Event

A to A: A World in Harmony

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 and Aram Khatchaturyan Hall in Yerevan, Armenia DescriptionThe concert pioneers a collaborative music compos…

Saturday
February 25, 2012
Project

Harmony in Precarity

By Po-Hao ChiHow could microgravity/hypergravity shape our perceptual experience of listening with weightlessness? How can we seek to explo…

Video

Future Worlds

Our goal is for society to work for 100% of humanity and for all living beings, so they can thrive—here on Earth and in worlds beyond.

Project

Closer Worlds

Computer-mediated forms of communication (i.e., social media, texting) have quickly become the predominant way that we keep in touch w…

Project

WorldBeat: Hearing the world differently

Can we modulate the way we hear the world around us to make it more calming or to induce focus? While technology is usually associated with…

Group

Emerging Worlds

The Emerging Worlds SIG is focused on emerging opportunities to address pressing challenges, and leapfrog existing solutions. Emerging Worl…

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…

Event

World Premiere: Symphony in D

LocationDetroit, MI DescriptionA Symphony for Detroit. By Detroit. Leonard Slatkin leads the world premiere of Tod Machover's "Symphony in …

Friday
November 20, 2015
Series

ML Research Theme: Future Worlds

We’ll create transformative technologies, experiences, and systems that address the dual challenge of climate change and energy.

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Event

Kings of the World film screening

Kings of the World is an intimate musical portrait of a reclusive gipsy community in the South of France, which has produced world-famous m…

Wednesday
April 12, 2017
6:00pm — 7:30pm ET
Event

Gastronomy: Trends in a changing world

Adela Balderas from Deusto Business School and the Basque Culinary Center speaks on gastronomy and how eating habits affect society. Focusi…

Thursday
June 15, 2023
12:00pm — 1:30pm ET
Event

KnittedKeyboard at the World Economic Forum

KnittedKeyboard will be presented as part of an interactive exhibition at the interface of of science and creativity.

Monday — Saturday
January 20, 2020 —
January 25, 2020
Event

Tod Machover @ World Economic Forum

LocationDavos, Switzerland Description1/21, 2:30pm: Tod Machover and Paola Antonelli of MoMA, "Digital Creativity"1/21, 8:00pm: Vocal Vibra…

Wednesday — Sunday
January 21, 2015 —
January 25, 2015
Event

Natan Linder @ Augmented World Expo

LocationSanta Clara, CA Description

Tuesday
June 4, 2013
Article

What in the World is the Metaverse?

Joe Paradiso talks to Data Nation podcast hosts Liberty Vittert and Scott Tranter about the metaverse - what it is and what it isn't.

Article

A portfolio that’s out of this world

Following an influential career at NASA, Ezinne Uzo-Okoro SM ’20, PhD ’22 now shapes space policy as a top White House advisor.

Event

How Cloud and AI Are Changing the World

Discover how Google’s Cloud Platform, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are helping industries from healthcare to retail to fin…

Monday
April 9, 2018
1:00pm — 2:00pm ET
Publication

The World Wide Web in an Analog Patchbay

Haddad, D. D., & Paradiso, J. A. (2019). The World Wide Web in an Analog Patchbay. In NIME (pp. 407-410).

Event

Berkman Luncheon Series: \"Changing the World of Changing the World: Pushing the Models of Online Organizing\"

DescriptionFrom our friends at the Berkman Center: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2009/06/wiklerBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, sec…

Tuesday
June 30, 2009
Article

Musical worlds collide with BLO’s world premiere of “Schoenberg in Hollywood”

An enticing historical drama explores the conflict between maintaining artistic integrity and an artist’s longing to reach a wider audience.

Event

Media Lab @ World Economic Forum 2020

The following Media Lab community members are participating in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting this year.

Tuesday — Friday
January 21, 2020 —
January 24, 2020
Article

Uncharted worlds

Descending into the dark sea is like exploring deep space.

Event

Sonic Cyberfeminism: Instruments of Disruption in a Deepfake World

Manaswi Mishra, Opera OfThe Future PhD student, is hosting a talk by artist/educator Ana Roman on the topic "Sonic Cyberfeminism"

Event

Caleb Harper @ MIT Better World (London)

LocationThe Institution of Engineering and Technology DescriptionYou are invited to save the date for an evening in celebration of MIT, ou…

Friday
January 13, 2017
Event

Hiroshi Ishii Keynote @ Augmented World Expo

LocationSanta Clara, CA Description

Thursday
May 29, 2014
Event

BBC World Service Broadcast with Joi Ito

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14, Sixth Floor DescriptionJOIN ON TWITTER: #WHYSLISTEN ON WBUR: http://www.wbur.org/listen/liveBE PART OF THE BBC …

Thursday
March 14, 2013
Event

Ramesh Raskar @ World Health Care Congress

LocationWashington, DC Description

Tuesday
April 17, 2012
Event

Valentin Heun @ Augmented Reality World Expo 2016

LocationAugmented World Expo, Santa Clara California DescriptionCurrently, we use Augmented Reality mainly to superimpose virtual content w…

Sunday
June 5, 2016
Event

Media Lab Faculty @ World Economic Forum 2016

LocationDavos-Klosters, Switzerland DescriptionWednesday, 1/20, 12:30pm | Ed Boyden: Panel: Will Science Save Us?Wednesday, 1/20, 4-5pm and…

Wednesday — Friday
January 20, 2016 —
January 22, 2016
Event

Kent Larson @ Smart City Expo World Congress

LocationBarcelona Description

Tuesday
November 19, 2013
Project

Papert's World

Papert's World invites colleagues, collaborators, friends, and family of Seymour Papert to contribute rich-media stories about his life, hi…

Project

Scratch Worlds

What if everyone could create their own interactive content in virtual worlds? We are putting the playful and intuitive features of Scratch…

Article

Solve Challenge Finals 2023: Action in service to the world

Alum David Sengeh, now Chief Minister for the Republic of Sierra Leone, joined others for a fireside chat at the MIT Solve Challenge Finals.

Event

Data Culture Project @ UN World Data Forum

Empowering Those Who Don't Speak DataRahul BhargavaData is too often used “about” people, rather than “with” people. Are you looking for no…

Event

Danielle Wood participates in World Space Forum 2019

The World Space Forum in Vienna will bring together experts and policymakers from regional, national and local institutions, private organi

Monday — Friday
November 18, 2019 —
November 22, 2019
Article

A clean alternative to one of the world’s most common ingredients

MIT spinoff C16 Biosciences, whose founders met in the Media Lab's Revolutionary Ventures course, has developed an alternative to palm oil,

Event

#MLSXSW: The BRCK–Designing from the Rest of the World

LocationAustin Convention Center, Room 9ABC DescriptionUshahidi is from Kenya; we know how hard it can be to get connected. Those who lack …

Friday
March 7, 2014
Event

Sensor Networks for Linking Virtual and Real Worlds

DescriptionJoseph Paradiso: "Sensor Networks for Linking Virtual and Real Worlds"; 1:30 PM-2:30 PM; Fiatech Annual Meeting; Hyatt Regency H…

Monday
October 27, 2008
Event

Media Lab @ World Economic Forum 2023

Several Media Lab community members participated in the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting; watch the archived videos here.

Monday — Friday
January 16, 2023 —
January 20, 2023
Event

Kent Larson @ World Alliance for Low-Carbon Cities

LocationMalmö, Sweden Description

Thursday
September 26, 2013
Event

Joi Ito @ the World Economic Forum: An Insight, An Idea

LocationWorld Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland DescriptionA conversation with social innovator, entrepreneur and director of the MIT Medi…

Friday
January 25, 2013
Event

MIT Connection Science at Davos World Economic Forum

MIT Connection Science @ Davos 2019Blockchain+AI+Human = MagicCome and learn how innovations from MIT Connection Science and its collaborat…

Tuesday — Thursday
January 22, 2019 —
January 24, 2019
Event

Session at World Economic Forum, Davos: The Human Strategy

The Human Strategy: AI+Human Collaboration and the Future of Society SummaryHow are we going to live in a world of AI, Big Data, …

Wednesday
January 24, 2018
12:00pm — 2:00pm ET
Event

Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye at Strata + Hadoop World

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Thursday
December 3, 2015
Event

Leo Bonanni: "Sustainable Engagement in a Hyper-Transparent World"

LocationSan Francisco, CA Description

Thursday
November 3, 2011
Article

Bringing construction projects to the digital world

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

Event

Rahul Bhargava @ UN World Data Forum

Empowering People With Data: Tips and Tools for Creative Data Literacy

Tuesday
January 17, 2017
5:00pm — 6:30pm ET
Event

Artistic Research Luncheon | Membranal strategies for a vibrational world

Nicole L'Huillier will speak at an event as part of ACT's Spring 2020 Artistic Research Luncheon Series.

Thursday
February 27, 2020
12:30pm — 2:00pm ET
Project

Holobiont Urbanism: Revealing the Microbiological World of Cities

This project investigates urban metagenomics to reveal the invisible microbiological worlds within our cities. Using honeybees to gather sa…

Publication

WorldLens: Exploring World Events Through Media

Speiser, J. "WorldLens: Exploring World Events Through Media"

Article

How MIT's fab labs scaled around the world

Professor Neil Gershenfeld tells MIT News that fab labs are now transitioning from providing access to tools to making the tools themselves.

Article

Meet the world’s most influential women engineers

Explore this new compilation of influential women in engineering, including Media Lab director Dava Newman.

Post

Learn more: Emerging Worlds

Learn more about the Emerging Worlds special interest group: http://mitemergingworlds.com/INNOVATING FOR BILLIONS At the MIT Medi…

Post

Butlr among World Economic Forum's 2022 Technology Pioneers

The World Economic Forum has chosen 100 innovative tech firms based in 30 countries to join its Technology Pioneers community.

Publication

World as construction kit

Jay Silver

Post

Fadel Adib named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

Fadel Adib has been named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. The Forum announced the 2024 YGL cohort today, reco…

Publication

Dream engineering: Simulating worlds through sensory stimulation

Carr, Michelle, Adam Haar, Judith Amores, Pedro Lopes, Guillermo Bernal, Tomás Vega, Oscar Rosello, Abhinandan Jain, and Pattie Maes. "Dream engineering: Simulating worlds through sensory stimulation." Consciousness and cognition 83 (2020): 102955.

Event

Joi Ito at World Economic Forum: Panel on artificial intelligence

As business opportunities for artificial intelligence multiply, how can industry leaders design the principles and technical standards into…

Tuesday
January 17, 2017
Article

Hello, brave new world!

The advent of streaming has changed our relationship to music, but where is it taking us? What's the logical conclusion?

Event

Open-World Video Object Detection and Segmentation Challenge, ICCV'21

We are organizing our first workshop on Open-World Video Object Detection and Segmentation with MIT and Facebook A…

Saturday
October 16, 2021
8:00am — 12:00pm ET
Event

Kent Larson @ Low Carbon City Development World Forum

LocationShenzen, China Description

Tuesday — Wednesday
June 18, 2013 —
June 19, 2013
Post

Future Worlds: How labels impact the way we eat

When hearing the words “global climate crisis,” often the first things that come to mind are legislation and high-level or complex solution…

Event

Minoo Rathnasabapathy joins Panel Discussion: Building Our Off-World Future

Join a spirited discussion about the return to human spaceflight and how close we are to building a sustainable civilization beyond Earth

Friday
May 29, 2020
3:00pm — 4:00pm ET