Media Lab X.0: Anthology of Tomorrows

Congratulations to Signal Kinetics group head Fadel Adib, who has received a 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science.

In the What, Why, and How, we often forget the Who. These illustrations explore the simple but deeply transformative question of Who Am I?

Reconnecting muscle pairs during amputation gives patients more sensory feedback from the limb.

Guillermo Herrera-Arcos has been named as a One Young World Scholar by the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme (YHP) for 2020/2021.

Ekene Ijeoma’s Black Mobility and Safety in the US course this academic year will include a series of public guest lectures.

Expanding tissue samples before sequencing allows researchers to pinpoint locations of RNA molecules.

Affective Computing head Rosalind Picard and alum Fernanda Viégas are elected to the SIGCHI Academy as part of the 2021 SIGCHI Awards.

A multi-institutional team, including members of the Camera Culture research group, has won the Baidu Best Paper Award at NeurIPS-SpicyFL'20

Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the spring 2021 semester

The project has been chosen as a finalist under the Personal Technology category of the 2021 Edison Best New Product Awards.

The Media Lab community brings creativity, expertise, and research to the pandemic

The award recognizes Nakagaki's work developing tangible interfaces.

Check out the project site here. The pursuit of justice in AI requires more than just tweaking the numbers. It requires us to “study up”...

Farita Tasnim from the Conformable Decoders group has been named as one of 48 finalists for the 2021 Hertz Fellowships.

Learn more about three interviews conducted by Career Girls with Labbers Randi Williams, Jaleesa Trapp, and Marian Muthui.

Irmandy Wicaksono, PhD student in the Responsive Environments group, has been chosen as one of six finalists in the 2021 Lexus Design Award.

This new level of teaching   is the silver lining of this very difficult yet enlightening year.

Randi Williams from the Personal Robots research group is among ten students who have received the Microsoft PhD Fellowship for 2021.

Researchers analyzed how media coverage of online dating apps may help illuminate the ways dating apps can harm marginalized communities.

On work conducted by Edward Boyden and research assistants Andrew Payne and Paul Reginato from the Synthetic Neurobiology research group

This award recognizes the impact of PhD research on the scientific discipline and practice in the field of signal processing.

Hyundai Motor Company recently unveiled a miniature electronic vehicle that uses Emotion Adaptive Vehicle Control (EAVC) technology.

These awards recognize technical contributions to projects that demonstrate a high level of innovation and potential impact.

Conformable Decoders head Canan Dagdeviren is one of the Inverse Future 50—"a group of 50 people who will be forces of good in the 2020s.”

Ostrowski, A. K., Pokorni, B., & Schumacher, S. (2020). Participatory Design for Digital Transformation of Manufacturing Enterprises. MIT Work of the Future Taskforce Working Paper.

The list is curated by the Women in AI Ethics™ Collective.

For the paper titled "JettSen: A Mobile Sensor Fusion Platform for City Knowledge Abstraction."

Congratulations to Daniella DiPaola., current research assistant in the Personal Robots group!

Fabric samples are headed to the ISS for resiliency testing; possible applications include cosmic dust detectors or spacesuit smart skins.

Chazz Sims, former researcher in Human Dynamics and founder of Media Lab spinoff Wise Systems, is chosen as an honoree for 2021.

Space research, led by a diverse team of women scientists, will be presented at this year's AIAA Ascend Conference.

Computational modeling yields a protein fragment that could bind to coronavirus spike proteins and destroy them.

An inventor of CRISPR-based gene drive has some advice to improve science, ethics, and the life-saving potential of these technologies.

Unexpected findings in chemokine receptors once believed to be non-functional open up new fields of scientific inquiry.

Osvy Rodriguez, a UROP in the Signal Kinetics group, recounts his journey to MIT as a Cuban refugee in the US.

By Carolyn “CC” Song, High School Senior and Personal Robots Intern “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

The “HIDW Young Talent” exhibition addressed three topics: Manufacturing of Tomorrow, Future Craft, and City Catalyst.

These discussions, each of which was dedicated to a timely, urgent topic, were livestreamed as part of our recent Out of Lab Experience.

The startup OpenSpace is using 360-degree cameras and computer vision to create comprehensive digital replicas of construction sites.

In recognition of exceptional contributions to the field of digital design and fabrication in early-stage careers.

Congratulations to the 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows and Finalists, including alum Ani Liu.

The competition, now in its ninth year, has featured a cross section of blue-chip companies, scruffy startups, and hungry young talents.

“We have standard operating procedures for emergencies, and everyone knew what to do,” Dagdeviren says.

We don’t know, but the idea is hardly crazy—and if the answer is yes, we could save many lives long before a vaccine arrives

This year, SEI joined the Ars Electronica In Kepler’s garden online program and presented three workshops and an online lecture.

For the paper: "A Robotic Positive Psychology Coach to Improve College Students’ Wellbeing"

How might we leverage digital collaboration tools to support teens in building community and engaging in open-ended, design-based work?

Pat Pataranutaporn discusses his work at the Media Lab, and takes a step back to talk about adjusting to the new normal of the pandemic.

Rosalind W. Picard pioneered the field of Affective Computing at the Media Lab.

Andrea Ling, an alum of the Mediated Matter group, has won the Grand Prize in Artistic Exploration at this year's festival.

My name is Roman Stolyarov, and for my PhD work at the Media Lab I developed a terrain-adaptive control system for robotic leg prostheses.

Epstein, Ziv, et al. "Who gets credit for AI-generated art?." iScience (2020): 101515.

The purpose of the studio is to design and launch new online learning programs for the Lab itself and the communities we work with.

Arwa Michelle Mboya talks about her interests and specifically her passion for working with and empowering women.

The grant will enable PLIX to deliver to build capacity for 300 librarians to implement creative STEAM learning programs in their libraries.

For the robotics category of the innovation series, the USPS chose the bionic prosthesis designed by Media Lab PhD graduate Matt Carney

Innovation dynamics of emerging co-creation practices: What are the impacts on inclusion?

Deblina Sarkar, assistant professor at MIT and AT&T Career Development Chair Professor at the MIT Media Lab, received the Young ...

Device not only helps record dream reports, but also guides dreams toward particular themes.

Anastasia Ostrowski, a research assistant in the Personal Robots group, discusses her journey into the field of engineering.

Congratulations to City Science researchers Alex Berke, Jason Nawyn, Thomas Sanchez Lengeling, and group head Kent Larson!

The appointment is effective July 1.

Each Scholar was chosen based on their innovative research and demonstrated leadership within their respective fields.