Event

Security of Things Hackathon

LocationMIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium Description

Saturday — Monday
March 5, 2016 —
March 7, 2016
Event

Reality, Virtually, Hackathon

LocationMIT Media Lab, 6th floor DescriptionThis hackathon held on the MIT campus is called Reality, Virtually because it will promote new …

Friday — Monday
October 7, 2016 —
October 10, 2016
Event

Disrupting Mobility Hackathon 2015

LocationMIT Media Lab, Third-Floor Atrium DescriptionThe Disrupting Mobility Hackathon 2015 will be about creating your own concepts for an…

Friday — Sunday
November 6, 2015 —
November 8, 2015
Event

Breathe Respiratory Hackathon @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium Description

Saturday — Sunday
September 19, 2015 —
September 20, 2015
Event

Media Lab Breast Pump Hackathon

LocationMIT Media Lab Description

Saturday — Monday
September 20, 2014 —
September 22, 2014
Project

Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon

In September 2014, 150 parents, engineers, designers, and healthcare practitioners gathered at the MIT Media Lab for the "Make the Breast P…

Event

Leo Bonanni Keynote @ Stockholm Green Hackathon

LocationStockholm, Sweden Description

Friday
October 21, 2011
Project

Bitcoin Security Initiative

Bitcoin’s (un)common goodDigital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab Launches New Bitcoin Software and Security Effort with Industry L…

Post

Security

Tips for Safety on Campus

Project

Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon 2018

A Case for Breastfeeding InnovationBreastfeeding saves lives.If women globally were able to meet the WHO's public health goal to exclusivel…

Post

MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2023 Brings Dreams to Life

Ruihan Zhang, a student in the Molecular Machines group, was lead organizer of this event in collaboration with MIT Film Makers Association

Project

Bitcoin Security in Absence of Block Rewards

In 2016, a research paper by Carlsten et. al proposed a specific type of mining attack that could occur once block subsidies disappear call…

Event

Film Screening: The "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon Documentary

LocationWorkbar DescriptionScreening of a 14-minute documentary about the Media Lab's "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon with an int…

Tuesday
May 12, 2015
Publication

If blockchain is the solution, robot security is the problem

E. C. Ferrer, If blockchain is the solution, robot security is the problem, Frontiers In Blockchain, Vol 6, 2023

Group

Things That Think

Things That Think is inventing the future of digitally augmented objects and environments. Toward this end, Things That Think researchers a…

Post

MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2024: A Leap Forward in Creative Innovation

The second iteration of this hackathon featured 66 films and 400 participants from local institutions, other states, and countries.

Post

Everyday Security & Privacy

Here is a list of simple tools and best practices to keep your computational work and communications reasonably secure. Your privacy can be…

Person

J Nathan Matias

Former Visiting Scholar

Publication

Social Change through Community Innovation: Feminist + Participatory Design Approaches to Organize Inclusive, Equitable, & Joyful Hackathons

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).

Event

Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon and Make Family Leave Not Suck Policy Summit 2018

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…

Event

City Science Workshop - Guadalajara - Equity and Security

In this workshop, entrepreneurs, stakeholders, community members, professors and students met to discuss safety, security and equity in Gua…

Monday — Friday
March 4, 2019 —
March 8, 2019
Person

Fadel Adib

Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Doherty Chair in Ocean Utilization

Article

“It’s national security, stupid.”

Publication

The role of space in driving sustainability, security, and development on Earth

(contributions from Minoo Rathnasabapthy) By Ryan Brukardt, Jesse Klempner, Daniel Pacthod, and Brooke Stokes

Post

Password Security

Basic Rules to FollowUse 3-4 words in a way that is novel and memorable to youBe creative in using uncommon characters between the wordsSub…

Event

Josh Klein: "Subversion: How Doing Things Wrong Can Put Things Right"

LocationMedia Lab Lecture Hall, E14-633 DescriptionJosh Klein has practiced and was trained, both formally and informally, in hacking—socia…

Wednesday
February 16, 2011
Event

The Internet of Things: Sensors Everywhere

LocationArbuckle Lounge and Bishop Auditorium, Stanford Business School Description Additional Featured Research By (Unpublished) Informati…

Tuesday
March 16, 2010
Article

Clinton Followers Turn to National Security

Project

Safe Cities: Urban Mobility and Security Perception via Agent-Based Modeling

Walking as the most natural form of urban mobility plays a crucial role in shaping the quality of daily life. However, safety concerns ofte…

Event

Joe Paradiso @ Internet of Things Summit

LocationFour Seasons Hotel, Istanbul Description

Wednesday
September 30, 2015
Event

City Science Mobility++ Hackathon 2017 / MIT 城市科學【多元運輸】黑客松 2017

​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…

Event

#MLSXSW | Democratizing the Internet of Things Is an Urgency

LocationHilton Austin Downtown, Salon JK, 500 E. 4th Street Description#sxsw #makermvmt #MLSXSWThe Internet of Things is not coming, it's a…

Monday
March 10, 2014
Project

Active RFID Tags for Security and Supply-Chain Management

We have developed an extremely low-power and low-cost wireless sensor network aimed at applications in asset tracking and ubiquitous activi…

Project

E-Commerce When Things Go Wrong

One of the biggest challenges for the digital economy is what to do when things go wrong. Orders get misplaced, numbers mistyped, requests …

Event

Hiroshi Ishii Keynote @ Internet of Things Summit

LocationSan Jose, CA DescriptionOur vision-driven design research is carried out through an artistic approach. Whereas today's mainstream H…

Wednesday
April 29, 2015
Article

Scientists release controversial genetically modified mosquitoes in high-security lab

Scientists hope these genetically modified "gene drive" mosquitoes could help eradicate malaria.

Project

Simple Things

This category of Music Toy is being designed as an inexpensive, stand-alone, sound-producing, and manipulating device that gains power when…

Article

Catherine D'Ignazio Blogs About First-Ever White House Hackathon

Project

Targeted Nakamoto: A Proof-of-Work Protocol Modification to Improve Security and Limit Energy Consumption

In a Proof-of-Work blockchain the equilibrium hashrate is a monotone function of the fiat exchange value of the block reward. There is no l…

Event

Augmented Human Interaction With Nature, Buildings and Things

Wednesday
May 3, 2017
3:00pm — 4:30pm ET
Article

Minoo Rathnasabapathy Contributes to McKinsey Report on the Role of Space in Driving Sustainability, Security and Development on Earth

Five actions leaders can take to contribute to economic development, security and sustainability, and making space safe and accessible.

Post

Difficult Loves in Urban Mobility: Recap from the Mobility++ Hackathon

By Phil TinnTo Dock, or Not to Dock?The last few years saw a rapid  adoption of app-based taxis, shared bikes, and increasingly, …

Project

Distributed Security via Multi-path Routing in Wireless Networks

Exploring path diversity via multipath routing adds more degrees of freedom and reliability for wireless communications, in particular in w…

Project

Invisible Variables: Personal Security Among Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab is seeking participants for a paid study on the impacts of social distancing policies…

Publication

CargoNet: Micropower Sensate Tags for Supply-Chain Management and Security

Malinowski, M. "CargoNet: Micropower Sensate Tags for Supply-Chain Management and Security"

Project

HackathonFAQ

Discourse on hackathons tends to emphasize projects and project creators rather than the events as a social practice within existing commun…

Article

Why AI should move slow and fix things

Media Lab alum, Dr.Joy Buolamwini spoke to IEEE Spectrum about her work and her recent book, Unmasking AI.

Project

Battery-Free Subsea Internet-of-Things

We present Piezo-Acoustic Backscatter (PAB), the first technology that enables backscatter networking in underwater environments. PAB relie…

Project

Oceans Internet of Things

Our Oceans IoT technologies enable new applications in climate and ecological monitoring, aquaculture, energy, and robotic navigation.&nbsp…

Project

The Relative Size of Things

The Relative Size of Things is a low-cost 3D scanner for the microscopic world. It combines a webcam, a three-axis computer-controlled plot…

Project

The Pleasure of Making Things

In the spirit of Richard Feynman's playful approach to the world of ideas and things, we are developing a set of tools to enable everyone t…

Article

Creating “big, beautiful things”

Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.

Event

Katlyn Turner Invited to Speak at 61st Strategy for Peace Conference: Disrupting the History of Racism in Peace and Security

Katlyn Turner will speak at the workshop “Racism and the Origins of the Atomic Bomb.”

Tuesday — Friday
April 19, 2022 —
April 22, 2022
Person

Alexis Hope

Former Research Assistant

Event

Life after the app–How Humans will connect with the Internet of Things (IoT)

Joseph A. Paradiso (Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT) will give the lecture “Life after the app – How Humans will connect with t…

Tuesday
May 2, 2017
10:30am — 12:00pm ET