Robot overcomes uncertainty to retrieve buried objects

Your flexibility, perseverance, and dedication have been nothing short of inspirational.

Two projects led by Irmandy Wicaksono of the Responsive Environments group, with collaborators, have been honored as finalists.

Namaph, a project by City Science PhD candidate Yasushi Sakai + collaborators, received a 2022 WIRED Japan Common Ground Challenge Award

Master’s student Chelsi Cocking combines her love for computer science and design in her research and outreach efforts at the Media Lab.

Read about the 2022 zero gravity flight and the projects that flew. This is an annual event hosted by the Space Exploration Initiative.

Dava Newman gave the investiture speech for Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering, received the Robert Fletcher Award + an honorary degree.

Congratulations to all of the recipients of this year's competitive fellowships administered by the MIT Office of Graduate Education (OGE)!

Thousands of children participate in MIT-developed artificial intelligence curriculum.

The two papers relate to project work from the City Science group around the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems.

The IDSS/SSRC Combatting Systemic Racism Seed Fund Program supports innovative, early-stage cross-disciplinary research projects.

Wicaksono researches and invents electronic textiles and garments with a wide range of applications.

Sponsored by the US Department of State, the Fulbright US Student Program offers grants in over 150 countries.

​On May 23, 2022, Wiring WIC, a virtual symposium hosted by the WIC Health and Technology Initiative—a project of New America in collabor...

​A Conversation with the Sun is an artistic exploration by acclaimed Thai auteur and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul in collaborati...

I’d like to continue to make these connections, between traditional practices in my country and the things I’ve learned abroad.

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

Kevin O'Connell and Moriba Jah testify at hearing about "Space Situational Awareness: Guiding the Transition to a Civil Capability."

The Outstanding UROP Student Awards recognize students who have made outstanding contributions as undergraduate researchers.

Danielle Wood will speak in the plenary session on "Protecting Latin America’s Biodiversity" in Panama.

Two installations at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Guggenheim Bilbao invite visitors to explore the future of urban mobility

This year's conference featured a hybrid-onsite structure from April 30–May 5 in New Orleans, LA.

If fewer mice carry Lyme, the scientists say, fewer ticks that bite them would become infected.

Du's research focuses on conformable piezoelectric electronics for women’s healthcare monitoring.

The Unsung Hero Award from the Office of Graduate Education recognizes students who have shown commitment and passion for the community.

Congratulations to Yun, Chelsi, and Cecilé on receiving this fellowship!

The programs are designed to foster an understanding of how artificial intelligence technologies work, including their social implications.

Chameleon is a wall mounted sensor system that uses machine learning to classify building activity.We present the system as an alternativ...

Award recipients are selected based on their academic achievements and dedication to their graduate research works.

The 3D Knit BioSuit™ is a multidisciplinary, collaborative work involving multiple groups at MIT and MIT spinoff Ministry of Supply.

MIT AI Hardware program has featured Nano Cybernetic Biotrek’s (NCB’s) research on energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable hardw...

He was recognized for his innovative contributions to wireless sensing and for networking advances in challenging environments.

Ariel Ekblaw talks about leading the Space Exploration Initiative, self-assembling space architecture, science fiction, + long-term thinking

A team of Boston surgeons and scientists has developed a new approach to amputation.

This award recognizes individuals who have made contributions with major impact on the field of nanotechnology.

Supported by a $100 million founding gift, the academy will deepen the integration of design across the Institute and beyond.

Congratulations to project team researchers Irmandy Wicaksono, Don Derek Haddad, and collaborator Loni Landon!

Dava Newman will talk about her groundbreaking spacesuit, the BioSuit™, as part of the Smithsonian’s celebration of women and girls in STEM

Read a post by Mitch Resnick, who was inspired by an email exchange with Ukrainian educator Olesia Vlasii.

Collaboration with Federal Reserve Bank of Boston yields progress in understanding how a digital currency might be developed in the future.

"Augmented" is a Nova PBS documentary episode that premiers Wednesday, 2/23, featuring Biomechatronics group head Hugh Herr.

The SLAS Innovation Award is a $10,000 cash prize recognizing the work behind one exceptional podium presentation.

Annual MLK celebration at MIT features call to confront America’s history of racism in order to move forward.

Ishii gave his award lecture "Evolving Visions" at the International Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction virtually on February 11, 2022.

Chelsi Cocking shares her thoughts on how the design industry can better foster, support, and grow design talent in the Black community.

Fellowship program honors ACM members whose specific accomplishments drive innovation and make broader advances possible.

Collective intelligence methodology identifies key findings to accelerate the pace of innovation and build health resilience.

Danielle Wood will speak at the session "Outer Space: Projecting Histories and Futures onto the Stars."

The project won first place and the Audience Choice Award in the SEPTA for All: Augmenting Transit with Augmented Reality competition.

MIT scientist Rosalind Picard collaborates with clinicians to develop tools for mental health care delivery.

Congrats to Praneeth Vepakomma on receiving a 2022 Meta PhD Research Fellowship in the Applied Statistics category.

The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it, engage with it, and think it competent.

Using a new robotic platform, researchers can simultaneously track hundreds of microbial populations as they evolve new proteins.

Shuvo, I. I., Shah, A., Dagdeviren, C.†, “Electronic Textile Sensors for Decoding Vital Body Signals: State-of-the-art Review on Characterizations and Recommendations”, https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100223, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4, 2100223, 2022.

Congratulations to Labbers Hiroshi Ishii and Nataliya Kosmyna on receiving these grants from the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT).

His work will focus on refining Ethical Computing Protocol as a tool and resource for researchers and practitioners.

IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) highlighted the research journey of Deblina Sarkar, an assistant professor at MIT and AT&T Career ...

Biomechatronics group head Hugh Herr speaks with Marwa ElDiwiny on a recent episode of the IEEE RAS Soft Robotics podcast.

Gramophone contributor Laurence Vittes spotlights Tod Machover’s “Death and the Powers,” an opera about robots and humans.

Researchers encourage positive use cases of AI-generated characters for education and well-being.

Graduate student Lucy Du designs novel prosthetics and seeks to inspire others to pursue engineering.

FG is the premier international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition.

Deblina Sarkar is recognized as one of the eight scientists leading next generation research by United For Medical Research.

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