The MIT Media Lab’s Object-Based Media group is no longer active. This site provides background on some of the people and projects that wer…
Former Alumnus, Object-Based Media
Congrats to spinoff BRELYON, led by former Labber Barmak Heshmat, on winning the 2022 Prism Award in the Displays category.
Former Data Journalist & Application Developer
LocationSan Francisco, CA Description
Former Technical Associate II/ Lab Manager, Synthetic Neurobiology
Former Research Assistant
Manager of Administrative Support Services
LocationMIT Lincoln Lab Description
Analogous to our work in representing video as a set of objects and a scripting language, we are exploring methods for recording audio such…
In this work, we propose a novel fabrication method for 3D objects based on the principle of spooling. By wrapping off-the-shelf materials …
Joanne Leong, Jose Martinez, Florian Perteneder, Ken Nakagaki, Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication Method for Object Creation and Modification. In TEI'20, February 9-12, 2020, Sydney, NSW, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1145/3374920.3374990
Isaacs, S., Kalashnikova, O., Garay, M. J., van Donkelaar, A., Hammer, M. S., Lee, H., & Wood, D. (2023). Dust soiling effects on decentralized solar in West Africa. Applied Energy, 340, 120993.
Known as “WraPr,” the system presents a novel fabrication method for creating new or augmenting existing 3D objects with soft materials.
V. Michael Bove, Jr.
Live Objects enrich users' experiences of their immediate environment.
2019 Bianca Datta, Sundeep Jolly, and V. Michael Bove, Jr., "Towards inverse design of biomimetic nanostructuresexhibiting composite struc…
LocationNTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) in Tokyo, Japan DescriptionThe Lab’s Tangible Media group will hold its first large-scale exhib…
Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people.
How ideas derived from art can lead to new technological concepts.
Korbin Deary talks about his involvement with Scratch, a programming platform created by the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the Lab
LocationSalone Del Mobile, Milan DescriptionLexus International will unveil the Tangible Media group's exhibit, "TRANSFORM," as part of the…
Co-founded by Media Lab alum Alex Westner, Xander will introduce its first product, XanderGlasses, at CES 2023.
We live on the border between two worlds: our physical environment and cyberspace. People have developed sophisticated skill…
Joanne Leong, Yuehan Wang, Romy Sayah, Stella Rossikopoulou Pappa, Florian Perteneder, Hiroshi Ishii. 2019. SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations. In CHI’19 Extended Abstracts, May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland Uk. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312775
Dickinson, S., Pentland A.
A Live Object is a small device that can stream media content wirelessly to nearby mobile devices without an Internet connection. Live Obje…
Lisa Stifelman
Postdoctoral Associate
Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Associate Director, MIT Media Lab
Chris Schmandt
Relational AI: Creating long-term interpersonal interaction, rapport, and relationships with social robotsCommittee:Dr. Cynthia B…
Gao, J., Dong, Y. W., Shang, M. S., Cai, S. M., & Zhou, T. (2015). Group-based ranking method for online rating systems with spamming attacks. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 110(2), 28003.
Jorge Duro-Royo, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Neri Oxman
The Challenge: To harness AI for humanity's leap forwardMachines are becoming more intelligent and more powerful every day. But, like all t…
Gao, J., Zhou, T. Evaluating user reputation in online rating systems via an iterative group-based ranking method. arXiv: 1509.00594.
Live Objects are wireless devices that enrich a user’s experience of the surrounding environment. Live Objects are associated with real obj…
Press: - MIT News: Using reflections to see the world from new points of view- TechXplore, EuropaPress, La Nacion …
Leveraging the web’s power to create open, community-sourced access to knowledge
Research Scientist
Current methods to assess depression and select appropriate treatments have many limitations and need improvement. Diagnosis is usually bas…
Michael Haller, Jakob Leitner, Thomas Seifried, James R. Wallace, Stacey D. Scott, Christoph Richter1, Peter Brandl1, Adam Gokcezade, Seth Hunter
We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!
The Challenge: To ignite creativity in the face of global challengesThe accelerating crises, disruptions, and disconnections in today’s soc…
Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
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Shen, E. "Storied Navigation: Toward Media Collection-Based Storytelling"
This research presents water-based robotic fabrication as a design approach and enabling technology for additive manufacturing (AM) of biod…
An assortment of everyday objects is given the ability to understand multitouch gestures of the sort used in mobile-device user interfaces,…