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Jun 15 09
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Speaker:
Matthias Sala Host/Chair:
Center for Future Storytelling
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May 11 09
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Speaker:
Lucy Suchman Host/Chair:
Susanne Seitinger
This talk considers how capacities for action are currently figured at the human–machine interface, and how they might be imaginatively and materially reconfigured. Drawing on examples from recent scholarship in anthropology, science and technology studies, and media arts and design, Suchman argues for research aimed at tracing differences that matter within specific sociomaterial arrangements, without resorting to essentialist human-machine divides. |
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Apr 06 09
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Speaker:
Allen Gorin Host/Chair:
Deb Roy
Coping with information overload is a major challenge of the 21st century. Huge volumes and varieties of multilingual data must be processed to extract salient information. We have previously reported on research for how to automatically characterize large volumes of streaming content. However, information includes both content and associated meta-data, which humans deal with as a gestalt but computer systems often treat separately. Attributed random graphs provide a useful mechanism for jointly modeling content and context. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Dec 08 08
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Speaker:
Bart Hopkin Host/Chair:
Pattie Maes
Bart Hopkin will talk about musical instruments and sound, with the following question as a starting point: to what extent do musicians—composers, improvisers, and instrument makers—seek mastery and control over the sounds they produce; or, conversely, to what extent do they knock about in a world of existing sound possibilities, making the most of what they happen to find? |
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May 09 07
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 A one-day symposium exploring the innovative research focused on human 2.0—the new science of human adaptability, hosted by John Hockenberry. |
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Nov 11 03
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 On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, the Media Lab held "Benton Vision"—an event to celebrate Stephen A. Benton—Allen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and inventor of the white-light transmission, "rainbow" hologram—and the field of holography. |
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