Article

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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Asaph Azaria

Former Research Assistant

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Barry L. Vercoe

Professor Emeritus

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

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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.

July 23, 2013
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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.

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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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‘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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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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Fall 2020 OOLE INT20

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

Wednesday
November 25, 2020
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TIME's 200 Best Inventions of 2023: SeedLabs MicroPET

The SeedLabs MicroPET, which began as a Media Lab collaboration, was selected to TIME's 200 Best Inventions of 2023.

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📣 Announcing: PLIX Ambassador Program 2023-2024!

The PLIX Team at the MIT Media Lab invites US-based public library workers to apply for our 2023-2024 Creative Learning Ambassador Program.

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Hiroshi Ishii @ SI International 2016, SII2016

LocationSapporo Convention Center DescriptionTRANSFORM: Beyond Pixels, Towards Radical AtomsWhereas today's mainstream Human Computer Inter…

Thursday
December 15, 2016
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Women Take the Reel Film Festival 2024: “20,000 Species of Bees” followed by Q+A

Please join us on March 8 for the screening of Spanish Drama 20,000 Species Of Bees  followed by a Q+A discussion. The screening is FR…

Friday
March 8, 2024
6:00pm — 9:00pm ET
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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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BSEN' 2019 - 19-22 May, 2019

IEEE-EMBS 16th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks. 

Sunday — Wednesday
May 19, 2019 —
May 22, 2019
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Hacking Manufacturing 2017

IdeaA lab is where unique ideas are generated and early prototypes are synthesized. A factory is where designs are mass produced and qualit…

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ISS Mission 2022

This mission marks the Media Lab's fourth rocket launch.

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Beyond the Cradle 2022 Speakers

Speakers

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MIT Media Lab Impact Report 2023

​​​I am thrilled to present the MIT Media Lab Impact Report 2023-2024. This document is a testament to the pioneering spirit and collaborat…

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IAP 2024

An evolving list of IAP activities hosted by members of the Media Lab community in collaboration with other MIT departments during 2024.

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Algorithmic Justice League among Fast Company's most innovative companies in artificial intelligence for 2020/2021

The AJL, a nonprofit founded by alum Joy Buolamwini, is one of the 10 most innovative companies in artificial intelligence for 2020/2021.

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Media Lab @ SXSW 2024

See what the Media Lab community is bringing to SXSW 2024!

Friday — Saturday
March 8, 2024 —
March 16, 2024
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Spring Meeting 2024 Attendees

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2018 Tokyo Member Event

MIT Media Lab @ Tokyo 2018Being Artistic and AnalyticRoppongi Academy Hills, Tokyo, Japan

Thursday
December 6, 2018
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VALIS: 2023 Production

Tod Machover’s first opera (he has now composed many more groundbreaking ones) was VALIS, and it made history when it premiered for the 10t…

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IEEE BSN 2023

Professor Canan Dagdeviren and Ivan Lee from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are co-organizing this conference at the MIT Media Lab.

Monday — Wednesday
October 9, 2023 —
October 11, 2023
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Horizons: Spring Meeting 2024

Horizons 2024 is set to be a testament to the power of interdisciplinary cross-industry collaboration in driving meaningful change.

Tuesday — Thursday
April 9, 2024 —
April 11, 2024
8:00am — 7:00pm ET
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SEI Space Analog Mission Application 2022

SEI Space Analog Mission Application 2022 

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EVDT Community Meeting - March 2024

We invite you to join the third spring meeting of the Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology (EVDT) Community. The purpose of t…

Tuesday
March 19, 2024
10:00am — 11:00am ET
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EVDT Community Meeting - April 2024

We invite you to join the fourth spring meeting of the Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology (EVDT) Community. The purpose of …

Wednesday
April 10, 2024
10:00am — 11:00am ET
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EmTech 2013

LocationMIT Media Lab DescriptionWebcast: http://www2.technologyreview.com/emtech/13/video10/9, 9:00am: Deb Royhttp://emtechmit2013.sched.o…

Wednesday — Sunday
October 9, 2013 —
October 13, 2013
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PASSAT2011

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14 6th Floor Description

Sunday — Tuesday
October 9, 2011 —
October 11, 2011
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NetMob2011

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14 6th Floor Description

Monday — Tuesday
October 10, 2011 —
October 11, 2011
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Tokyo 2001

LocationTokyo, Japan DescriptionRecognizing the long-standing support of Japanese business leaders, the Media Laboratory introduced the reb…

Friday — Saturday
November 9, 2001 —
November 10, 2001
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EVDT Community Meeting - May 2024

We invite you to join the fifth spring meeting of the Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology (EVDT) Community. The purpose of t…

Tuesday
May 7, 2024
10:00am — 11:00am ET
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Hubweek 2017

A Hubweek profile on David Kong here:https://medium.com/@HUBweek/hubweek-change-maker-david-s-kong-cf7230c8710b …

Thursday
October 12, 2017
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UbiComp 2016

LocationHeidelberg, Germany DescriptionThe 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) wil…

Monday — Friday
September 12, 2016 —
September 16, 2016
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SocialCom2011

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14 6th Floor Description Participant(s)/CommitteeAlex 'Sandy' Pentland

Sunday — Tuesday
October 9, 2011 —
October 11, 2011
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Media Lab @ UIST 2023

A number of Media Lab researchers and alumni are participating in UIST 2023.

Sunday — Wednesday
October 29, 2023 —
November 1, 2023
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Minoo Rathnasabapathy Speaks at StrathWide 2021 and at Data.Space 2021

Minoo Rathnasabapathy gave the first keynote talk at the 2021 StrathWide event, and spoke at Data.Space 2021 on "Space for Humanity."