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Quickies

Intelligent sticky notes
‘Quickies’ brings one of the most useful inventions of the twentieth century—the ubiquitous sticky note—into the digital age. Sticky (aka Post-it) notes help us manage our to-do lists and capture short reminders and information needed in the near future, but keeping track of them can be a task in and of itself. Quickies enrich Post-it notes, making them trackable and manageable; we give these stickies intelligence and the ability to remind us at the relevant time about the task we ought to perform. RFID and ink-recognition technologies can make it possible to create intelligent sticky notes that are searchable, send reminders and messages, and, more broadly, help us to connect seamlessly our physical and informational experiences.
quickies
09/02/2008

GIRLS Involved in Real-Life Sharing

Reflecting on emotions by constructing pictorial narratives
Girls Involved in Real-Life Sharing (G.I.R.L.S.) allows users to reflect actively upon the emotions related to their situations through the construction of pictorial narratives. The system employs common-sense reasoning to infer affective content from the users' stories and support emotional reflection. Users of this new system are able to gain new knowledge and understanding about themselves and others through the exploration of authentic and personal experiences. Currently, the project is being turned into an online system for use by school counselors.
G.I.R.L.S. Involved in Real-Life Sharing
08/06/2008

Recent Lab Headlines

07/23/2008
Updates on Media Lab news mentions
Here's a little collection of some recent Media Lab mentions in the news: