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These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes, and superhero skins

Prosthetics designers are coming up with new ways to help people feel more comfortable in their own skin.

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Structural Analysis of Musical Signals for Indexing and Thumbnailing

A musical piece typically has a repetitive structure. Analysis of this structure will be useful for music segmentation, indexing, and thumb…

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Fall 2020 OOLE INT01

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Tuesday
October 27, 2020
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Ishii 0617-062520 JME01

Disclaimer for playback viewers As part of the MIT Media Lab’s ongoing research on distance learning (MOOC, e-learning) and remote collabor…

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June 17, 2020 —
June 25, 2020
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Asaph Azaria

Former Research Assistant

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Barry L. Vercoe

Professor Emeritus

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Hehe Shen

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Tao Sun

Former Research Scientist

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Liu Yang

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Surgeons test-drive the amputation of the future with a mail-order limb, rerouted nerve, and prosthetic hand that grips like the real thing

A research team, including members of the Biomechatronics group, devises a new surgery for hand amputations and prostheses.

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Jianghong Min

Former Research Assistant

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A Virtual Muscle Model of the Arm for EMG-Driven Control of Prostheses

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Music, Mind and Machine

The Music, Mind and Machine group is working towards bridging the gap between the current generation of audio technologies and those that w…

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E Ink’s latest color displays have me dreaming of electronic paper magazines

Media Lab spinoff E Ink’s new generation of color displays were introduced at CES 2023.

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Advancing Wellbeing

In contributing to the digital revolution, the Media Lab helped fuel a society where increasing numbers of people are obese, sedentary, and…

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Joseph A. Paradiso

Alexander W Dreyfoos (1954) Professor; Associate Academic Head, Program in Media Arts and Sciences

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Arnaud Grignard

Former Research Affiliate

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Hugh Herr talks to the Boston Globe about the collaboration that led to a new amputation procedure

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

Project

Technology-Enabled Mobile Phone Screenings Augment Routine Primary Care

We have developed a new process to screen patients at the point-of-care with FDA-approved technology-enabled mobile health screenings (TES)…

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MLTalks: IDEO's David and Tom Kelley

IDEO's David and Tom Kelly in conversation with Media Lab Director Joi Ito.

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Researchers design moisture-responsive workout suit

Ventilating flaps lined with live cells open and close in response to an athlete’s sweat.

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Experiments with a Robotic Computer Body Affect and Cognition Interactions

Cynthia Breazeal, Wang A., Rosalind W. Picard

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Build a Personal Food Computer

OpenAg is committed to changing the way the world thinks about farming and food—and we need your help! As an open source project, we believ…

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‘I can still feel it’: Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

Read about the first upper-limb amputation performed using the AMI procedure created by Media Lab researchers + Brigham and Women’s Hospital

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Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating creativity on a broad scale requires expertise that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

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Connected Mind + Body

The Media Lab is working to revolutionize and improve mental + physical wellbeing using digital technologies and human-computer interaction.

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MLTalks: Jack Schulze

Jack Schulze in conversation with Kevin Slavin.

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Influence of Sleep and Circadian Preference on Exercise and Subjective Mood in College Undergraduates

McHill, AW., Barger, L.K., Sano, A., Phillips, A.J., Czeisler, C.A and Klerman, E.B. "Influence of Sleep and Circadian Preference on Exercise and Subjective Mood in College Undergraduates," Sleep2017, June 2017.

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Influence of Weekly Sleep Regularity on Self-Reported Wellbeing

Sano A, Phillips AJ, McHill AW, Taylor S, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, Picard RW. "Influence of Weekly Sleep Regularity on Self-Reported Wellbeing," Sleep2017, June 2017.

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Programmable Droplets