Event

Cancelled: MITSO MOVIES MACHOVER

This latest concert produced by CAST brings together the music of film soundtracks with Tod Machover’s A Toronto Symphony.

Friday
March 13, 2020
8:00pm ET
Publication

The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT

Brand, Stewart. Inventing the Future, Viking Adult (September 15, 1987)

Article

Make yourself "three heads" | MIT develops present, past, and future multi-headed system technology

Read (in Japanese) about "Machinoia: Machine of Multiple Me,” an art project created by Fluid Interfaces student Pat Pataranutaporn.

Event

Cancelled: Advancing Wellbeing Seminar Series: Susan Murphy

Event Cancelled due to weather and will be rescheduledMicro-randomized Trials and Moderated Effects of Mobile Health Intervention Pushes on…

Thursday
February 9, 2017
4:00pm — 5:00pm ET
Event

Apollo 50+50: Inventing the Future

MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics professors Paulo Lozano, Danielle Wood, Richard Binzel, and Sara Seager are interviewed by Prof. Dava Newma

Wednesday
March 13, 2019
Project

A Date with Yourself

Identity is fluid. As we travel this journey of life, we get imprinted and we forget parts of ourselves. Older people's memories are erased…

Article

'Howtoons' Hits Bookshelves: MIT's Do-It-Yourself for Kids

Publication

Do-It-Yourself Devices: Personal Fabrication of Custom Electronic Products

Mellis, D. "Do-It-Yourself Devices: Personal Fabrication of Custom Electronic Products"

Publication

Defining An Algorithm For Inventing From Nature

Boyden, E. S. and Chow, B. Y. (2010) "Defining An Algorithm For Inventing From Nature." Column, Technology Review. 1/19/2010.

Article

Re-Inventing the World of Prosthetic Technology

Article

How Do You Reinvent Yourself After a Near-Death Experience?

Article

Ramesh Raskar: Inventing New Disciplines

Article

What Do You Know? Tag Yourself!

Post

Inventing Smells for Space: A chemistry, design, and R&D collaboration with IFF

A chemistry, design, and R&D collaboration with International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.

Publication

Making Musical Magic Live: Inventing modern production technology for human-centric music performance

Making Musical Magic Live : Inventing Modern Production Technology for Human-Centric Music Performance. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/129893.

Article

MIT is making a device that can 'hear' the words you say silently

It's like having Siri listen to your internal commands.

Article

MIT Startup Exchange: Creating powerful synergies

The MIT Startup Exchange hosts events + arranges introductions that can lead to opportunities for emerging companies like ML spinoff Tulip.

Article

Fresh off the (MIT Media) lab

MIT Media Lab fosters innovation with its motto of 'imagine and realise.'

Article

Michael Hawley, whose talents soared as an MIT professor and a pianist, dies at 58

He was a brilliant polymath, gifted musician, and former Media Lab professor who headed the Personal Information Architecture research group

Article

MIT professor Neri Oxman is as otherworldly as her creations

"We, as architects of the built environment, are entering an era where we’re designing for survival.”

Person

Ashris Choudhury

Article

At Mass STEM Week kickoff, MIT RAISE announces Day of AI

Artificial intelligence is top-of-mind as Governor Baker, President Reif encourage students to “see yourself in STEM.”

Post

ARPA-H + MIT Media Lab

The Media Lab is an interdisciplinary creative playground rooted squarely in academic rigor, comprising dozens of research groups, initiati…

Person

Quentin Mitchell

Former Director's Fellow

Article

This MIT app makes self-care as addictive as a video game

Collect cute monsters and make your brain feel better.

Post

Spring 2024 Media Arts and Sciences Course List

Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the Spring 2024 semester

Person

Judith Sirera i Pulido

Article

Three MIT graduate students awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention

Media Tyler PhD students among 14 collegiate inventors awarded the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Person

William J. Mitchell

Former Professor

Person

Sugata Mitra

Former Visiting Professor

Article

MIT exhibits let the body hum in a vocal meditation

Hum, and sound buzzes through your lips. Sing, and it vibrates through your head and body.Sing at “Vocal Vibrations,” the musical installat…

Article

Intelligent Agent. How Pattie Maes Almost Invented Social Media

Pattie Maes was inventing the core principles behind the social media age when Mark Zuckerberg was still in kindergarten.

Person

Ada Ren-Mitchell

Learning Programs Designer

Person

Mitchel Resnick

LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research

Person

Mitchell Tseng

Former Visiting Professor

Person

Mitchell Baker

Former Research Affiliate

Person

Ada Ren-Mitchell

Learning Programs Designer

Post

Virtual Wellness Program from MIT SA+P

The SA+P-sponsored Wellness Program, including yoga classes and mindfulness meditation - is now available virtually.

Post

If/Then She Can – The Exhibit at the MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab is honored to host six statues from #IfThenSheCan – The ExhibitLyda Hill Philanthropies' IF/THEN® Initiative presents #I…

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…

Group

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

Political, media and technological forces have driven us into isolated, like-minded camps hostile toward outside views and ripe for the spr…

Article

The Best Inventions of 2020 | A New Kind of Interface: MIT Media Lab AlterEgo

Congrats to Fluid Interfaces PhD student Arnav Kapur and collaborators on the selection of AlterEgo by ⁦Time Magazine for this recognition.

Event

MIT Media Lab Spring Meeting 2023

The Spring Meeting will be held on-site at the MIT Media Lab, with a number of sessions livestreamed.

Monday — Tuesday
April 3, 2023 —
April 4, 2023
Article

MIT invents method to shrink objects to nanoscale using basic lab equipment

Some say bigger is better, but researchers at MIT will tell you that when it comes to tech, smaller things are far more impressive.

Article

Reimagined MIT Museum encourages visitors to join MIT’s community

“Whoever you are, this is your place.” The new museum opens Oct. 2 at the gateway between Kendall Square and campus.

Event

TEDx MIT Superpowers

TEDx MIT is an independently organized TED event that aims to showcase MIT 'superhero innovations - tech for good.' 

Saturday
April 20, 2024
3:00pm — 6:00pm ET
Article

Alvin Harvey Highlighted in MIT News on "Indigenous scholarship and community at MIT"

Space Enabled Collaborator, Alvin Harvey, was recently highlighted by MIT News on his work with Indigenous scholarship and community at MIT.

Event

Scratch@MIT

LocationMIT Media Lab DescriptionOver 300 participants from all over the world sharing ideas on the Scratch programming tool for kids.

Tuesday — Thursday
June 24, 2008 —
June 26, 2008
Post

2019 MIT Startup Showcase: Startups from MIT

Click on the modules below to learn more about the MIT startups presented at this event.

Article

Faces of MIT: Abisola Okuk

Abisola Okuk, who began her career at MIT as an admin in the Lifelong Kindergarten group, talks to MIT News about finding her passion.

Article

Faces of MIT: Mary Niskala

Mary Niskala, a senior administrative assistant, talks to MIT News about her proudest moments at the Institute.

Event

Scratch@MIT

LocationMIT Media Lab DescriptionThe Scratch community keeps growing and growing. Young people around the world have shared more than 14 mi…

Thursday — Saturday
August 4, 2016 —
August 6, 2016
Article

Cure it! Tyler Clites wins Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Agonist-antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI) and Pollex Grasp

Tyler Clites, a PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, says his fascination with invention began when …

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

MIT Women's unConference

Katy Croff Bell speaks at the 2018 MIT Women's unConference

Friday — Saturday
March 9, 2018 —
March 10, 2018
Event

PLIX@MIT Workshop

The PLIX team is hosting the second PLIX Workshop on March 30–April 1, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the MIT Media Lab.

Project

How MIT Learns

Judging by the work of its alumni and faculty, MIT is an amazing place for learning. When I first arrived on campus, I wanted to better und…

Post

MIT Diversity Student Resources

The Institute has a variety of student groups and offices that offer resources to the MIT community.

Post

MIT Time Travel VR Installation

A virtual, outdoor time-travel experience.

Post

The Media Lab @ the MIT Museum

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

Post

MIT Summer Research Program

The MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through in…

Event

Sputniko! @ MIT Museum

LocationMIT Museum DescriptionHigh speed robots? Humans colonizing space? How do today’s technologies reflect what we’ve seen on the big sc…

Friday
September 12, 2014
Event

Scratch @ MIT 2014

LocationMIT Media Lab, 6th Floor DescriptionThis is a ticketed event. Follow on Twitter using #ScratchMIT2014.

Thursday — Saturday
August 7, 2014 —
August 9, 2014
Event

Scratch Day @ MIT 2019

Join the Scratch Team on May 11 at the MIT Media Lab to meet, share, learn, and celebrate Scratch Day with local Scratchers!

Saturday
May 11, 2019
9:00am — 1:00pm ET