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Tod Machover’s Schoenberg in Hollywood goes to…..Hollywood!

Tod Machover’s opera Schoenberg in Hollywood comes to the UCLA Nimoy Theater on May 18, 19, 20 + 22 for its West Coast premiere.
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Deploying a practical solution to space debris

Researchers share the design and implementation of an incentive-based Space Sustainability Rating.
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Dr. Minoo Rathnasabapathy selected for 2025 Karman Fellowship Program

Dr. Minoo Rathnasabapathy has been named a 2025 Karman Fellow for her leadership in space sustainability and climate innovation.
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Andres Rico receives MIT Martin Family Society for Sustainability Fellowship

PhD student Andres Rico selected as a 2024 Martin Fellow for his work on community-based sensing for water management in cities.
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Dava Newman receives Prevent Cancer Foundation Visionary Award on behalf of Media Lab's Women's Health Program

The Carolyn “Bo” Aldigé Visionary Award recognizes the MIT Media Lab's groundbreaking research in advancing women's health.
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Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named

MIT MAD has established new professorships and appointed three MIT faculty to advance design education across disciplines.
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TeleAbsence: Poetic encounters with the past

MIT researchers lay out design principles behind the TeleAbsence vision and how it could help people cope with loss
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FRONTLINE Launches Youth Civic Voices Initiative

A new collab with the MIT Center for Constructive Communication empowers young people to shape the future of journalism and civic dialogue
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Cynthia Breazeal named 2024 AAAS Fellow

She is recognized for her distinguished contributions in the field of artificial intelligence education.
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WHx Program: Unlocking Women's Health through Transformative Technologies
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Introducing MIT Media Lab's Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) Research Program

The MIT Media Lab announced the launch of its multi-faculty research program, "Advancing Humans with AI" (AHA)
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Early methods for studying affective use and emotional wellbeing in ChatGPT: An OpenAI and MIT Media Lab Research collaboration

Editor’s Note: This blog was written jointly with OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab. It also appears here. 

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Wearable device tracks individual cells in the bloodstream in real time

The technology, which achieves single-cell resolution, could help in continuous, noninvasive patient assessment to guide medical treatments.
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Personal Robots research on front cover of Science Robotics March 2025 issue

The March 2025 cover story for Science Robotics highlights a recent study conducted by researchers in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots group.
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Prof. Deblina Sarkar receives Bochorer Best award for her achievements in science and technology

The award ceremony honored ten individuals shaping contemporary Bengali society.
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New platform lets anyone rapidly prototype large, sturdy interactive structures

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.
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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
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Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors

A new low-power system using radio frequency waves takes a major step toward autonomous, indoor drone navigation.
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Pattie Maes receives ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award

This award is given to individuals whose research in human-computer interaction is considered both fundamental and influential.
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New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions

Sometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.
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Meet the 2025 LEGO Papert Fellows

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's fellowship!
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Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity
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From The Wall Street Journal: AI Has Shown Me My Future. Here’s What I’ve Learned.

The tool is the brainchild of a team that includes MIT Media Lab postdoctorate Pat Pataranutaporn, who studies AI systems that help people f
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Enhancing the Privacy of a Digital Pound

Gabriela Torres Vives, et al. "Enhancing the Privacy of a Digital Pound." Bank of England and MIT Digital Currency Initiative, December 2024
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Mitchel Resnick receives 2025 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education

This award honors an individual or group in recognition of a significant contribution to computer science education.
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A Bionic Leg Controlled by the Brain

Hugh Herr pioneers brain-controlled prosthetics, merging tech and biology to restore mobility and enhance human potential beyond limits.
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Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
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A model of virtuosity

Acclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s collaboration with the Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI “jam_bot” + the artist
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Tiny, wireless antennas use light to monitor cellular communication

As part of a biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.
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Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators

This video series features our current students, offering glimpses into their backgrounds, their research, and the passions behind the work
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Brain-controlled prosthetic limbs take steps closer to reality

In a cover story, Science News highlights research from the Media Lab’s Biomechatronics group and the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics at MIT
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
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“Wearable” devices for cells

These devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain, and might even help restore some brain function.
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New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

The method could help communities visualize and prepare for approaching storms.
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A data designer driven to collaborate with communities

Media Lab alum + MIT DUSP Prof Catherine D’Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data—and why we lack it for many things
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Behnaz Farahi joins MIT Media Lab Media Arts + Sciences Program as Assistant Professor, Transformative Design

Behnaz Farahi joins the MIT Media Lab's Program in Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) as Assistant Professor, Transformative…
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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people
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Startup’s displays engineer light to create immersive experiences without the headsets

“We are adding a new layer of control between the world of computers and what your eyes see,” says Barmak Heshmat, co-founder of Brelyon
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Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models

Researchers created a tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias
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Research Group Overviews

Learn more about all of the research groups, centers, and initiatives at the MIT Media Lab.
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Earth observation technology trends for climate intelligence

As climate-related disasters become more frequent, the need for actionable climate intelligence has never been greater.  Earth Observa…
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Member Collaboration Story—At World Mental Health Day, Samsung + MIT Media Lab Highlight Sleep’s Impact on Mental Health

In honor of World Mental Health Day, Samsung is emphasizing its collaboration with the MIT Media Lab to explore the mind-body connection, a…
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Danielle Wood named 2024 Just Tech Fellow

Wood will lead projects that apply satellite Earth Observation technology for environmental management.
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Paul Liang joins MIT Media Lab Media Arts + Science Program + EECS/Schwarzman College of Computing as Asst. Professor, AI + Human Experience

Paul Liang joins the MIT Media Lab's Program in Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing with a shar…
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A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally

A new surgical procedure gives people more neural feedback from their residual limb. With it, seven patients walked more naturally
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Study evaluates impacts of summer heat in U.S. prison environments

MIT researchers identify facility-level factors that could worsen heat impacts for incarcerated people.
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Media Lab Community Awards and Recognitions

View recent awards and recognitions received by members of the Media Lab community in the modules attached here.
Jan. 1, 2023