LocationMIT Media Lab Description
In September 2014, 150 parents, engineers, designers, and healthcare practitioners gathered at the MIT Media Lab for the "Make the Breast P…
A Case for Breastfeeding InnovationBreastfeeding saves lives.If women globally were able to meet the WHO's public health goal to exclusivel…
LocationWorkbar DescriptionScreening of a 14-minute documentary about the Media Lab's "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon with an int…
The Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon kicks off with inspirational talks by top designers, CEOs of women’s health companies who are f…
"When the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck! hackathon, a collection of roughly a hundred and fifty engineers, designers, midwives, and parents…
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LocationMIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium Description
Former Research Assistant
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LocationMIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater E15-070 DescriptionFree screening of Breasmilk: The Movie in Bartos theater, followed by a gathering …
Make the Breast Pump Not Suck hackathon at the Media Lab emphasizes social and political issues over engineering
The MIT Media Lab’s Civic Media group is no longer active. This site provides background on some of the people and projects that were assoc…
The following Media Lab groups and projects are represented at CHI 2019
The MIT Media Lab’s Center for Civic Media is no longer active. This site provides background on some of the people and projects that were …
Hope, Alexis. (2021). Social Change through Community Innovation: Feminist and Participatory Design Approaches to Organizing Inclusive, Equitable, and Joyful Hackathons (Doctoral dissertation, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA).
Alum Ani Liu talks about her solo show Ecologies of Care, which explores the intersections between parenting, biology, technology, commerce
Former Associate Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences; Former Director, Center for Civic Media
The Challenge: To Transform Mental + Physical WellbeingAs mental health and physical ability challenges surge worldwide, driven by ine…
Revolutionizing the future of fluid-based robotics using charge-injection electrohydrodynamic fiber pumps. This work is in collaboration wi…
Du, W., Zhang, L., Suh, E., Lin, D., Marcus, C., Ozkan, L., Ahuja, A., Fernandez, S. Shuvo, I., Sadat, D., Liu, W., Li, F., Chandrakasan, A., Ozmen, T., Dagdeviren, C.†, “Conformable Ultrasound Breast Patch for Deep Tissue Scanning and Imaging”, Science Advances, 9, eadh5325, 2023.
Prof. Canan Dagdeviren talks to Boston 25 News about a wearable ultrasound device that could help detect early-stage breast cancer.
Ultrasound is widely used for tissue imaging such as breast cancer diagnosis; however, fundamental challenges limit…
Prof. Canan Dagdeviren talks to CBS News about a wearable ultrasound device that could allow users to detect early changes in breast tissue.
Ruihan Zhang, a student in the Molecular Machines group, was lead organizer of this event in collaboration with MIT Film Makers Association
The new device, which can be incorporated into a bra, could allow more frequent monitoring of patients at high risk for breast cancer.
To help combat "interval" cancers, the Conformable Decoders group led by Prof. Dagdeviren, has developed a wearable ultrasound scanner.
Alexis Hope shares her thoughts on the Media Lab's panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018
The second iteration of this hackathon featured 66 films and 400 participants from local institutions, other states, and countries.
LocationStockholm, Sweden Description
LocationMIT Media Lab, 6th floor DescriptionThis hackathon held on the MIT campus is called Reality, Virtually because it will promote new …
LocationMIT Media Lab, Third-Floor Atrium DescriptionThe Disrupting Mobility Hackathon 2015 will be about creating your own concepts for an…
LocationMIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium Description
The Challenge: To harness AI for humanity's leap forwardMachines are becoming more intelligent and more powerful every day. But, like all t…
The Media Lab is honored to have had its research and researchers highlighted in two 2023 end-of-year lists prepared by MIT News.
The MIT Media Lab is setting out to reimagine the tired old monthly enterprise with a “period hackathon."
The Media Lab is an interdisciplinary creative playground rooted squarely in academic rigor, comprising dozens of research groups, initiati…
On BBC Woman's Hour, Professor Canan Dagdeviren talks to host Emma Barnett about the wearable ultrasound scanner developed in the Media Lab…
Please join us for a seminar given by Ozge Akbulut, Associate Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabanci University.Abst…
Taylor, J. "Shaped Ultrafast Optical Pumping for NMR Applications"
For Design Milk’s Friday Five, Media Lab alum Alexis Hope shares the work of five of her favorite designers.
Explore coverage of MIT in the MediaFor media inquiries, visit the Information for the Press page.
For more than three decades, the people of the Media Lab have spurred progress and change not just through academia, but across startups an…
Near-unity polarization of nuclear systems in atoms has been demonstrated via optical pumping. This relies on pumping specific absorption l…
Congratulations to the winners of this year's A'Design Awards, including Media Lab researchers Jack Forman, Ali Shtarbanov, and Hila Mor!
Watch the video, then read this post by Alexis Hope to learn more about her work at the Media Lab and her passions.
In the episode "The Happy Pod: Superhero dog saves family from fire," BBC Global News Podcast highlights Dr. Dagdeviren's research in …
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See what the Media Lab community is bringing to SXSW 2024!
“Happiness makes the world go round."
The Challenge: To ignite creativity in the face of global challengesThe accelerating crises, disruptions, and disconnections in today’s soc…
A number of Media Lab researchers and alumni are participating in UbiComp 2023.
At the MIT Media Lab, we imagine, design, and invent a future filled with possibilities giving everyone the opportunity to thrive…
Dr. Dagdeviren is invited to deliver a talk titled: “Conformable Biomedical Devices: from Breast to Brain” during the Fall 2023 Seminar Ser…
A number of Media Lab researchers and alumni are participating in UIST 2023.
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In January 2024, members of the Media Lab traveled to Fribourg, Switzerland to conduct a workshop on sensing, interactions, and augmentation
MIT Media Lab Mobility++ Workshop【多元運輸】工作坊2017 11月28日～30日 In celebration of the launch of City Science Lab @ TaipeiTechAb…
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…
A variety of Media Lab community members will participate in the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
The Challenge: To shape the future with decentralized technologiesOur world faces a range of complex challenges across multiple sector…
LocationNatura Campus, São Paulo, Brazil DescriptionHow will innovation and technology transform our lifestyle and consumer experience? A c…