Event

Hacking Journalism @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab, 6th Floor DescriptionKevin Hu and Alexis Hope on FOLD:Imagine reading about the 2008 housing crisis without knowing …

Saturday — Sunday
June 7, 2014 —
June 8, 2014
Event

#MLSXSW: Hacking Attention: Media, Technology & Crisis

LocationRoom 9ABC, Austin Convention Center Description#sxsw #HackAttn #MLSXSWSuperstorms, bombings and protests around the globe are chall…

Monday
March 10, 2014
Article

Hacking in a factory

Lessons from a month in a Chinese knitting plant.

Post

Hacking Reality

XR technology is becoming increasingly important in a world where the need to know intersects with the need to experience.

Article

LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL MACHINES BUILDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO HORSE-RACE JOURNALISM

Post

Hacking Manufacturing: research on the factory floor

How one collaborative month has changed Labbers' views of making stuff.

Event

Media Lab Perspectives: Can a lab be an undivided house? with Sara Hendren

In this session of the Media Lab Perspective Series, Future Sketches head Zach Lieberman will moderate a conversation with Sara Hendren.

Thursday
December 9, 2021
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
Event

Science Hack Day @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab Description

Saturday — Sunday
January 24, 2015 —
January 25, 2015
Project

Hacking Manufacturing 2017

IdeaA lab is where unique ideas are generated and early prototypes are synthesized. A factory is where designs are mass produced and qualit…

Event

Arlene Ducao @ Sensor Journalism Workshop, Columbia University

LocationPulitzer Hall – The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. 116th & Broadway Manhattan, NYC, 10027 Description Addit…

Saturday
June 1, 2013
Article

Want to be more creative? Try dream-hacking while you sleep

The Washington Post reports on research from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group & Harvard Medical School that naps could aid creativity.

Event

Call for Submissions: Camera Culture and Computational Journalism

Description Host/Chair: Ramesh Raskar

Tuesday — Friday
April 13, 2010 —
May 14, 2010
Event

MIT Hacking Arts 2017

Artists, engineers, hackers, creative technologists, innovators, entrepreneurs. If you have a passion for art and want to see how technolog…

Saturday — Sunday
November 11, 2017 —
November 12, 2017
Event

Bio-Digital Hacking Workshop

Learn how to get started on BioHacking, and how might we create a bio-digital system.

Post

Media Lab: What’s in the name?

Exploring the history of the Media Lab's name.

Article

The consequences of hacking our dreams

Advertisers are beginning to explore ways to market products to people while they sleep. A group of scientists talked to NPR about the risks

Event

Joi Ito @ Hacking the Human Body

LocationSan Francisco, CA Description

Thursday
November 5, 2015
Event

Smart Urban Furniture, Hacking Ubiquitous Infrastructure

LocationMoonshine, 303 Red River DescriptionWhat if we could charge our phones while sitting in the park? What if wifi on the go was never …

Sunday
March 9, 2014
Post

Media Lab @ Design, Technology + Social Innovation Workshop 2020

The following Media Lab students joined the MIT India Initiative in Mumbai for this workshop.

Project

Hacking the Sketchbook

In this project we investigate how the process of building a circuit can be made more organic, like sketching in a sketchbook. We integrate…

Group

Media Lab Spinoffs

For more than three decades, the people of the Media Lab have spurred progress and change not just through academia, but across startups an…

Project

Journalism Mapping and Analytics Project (JMAP)

Over the last two decades, digital technologies have flattened old hierarchies in the news business and opened the conversation to a multit…

Post

MIT Media Lab in the Media

Explore coverage of MIT in the MediaFor media inquiries, visit the Information for the Press page.

Article

Hacking the Breast Pump

"When the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck! hackathon, a collection of roughly a hundred and fifty engineers, designers, midwives, and parents…

Publication

Hacking Innovation - Group Dynamics in Innovation Teams

Lederman, O. "Hacking Innovation - Group Dynamics in Innovation Teams"

Event

Media Lab @ SXSW 2024

See what the Media Lab community is bringing to SXSW 2024!

Friday — Saturday
March 8, 2024 —
March 16, 2024
Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

The Challenge: To ignite creativity in the face of global challengesThe accelerating crises, disruptions, and disconnections in today’s soc…

Post

Media Lab projects recognized in the 2018 Innovation by Design Awards

Winner and finalists in Fast Company's 2018 awards

Event

Media Lab @ UbiComp 2023

A number of Media Lab researchers and alumni are participating in UbiComp 2023.

Sunday — Thursday
October 8, 2023 —
October 12, 2023
Post

Roundglass + the MIT Media Lab

At the MIT Media Lab, we imagine, design, and invent a future filled with possibilities giving everyone the opportunity to thrive…

Event

Media Lab @ UIST 2023

A number of Media Lab researchers and alumni are participating in UIST 2023.

Sunday — Wednesday
October 29, 2023 —
November 1, 2023
Publication

User Innovation and Hacking

Eric von Hippel, Joseph A. Paradiso,

Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

The Challenge: To harness AI for humanity's leap forwardMachines are becoming more intelligent and more powerful every day. But, like all t…

Post

MIT Media Lab x Smart Living Lab

In January 2024, members of the Media Lab traveled to Fribourg, Switzerland to conduct a workshop on sensing, interactions, and augmentation

Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

The Challenge: To Transform Mental + Physical WellbeingAs mental health and physical ability challenges surge worldwide, driven by ine…

Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

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…

Event

Media Lab @ Natura

LocationNatura Campus, São Paulo, Brazil DescriptionHow will innovation and technology transform our lifestyle and consumer experience? A c…

Wednesday
August 6, 2014
Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

The Challenge: To shape the future with decentralized technologiesOur world faces a range of complex challenges across multiple sector…

Post

Media Lab Focus

Join us remotely as we go on curated research journeys focused on a monthly theme.

Publication

Guest Editors' Introduction: Hacking is Pervasive

Joseph A. Paradiso, John Heidemann, Thomas G. Zimmerman

Event

Media Lab @ CHI 2023

A variety of Media Lab community members will participate in the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Sunday — Friday
April 23, 2023 —
April 28, 2023
Post

Media Lab Tour Requests

Please fill out the form below to submit your request. A team member will respond within 10 business days.

Event

Media Lab at Sundance 2020

Several members of the Media Lab community are participating in the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Friday — Saturday
January 24, 2020 —
February 1, 2020
Post

The Media Lab @ the MIT Museum

We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!

Event

Media Lab @ NeurIPS | 2023

The following Media Lab researchers participated in NeurIPS 2023, the 37th conference on Neural Information Processing Syste…

Event

Media Lab @ CHI 2016

LocationCHI 2016 DescriptionCHI 2016 (May 7-12) will have a robust Media Lab presence.More details are available via the CHI 2016 program.T…

Saturday — Thursday
May 7, 2016 —
May 12, 2016
Event

Vincent Leclerc @ Media Lab

LocationE17-133 DescriptionThis talk is open to the public.Vincent Leclerc, co-founder and CTO of PixMob (www.pixmob.com), will discuss the…

Wednesday
August 5, 2015
Event

Media Lab Virtual Visit

LocationUnhangout DescriptionMedia Lab Virtual Visit is intended to open up the doors of the Media Lab to people from all around the world.…

Monday
April 6, 2015
Event

Media Lab Virtual Visit

LocationUnhangout DescriptionJoin 10 Media Lab students to learn more about their work and the work of their different research groups. Aft…

Thursday
August 28, 2014
Event

Media Lab @ CHI 2015

LocationSeoul, Korea DescriptionThe theme for CHI 2015 is "Crossings": crossing borders, crossing boundaries, crossing disciplines, crossin…

Saturday — Thursday
April 18, 2015 —
April 23, 2015
Event

Media Lab @ TEI 2020

The following Media Lab community members are participating in the 2020 conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction.

Sunday — Wednesday
February 9, 2020 —
February 12, 2020
Event

Media Lab @ SXSW 2022

Learn more about the Media Lab community members and projects that are taking the stage during this year's SXSW conference.

Friday — Sunday
March 11, 2022 —
March 20, 2022
Event

Media Lab @ TEDxBoston 2021

The following members of the Media Lab community will be participating in TEDxBoston, which is taking place at The ’Quin House in Back Bay.

Thursday
November 4, 2021
10:00am ET
Event

Media Lab speakers @ TEDxBeaconSt

DescriptionSpeakers from the Media Lab community include:Joscha Bach, Playful SystemsMatt Carroll, Civic MediaCharles Fracchia, alumCaesar …

Saturday — Sunday
November 19, 2016 —
November 20, 2016
Event

Media Lab @ SIGGRAPH 2015

LocationLos Angeles Convention Center DescriptionTalks8/10, 9:00am | Jennifer Jacobs: Art Gallery Talk: Line Number8/10, 11:45am | Joi Ito:…

Sunday — Thursday
August 9, 2015 —
August 13, 2015
Event

Srikumar Ramalingam @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-240 DescriptionIn this talk, Srikumar Ramalingam will show an efficient method for reconstructing the 3D arrange…

Thursday
January 7, 2016
Event

Ioannis Gkioulekas @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-244 DescriptionIoannis Gkioulekas presents a computational imaging system, inspired by the optical coherence tom…

Friday
May 29, 2015
Event

NetMob 2015 @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab, 6th Floor DescriptionThe main conference on the scientific analysis of mobile phone datasets.

Tuesday — Friday
April 7, 2015 —
April 10, 2015
Event

Breastmilk: The Movie @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater E15-070 DescriptionFree screening of Breasmilk: The Movie in Bartos theater, followed by a gathering …

Wednesday
September 10, 2014
Event

Media Lab @ CHI 2014

LocationToronto, Canada Description

Saturday — Thursday
April 26, 2014 —
May 1, 2014
Event

Media Lab Virtual Visit

LocationUnhangout DescriptionJoin the first Media Lab Virtual Visit–talk with current students and learn about our research.Join 10 Media L…

Friday
March 28, 2014