathy were invited to the White House's US-Africa Leaders Summit held in Washington, DC from December 13-15.
Professor Wood is a recognized expert on the African Space Agency ( AfSA), which officially launched this year after a decade of incubation.
Danielle Wood on Future of Space Exploration on Bloomberg’s The Close.
MIT's undergraduate African and African Diaspora Studies major, advised by Danielle Wood, was recently highlighted in the MIT News.
The underrepresentation of minoritized groups, particularly African Americans, is the longstanding reality of computing fields. Computing h…
Dr. Minoo Rathnasabapathy gave a keynote presentation on utilizing space technologies for the sustainable development goals, and joined the
Ufuoma Ovienmhada discusses her work using satellite data to help manage invasive water hyacinth in Benin.
Walker, R., Sherif, E., & Breazeal, C. (2022). Liberatory computing education for African American students. 2022 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 85–89.
Walker, R., Sherif, E., & Breazeal, C. (2022). Liberatory computing education for African American students. 2022 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 85–89.
This October, MIT celebrated the inaugural MIT Legal Forum on AI & Blockchain which aimed to provide a space in which legal professiona…
Deb Roy talks to McKinsey about the many ways audience, voice, and medium combine to create compelling stories.
Zhang and Ovienmhada were featured in "Future Leaders in Aerospace," hosted by the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Danielle Wood will speak at the session "Outer Space: Projecting Histories and Futures onto the Stars."
The Future Sketches group explores software as a medium for art and design, as well as how toolkits and pedagogical approach…
LocationMoonshine, 303 Red River DescriptionMonday is the last day for the MIT Media Lab Future Futures Lounge! Stop by to check out new wo…
The Opera of the Future Group develops new technologies for music, from Hyperinstruments that enhance performance expressivity for vir…
LocationMoonshine Restaurant, 303 Red River Description#MLSXSWDates: Friday March 7 thru Monday March 10 (11am - 5:30pm daily)Science ficti…
Media Lab researchers invited to showcase their work at the Wall Street Journal's "Future of Everything" festival 2024.
“Welcome to the System! Together we will change the world!”These are the words I found scrawled at the bottom of a web page, right next to …
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LocationMoonshine Lounge DescriptionMake your own robot head with Sputniko! in preparation for the evening's Cosmodrome party!We'll provide…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14, Sixth Floor Description
Co-creating future imaginaries in the heart of the Amazon, blending fieldwork, local knowledge, and new media for creative expression.
Urban Futures of the Amazon discusses urbanization issues in the Brazilian rainforest and its urbanized regions.The event brought together …
Guru Madhavan talks to Media Lab Director Dava Newman and Major General Charles Bold.
Char Stiles and Jessica Stringham from the Media Lab's Future Sketches group presented work and performed at the 2025 International Confere…
How can we work together to build a better mobility future?The MIT Media Lab is working with Toyota Research Institute and other industry c…
LocationStuttgart, Germany Description
The Challenge: To secure a sustainable future for all living thingsHow can we reduce harm to our planet and the future prospects of life on…
We’ll create transformative technologies, experiences, and systems that address the dual challenge of climate change and energy.
MIT Media Lab Curates the World Economic Forum's Strategic Intelligence Map on Space
The Future Storytelling working group at the Media Lab is rethinking storytelling for the 21st century. The group takes a new and dynamic a…
Two Mobility Futures 0∞ is a research project that encompasses storytelling, a democratic decision making platform, a city model, and an im…
The Future Storytelling working group at the Media Lab is rethinking storytelling for the 21st century. The group takes a new and dynamic a…
Future Sketches installed a group exhibition as part of Zach Lieberman's Future Sketches / Code Poems show at Artechouse, which opened duri…
Will the city swallow the forest, or will the forest reclaim the city? Or can we find a third way?The 21st century is a critical momen…