Over the past two decades, Prof. Gupta (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) has built a large social network, the Honey Bee Network, to recognize, respect, and reward grassroots innovators. The Honey Bee network has demonstrated that by building upon a resource in which poor people are rich—their knowledge— new paradigm of development can be unleashed.view more ›
Past Talks and Colloquia
Frequent and varied events—such as lectures, colloquia, symposia, and workshops—play an active role in the continuing vitality and momentum of the Media Lab.
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Apr 06 09
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Speaker:
Anil Gupta |
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Apr 02 09
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Speaker:
Karrie Karahalios Audio communication research to date has been primarily dominated by work in the areas of speech recognition, transmission and compression, synthesis, computer music theory, and some music information retrieval. Looking at many research laboratories and universities, we tend to find audio processing groups focusing exclusively on the above areas.view more ›
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Mar 30 09
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Speaker:
Paul Mijksenaar Host/Chair:
Pattie Maes
In this talk, Paul Mijksenaar will demonstrate his ideas on the strong role of architecture for wayfinding (spatial) criteria and, accordingly, the task of the signage's (verbal) criteria. In addition, he will discuss the challenges and opportunities of dynamic signage with active interfaces.view more ›
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Mar 16 09
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Speaker:
Eric Von Hippel Host/Chair:
Leah Buechley
Corporations have well-refined methods of product development, brand development, management, production, and more. All of these are important elements of standard business models via which firms function, and seek to grow and profit.view more ›
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Mar 04 09
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Speaker:
Chuck Hoberman The capacity to transform is a trait of all living organisms. In his talk, Chuck Hoberman will demonstrate how designed objects can behave like organisms, transforming their size and shape in a complete, continuous manner. Hoberman will speak about his theory of transformability, and describe his work in deployable shelters, consumer products and medical instruments. view more › |
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Feb 12 09 - Sep 13 09
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 This exhibition at the MIT Museum explores the social potential of new communication technologies. Art installations and research projects by the Sociable Media Group challenge visitors to think about the rapidly changing world of social interaction and the ramifications for the future. Avatar chairs, data portraits and an immersive information cityscape are just some of the exciting aspects of this new exhibition.view more ›
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Jan 26 09
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Speaker:
Behrokh Khoshnevis Host/Chair:
Pattie Maes
The nature of construction has remained intensely manual throughout recorded history. Unlike in manufacturing, the growth of automation in construction has been slow. A promising new automation approach is Contour Crafting (CC). Invented by Behrokh Khoshnevis, Contour Crafting is a mega-scale fabrication process aiming at automated construction of whole structures as well as subcomponents. The potential of CC became evident from investigations and experiments with materials and geometries. view more › |
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Jan 26 09
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The Media Lab (E15) invites the MIT community to dream and design engaging augmentations to its interior space using elements of the outdoor natural environment. Interior space (public and private) and resources ($2-10K) will be allocated to top-seeded projects. On 1/26, David Small and Joe Paradiso will present, and there will be a charrette of short-listed projects.view more ›
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