Event

Wadah Khanfar: "One Year After Mubarak: The Past and Future of the 'Arab Spring'"

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14 6th Floor DescriptionJoin the Facebook eventCo-HostsMIT Media LabCenter for Civic MediaThe Berkman Center for In…

Friday
February 24, 2012
Article

After reflecting on the past, MIT’s Media Lab is back to the future

In the Boston Globe, Media Lab director Dava Newman shares her vision for the future.

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Futures Past: Design and the Machine

LocationMIT Media Lab DescriptionFutures Past: Design and the Machine is a three-day conference on the institutional and intellectual histo…

Thursday — Saturday
November 21, 2013 —
November 23, 2013
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The Past, Present, and Future of Civic Entertainment in India

The Godrej India Culture Lab with the Center for Civic Media - MIT Media Lab are proud to present The Past, Present, and Future of Civ…

Saturday
August 11, 2018
10:00am — 7:00pm ET
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SEI Exhibition at Ars Electronica 2019: 50 Years After the Moon

Ars Electronica FestivalSeptember 5-9, 2019 at POSTCITY, Linz, Austria 50 years after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, we are seeing …

Event

Planning the future after COVID-19

Kevin Esvelt, Kent Larson, Esteban Moro, Sandy Pentland, Beth Porter, Ron Rivest, and Ramesh Raskar will each present a short talk.

Saturday
April 4, 2020
9:00am — 10:00am ET
Publication

Machinoia, Machine of Multiple Me: Integrating with Past, Future, and Alternative Selves

Pataranutaporn, Pat, Valdemar Danry, and Pattie Maes. "Machinoia, Machine of Multiple Me: Integrating with Past, Future and Alternative Selves." Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2021.

Post

Signal Kinetics: Year One

Fadel Adib reflects on the whirlwind first year of his group, Signal Kinetics.

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Design for the Future: Workshop. A Spring 2023 Class

Save the date for an end-of-year performance from the Spring 2023 class on the evening of Friday, May 19 in MIT Building E14 6th Floor: see…

Post

Dr. Dagdeviren participated in "Past, Present and Future of Digital Health" workshop as a panelist at IEEE BSN 2023

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of BSN, this special panel discussion is set to unveil the intricate journey of wearable computing a…

Article

New MIT Museum glimpses the future and examines school’s past

The Boston Globe takes a tour around the new MIT Museum, highlighting a number of exhibits and events related to the Media Lab.

Publication

MIT Media Laboratory: a view after ten years

Chris Schmandt

Project

Media Timelines: Understanding the future by studying the past

The world wide web was conceived 30 years ago. What will internet media look like after another 30 years? Should we expect it to be mostly …

Video

Planning the future after Covid-19

Saturday April 4, 2020 …

April 6, 2020
Article

Make yourself "three heads" | MIT develops present, past, and future multi-headed system technology

Read (in Japanese) about "Machinoia: Machine of Multiple Me,” an art project created by Fluid Interfaces student Pat Pataranutaporn.

Publication

Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility: The Past, Present and Future Values of Participatory Design

Becker, C., Light, A., Frauenberger, C., Walker, D., Palacin, V., Ahmed, S. I., ... & Nemer, D. (2020, June). Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility: The Past, Present and Future Values of Participatory Design. In Proceedings of the 16th Participatory Design Conference 2020-Participation (s) Otherwise-Volume 2 (pp. 181-184).

Event

Dr. Dagdeviren participated in "Past, Present and Future of Digital Health" workshop as a panelist at IEEE BSN 2023

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of BSN, this special panel discussion is set to unveil the intricate journey of wearable computing a…

Person

Sultan Al Qassemi

Former Director's Fellow

Post

Spring 2024 Media Arts and Sciences Course List

Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the Spring 2024 semester

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Spring 2023 Media Arts and Sciences Course List

Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the Spring 2023 semester

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City Sci-fi Spring'23: Students Projects

Final projects created in MAS.S64 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities.Students were prompted to …

Article

HubWeek 2019 celebrates five years of connecting MIT, Boston, and the world

Greater Boston’s annual festival of ideas finds new avenues for celebrating and connecting innovators.

Project

Pasts and Presents

Pasts and Presents is a visualization of activity in a space, both current and in the past. The visualization is an abstract, animated imag…

Article

The Synthetic Apiary lets bees enjoy year-round spring

Person

Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor

Research Scientist

Post

Spring 2022 Media Arts and Sciences Course List

Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the Spring 2022 semester

Event

Spring 2017 Member Meeting

Wednesday — Friday
April 5, 2017 —
April 7, 2017
Article

Mihir Sarkar: 10 Years

Alum Mihir Sarkar looks back at the 10 years since his dissertation defense, and reflects on both the joys and the challenges of that time.

Person

Almaha Almalki

Former Research Assistant

Article

Study shows how pandemic decreased income diversity of urban encounters, even after lockdowns

GeekWire reports on research that people were less likely to visit socioeconomically different areas while returning to pre-pandemic habits.

Event

Music | MACHINES: 50 Years of Music and Technology at MIT

LocationE14-6th Floor DescriptionMusic | MACHINES will be a full day and evening experience at MIT’s new Media Lab Complex celebrating the …

Saturday
February 5, 2011
Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

The Challenge: To secure a sustainable future for all living thingsHow can we reduce harm to our planet and the future prospects of life on…

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ML Focus | November 2021: Visions from the Past

We'll take a break from our usual programming and feature videos from the past showcasing what our community envisioned for the future!

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Earthrise, 50 years later

Thoughts from the Media Lab's Space Enabled group and Space Exploration Initiative

Person

Charles Holbrow

Former Research Assistant

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The hackable bike and the future of the MamaChari

Rapid urbanization causes a need for new mobility modes which may not be totally dependent on cars.

Post

Ufuoma Ovienmhada Selected as a "Future Space Leader"

Ufuoma Ovienmhada was one of seven young professionals chosen for the 2021-2022 Future Space Leaders Foundation (FSLF) Grant Program.

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10+ years of Human 2.0

Revisit Human 2.0, a 2007 Media Lab symposium focused on the future of human adaptability.

Group

Opera of the Future

The Opera of the Future group (formerly known as Hyperinstruments) explores concepts and techniques to help advance the future of musical c…

Post

2016: A year in the life of the Lab

By Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

Publication

Touch and Copy, Touch and Paste

Pranav Mistry, S.C. Nanayakkara, Pattie Maes

Article

Aashini Shah one of 13 MIT undergrads, graduate students, and alumni awarded Fulbright fellowships in 2022–23

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

Article

Astronaut gear of the future may fight bone and muscle loss

New space suits and muscle stimulators could keep spacefarers fit on long voyages.

Post

My Media Lab year

A visiting scientist from NHK, Takahito Ito joined the Lab as a company member and left as a crew member.

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Celebrating 10 years of Scratch

Scratch Day @ MIT was one of over 1,110 such events around the world in May.

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2020 Spring Media Arts and Sciences Course List

Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the spring 2020 semester

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2017: The Year that Was

It’s been a turbulent 2017 here at the Media Lab and in the world beyond.

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Wedyan Babatain selected as one of Forbes Middle East's "30 Under 30" for 2023

She was recognized in for her work on the development of a soft, multifunctional wearable platform.