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June 18, 2020
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Michael Hawley, former professor of media arts and sciences, dies at 58

A modern-day Renaissance man, Hawley pioneered the internet of things and won the Van Cliburn amateur piano competition.
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A Counting

A voice portrait of major US cities starting with NYC. We invite you to: experience the NYC edition by watching at a-counting.u...
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A focused approach to imaging neural activity in the brain

New molecule for imaging calcium in neurons reduces crosstalk from neighboring neurons.
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Media Lab research response to COVID-19

The Media Lab community brings creativity, expertise, and research to the pandemic
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Webinar Series: Serving Society with Space Data

Discussions on how space technologies and geospatial applications contribute to better outcomes in critical fields around the world.
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Member Collaboration—Open Lab: Home Sprint with Google Arts & Culture

A 48-hour creative exchange between more than 40 artists and creative technologists.
June 24, 2020
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Cynthia Breazeal Assumes New Media Lab Role

Cynthia Breazeal has been promoted to full professor and named associate director of the Media Lab. Both appointments are effective July 1.
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Experimental peptide targets Covid-19

Computational modeling yields a protein fragment that could bind to coronavirus spike proteins and destroy them.
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The MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project

The MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project proposes that autonomous bicycles could serve as an alternative to current bike sharing models.
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Reusable, N95 alternative face mask developed by a collaborative team hits production

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need for PPE, a diverse team came together to produce the "Open Standard Respirator, Model 1"
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Attention Paid vs. Paying Attention in Pervasive Computing

Paradiso, J.A. and Siewiorek, D., “Attention Paid vs. Paying Attention in Pervasive Computing,” Guest Editors’ Introduction for the Special Issue of IEEE Pervasive Computing on ‘Managing Attention - Human and machine focus in Pervasive Computing,’ Vol. 19, April-June 2020, pp. 8-12
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A Moment of Change: Challenges and opportunities when covering hate speech and mis/disinformation

Since the 2016 US presidential election, news coverage of hate speech and mis/ disinformation has skyrocketed. What was once a sleepy bea...
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Celebrating Teaching Assistants in MAS

During these uncertain times, we would like to thank the Teaching Assistants that helped make the transition to remote teaching.
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Deblina Sarkar receives the R00 Award from National Institute of Health

The highly prestigious R00 award is from the National Institute of General Medical Science (NIGMS) of the National Institute of Health.
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Venous Materials: Towards interactive, fluidic mechanisms

By Hila Mor, Yu Tianyu, Ken Nakagaki, Benjamin Harvey Miller, Yichen Jia, Hiroshi IshiiThe Venous Materials project envisions a new way t...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Congratulations to all who graduated during the 2019-2020 academic year!
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From legislation to implementation: Exploring how to prototype privacy bills through human-centered policymaking + design

The rise of data privacy breaches and a look into policies that address these challenges
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Nicole L’Huillier wins 2020 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

Congratulations to Opera of the Future's Nicole L'Huillier!
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Deep learning accurately stains digital biopsy slides

Pathologists who examined the computationally stained images could not tell them apart from traditionally stained slides.
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Nature-inspired CRISPR enzymes for expansive genome editing

Applied computational biology discoveries vastly expand the range of CRISPR’s access to DNA sequences.
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Festival of Learning 2020

A day for learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.
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Virtual Research Discussions

Spring 2020 research updates from the Media Lab
April 2, 2020
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Tales from Virtuality – Research under quarantine at the MIT Media Lab

Joe Paradiso shares his experience running the Responsive Environments group, teaching classes, among other things during the Covid-19 era.
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Training to Voyage

In February 2020, four members of Open Ocean were invited to travel to Hawai'i to undergo training...
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“Lean lab” approach enables quick research ramp down

MIT lab offers a model for cost savings, productivity, and safety; principles may also facilitate efficient reopening in the future.
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Informing Covid-19 preparedness in Sierra Leone

MIT Governance Lab and the Institute for Governance Reform work with the government of Sierra Leone to conduct rapid-response surveys.
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Whose deaths matter? New research on Black Lives Matter and media attention

New research published in the International Journal of Communication
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Ehsan Hoque chosen as an NAM 2020 Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar

Congratulations to Ehsan Hoque, an alum of the Affective Computing group!
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Contact Tracing Technologies: Methods and trade-offs

Alex Berke and Kent Larson, City Science group, MIT Media Lab (2020).
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A few simple tips for better online meetings (COVID-19 edition)

Online meetings are not worse than in-person, and they can even be better in many ways, but they are definitely different.
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Designing digital workspaces for creativity and collaboration in online project-based courses

Bringing project-based work online in two very different contexts: a middle school robotics course and a university product design studio.
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Building the New Economy

Pentland, Alex, Alexander Lipton, and Thomas Hardjono. "Building the New Economy." MITP Works in Progress. Draft DOI: 10.21428/ba67f642.0499afe0.
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ChampScope

Virtual CityScope Champs-Élysées is an interactive and immersive platform that explores the future of Paris’ most important street.
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Ramesh Raskar receives 2020 Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising

This award is given out annually by the MIT Graduate Student Council and presented at the Awards Convocation ceremony.
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COVID-19

Organizational support for COVID-19 response at the Media Lab
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Shriya Srinivasan among winners of 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, including Biomechatronics PhD student Shriya Srinivasan.
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Proteins may halt the severe cytokine storms seen in Covid-19 patients

Team designs antibody-like receptor proteins that can bind to cytokines, as possible strategy for treating coronavirus and other infections.
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Learning about artificial intelligence: A hub of MIT resources for K-12 students

New website offers a combination of learning units, hands-on activities, and mentor guides to foster AI literacy.
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Chelsea Barabas selected as a Carr Center Technology and Human Rights Fellow

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy announces its newest cohort of Technology and Human Rights Fellows.
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Lesson of a Pandemic for a Connected World

Let’s jumpstart a new infrastructure for industry, health, learning, and the people.
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A tailored, electronic textile conformable suit for large-scale spatiotemporal physiological sensing in vivo

The rapid advancement of electronic devices and fabrication technologies has further promoted the field of wearables and smart textiles. ...
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This crazy sculpture is made by an MIT-engineered machine that 3D prints biopolymers to replace plastic

Aguahoja—a winner of Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards—rethinks the paradigm of recycling.
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New designs for living online

Work, school and social gatherings will be mostly virtual for months to come. It's time to explore new ways of seeing and interacting online
via Medium · April 28, 2020
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Meet the Ganimals

New generative AI technologies (such as the Generative Adversarial Network, or GAN) can allow us to imagine new species. Hidden within th...
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Detect DeepFakes: How to counteract misinformation created by AI

How do you spot a DeepFake? How good are DeepFake videos? How well can ordinary people tell the difference between a video manipulated by...
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Meet the 2020 LEGO Papert Fellows

The new LEGO Papert Fellows will spend one week at LEGO headquarters in Denmark to share ideas and collaborate on projects.
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The Guardians

The Guardians Project aims to use the same game design principles used in mobile games to help people form beneficial long-term habits an...
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Family-Friendly Data Privacy + AI Activities: Interactive lessons to help kids learn and design with data privacy in mind

This is a unique time to engage and teach children about the benefits and limitations of technology.
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KnittedKeyboard

Knitting is an established textile manufacturing technique that has been pervasive in the garment and technical fabrics industry. In comp...
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Safe Paths

Safe Paths is an MIT-led, free, open source technology that enables jurisdictions and individuals to maximize privacy, while also ma...
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RF-EATS: Food and liquid sensing in practical environments using RFIDs

RF-EATS is a new system that can verify the authenticity of food and liquids in closed containers without opening them or requiring ...
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Danielle Wood – Advancing Earth justice by way of space

"Space belongs to all countries—every country deserves equal opportunities to pursue scientific achievement for societal benefit."
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Signal Kinetics team wins Explorer Prize in Ocean Observing Prize's DISCOVER Competition

Team Pulse of the Ocean becomes an Explorer Prize winner in the DISCOVER Competition—the first stage of the Ocean Observing Prize.
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Kevin Esvelt selected for the Inverse Future 50

Kevin Esvelt has been named as one of the Inverse Future 50, “a group of 50 people who will be forces of good in the 2020s.”
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Five MIT payloads deployed on ISS

A cohort of transdisciplinary researchers will study effects of sustained microgravity
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Ed Boyden wins prestigious Wilhelm Exner Medal

Entrepreneurial science award recognizes scientists whose work opens up “new dimensions of economic progress."
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Fluid Interfaces researchers and David Kong win Best Paper Award at Augmented Humans International Conference

Congratulations to Pat Pataranutaporn, Angela Vujic, David Kong, Pattie Maes, and Misha Sra!
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Speculative machines produce existential wonder

A collaboration between CAST visiting artist Thom Kubli, Hiroshi Ishii, and members of the Tangible Media group.
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Shuguang Zhang receives Emil Thomas Kaiser Award

The award recognizes a recent, highly significant contribution to the application of chemistry in the study of proteins.
March 13, 2020
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Sojourner 2020 | An international art payload to ISS

Nine groups of artists are selected to be on board Sojourner 2020, which will be launched into low Earth orbit for about 30 days.
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Beautiful Symmetry: A Coloring Book about Math

Berke, Alex, et al. Beautiful Symmetry: A Coloring Book about Math. MIT Press (February 2020).
Book, Feb. 2020
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New approach to sustainable building takes shape in Boston

A five-story mixed-use structure in Roxbury represents a new kind of net-zero-energy building, made from wood.
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Interplanetary Gastronomy

Maggie Coblentz leads research and design on interplanetary gastronomy at the Space Exploration Initiative, where she is developing ...
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How to Train Your Robot

How to Train Your Robot Companion is a curriculum for students in 5-8th grade to explore artificial intelligence and ethics. In this cour...
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Out of the lab and into the world

E14 Venture Summit celebrates the diversity of spinoff companies from the Media Lab.
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Lifelong Learners: Insights from an intergenerational initiative

We believe that knowledge belongs to everyone.
Feb. 11, 2020
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TRANS-DOCK

In the research realm of shape changing interfaces in human-computer interaction, a variety of pin-based shape display designs have been ...
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Crypto Voting + US Elections: Reality and Science Fiction

This is a two-part project. One part is about reality. The other part is science fiction. Both are about mobile, blockchain, and cryptogr...
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Hybrid Living Materials

Hybrid Living Materials (HLMs) are formed by combining living and non-living materials such that the resulting composites take on the fun...