The Unsung Hero Award from the Office of Graduate Education recognizes students who have shown commitment and passion for the community.
Children are 1/3 of all Internet users, yet the algorithms that shape their experiences are rarely aligned with their interests or needs.
The Compton Prizes are the highest awards presented by the Institute to students and student organizations.
Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial with Cube Design MuseumNature addresses the ways designers are exploring sustainable produc...
The Golden Mouse is a “Best of Show” award that recognizes the best overall submission to the CHI Video Showcase.
Xiao Xiao and Cynthia Solomon in conversation with Hal Abelson
Guillermo Bernal believes virtual reality should be more expressive.
A team led by the Space Enabled group, ESA, and the World Economic Forum will address waste in Earth’s orbit
Congratulations to all of the honorees! We are so proud of you all.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars.
Space Exploration Initiative research aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard experiment capsule crossed the Karman line for three minutes
This year, 120 curious students were honored at the Curiosity Challenge Celebration, along with Dr. Danielle Wood, 2019 Curious Scientist.
The Open Water Data project explores data physicalization as a path to community engagement and action on important environmental issues....
Pip Mothersill lives and thrives at the junction of design and engineering.
Congratulations, Arnav!
Machines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly mediate our social, cultural, economic, and ...
Fortune Magazine has named Joy Buolamwini to its 2019 list of the World's Greatest Leaders.
The electro-holographic video display (Holovideo) project has spanned over decades, beginning back in 1989, and continues to be a main re...
Most countries are projected to see the number of people ages 65 and older surpass the population under the age of 15 by 2050. The limita...
In this TED Talk, Affective Computing head Rosalind Picard explains how AI can help save lives.
The LEGO Papert Fellowships support three graduate students working at the intersection of creativity, play, learning, and new technology.
Try Affective Network!Emotional contagion in online social networks has been of great interest over the past years. Previous studies have...
A collaborative exhibit investigating art, environment, and community in our past and present.
Learn more about our MLTalks series, including upcoming events.
Flavor, in addition to making our food delicious, is one way of sensing biochemical richness. A highly flavorful plant generally con...
Who should decide whether, when, and how to alter the environment? These are hard questions, especially when the decisions will impact pe...
In just three semesters, we have done a lot, and I cannot wait to experience our progress in Spring 2019 and beyond.
The technology being developed can enable personalized interactions with an autistic child, helping therapists to engage their attention.
2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the awards.
Biodiversity on planet Earth is under momentous threat, with extinction rates estimated between 100 and 1,000 times their pre-human level...
Algorithmic auditing has emerged as a key strategy to expose systematic biases embedded in software platforms, yet scholarship on the imp...
We are creating new communication interfaces for people with speech and language disorders, incorporating technologies like physiological...
Researchers say new facilities in space should be available to scientists from any country.
Should workers worry about automation and AI?Many workers, policy makers, and researchers are asking themselves exactly this question. Bu...
Joi Ito talks to Walter Isaacson about AI, ethics, biotech, and how being a DJ prepared him to become the director of the Media Lab.
Segregation is hurting our societies and especially our cities. But economic inequality isn't just limited to neighborhoods. The restaura...
Last spring, you could find me every morning alternately sitting in a storage closet, a multipurpose meeting room, and a book nook beside...
How can we add the missing "T" and "E" in preschool STEAM education?
Programmable Water-Based Biocomposites for Digital Design and Fabrication across ScalesAguahoja is an exploration of nature’s design spac...
TurboTrack is a 3D localization system for fine-grained robotic tasks, with unique capability to localize backscatter nodes with sub-cent...
MAS professor recognized for a career of contributions to human-computer interaction.
Peoples' mindsets, meaning their beliefs about their own intellectual abilities, affect their effort and thereby their performance on tas...
On the occasion of his bicentennial, a list of 200 people who best embody the spirit and work of Frederick Douglass.
Rosalind Picard is nominated to the NAE for her contributions to affective and wearable computing.
Communication technologies, from printing to social media, affect our historical records by changing the way ideas are spread and recorde...
Do you know why a stringer is called a stringer? Jack did.
Digital machine knitting is a highly programmable manufacturing process that has been utilized to produce apparel, accessories, and footw...
New 3D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.
pH Sensor Benchmarking: A Protocol to Characterize pH Sensing Materials and Systems (Small Methods 2/2019)
Avery Normandin and Devora Najjar are on a mission to build literacy and appreciation for urban ecology.
Highlights from the Andorra workshop
The Independent Games Festival (IGF) honors the most influential, innovative and acclaimed projects in independent game development.
The next generation of Scratch expands how, what, and where kids can create with code.
Creative Capital awards support innovative and adventurous artists across the United States.
Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2018 World Technology Awards, including Arnav Kapur, M. Ehsan Hoque, and Affectiva.
Wearables are already replacing traditional drugs and therapies—this year, they'll go further still.
Fadel Adib is one of 25 recipients of the Office of Naval Research's 2019 Young Investigator Awards, and the only awardee from MIT.
The technique, known as “implosion fabrication,” can be used to create nearly any shape imaginable.
Algorithmic FairnessSociety increasingly relies on machine learning models for automated decision making. Yet, efficiency gains from auto...
I would like to start with a mind-ingrained conversation at my 7th birthday party on the 4th of May, 1992, between my late grandfather an...
How do regions acquire the knowledge they need to diversify their economic activities? How does the migration of workers among firms and ...
Thoughts from the Media Lab's Space Enabled group and Space Exploration Initiative
A note of support to the trans community at the Media Lab and MIT
Assisting physicians and patients by novel computational processes at the point-of-care.
New optogenetic technique could help restore limb movement, treat muscle tremor.
In January 2019, artist Ekene Ijeoma will join the MIT Media Lab as an assistant professor.
#MeToo and #MeTooSTEM leaders recognized with $250,000 award
Elowan is a cybernetic lifeform, a plant in direct dialogue with a machine. Using its own internal electrical signals, the plant is inter...
FIBERBOTS is a digital fabrication platform fusing cooperative robotic manufacturing with abilities to generate highly sophisticated mate...
Data for refugees is a big data challenge whereby Turk Telekom opens a large dataset of anonymized mobile phone records to research group...