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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.

Project

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…

Person

Asaph Azaria

Former Research Assistant

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Workshops: Thursday, October 25

Fall 2018 member meetingWorkshops: Thursday, October 25Attendance at this event is by invitation only.An Introduction to the Blockchain Eco…

Thursday
October 25, 2018
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Media Lab alums among honorees for Mozilla's Rise 25 Awards

Media Lab alums, Rob Morris (Affective Computing) and J. Nathan Matias (Civic Media), are among 25 honorees for Mozilla's Rise 25 awards.

Event

Agenda: Thursday, October 25

Fall 2018 member meetingAgenda: Thursday, October 25Attendance at this event is by invitation only.Unable to join us in person? J…

Thursday
October 25, 2018
Event

Media Lab 25th Anniversary Symposium

Friday — Saturday
October 15, 2010 —
October 16, 2010
Event

Yadid Ayzenberg @ Piper Jaffray 25th Annual Healthcare Conference

LocationNew York City Description

Tuesday
December 3, 2013
Person

Barry L. Vercoe

Professor Emeritus

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Agenda: Thursday, April 25

Spring 2019 Member MeetingAgenda: Thursday, April 25Attendance at this event is by invitation only.Unable to join us in person? J…

Video

#25 RoboScooter

May 19, 2008
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MIT Media Lab at 25 on NPR's Science Friday

The MIT Media Lab, a hallowed digital playground and research center into media technologies, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. We'll ta…

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Workshops: Thursday, April 25

Workshop descriptions and locations

Article

How Breaking the Rules Could Win You $250,000

Interview with Joi Ito about the first-ever Disobedience Award

Article

Nominations open for $250,000 MIT Media Lab prize for Disobedient Research

Last summer, the MIT Media Lab announced its $250,000 prize for Disobedient Research, and now the nominations process has launched.The priz…

Article

Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2023-25

Professor Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, is among the honorees.

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MIT offers $250,000 award for breaking the rules

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WIRED25: Stories of people who are racing to save us

Humanity is facing thorny problems on all fronts. These folks are working to solve them—and trying to avoid the unintended consequences.

Article

Media Lab @ 25: Watch a Live Webcast of Our 25th Anniversary Symposium

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25 Years of the MIT Media Lab

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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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Rosalind Picard on Science Friday, 3/25 @ 3pm

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Building the Next Big Thing: 25 Years of MIT's Media Lab

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Alaa Murabit

Former Director's Fellow

Article

Herr Wins $250,000 Heinz Award

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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.

Article

Negroponte on the Media Lab’s 25th: A Salon des Refusés That Could Only Have Happened at MIT

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25 Faculty Members Earn Tenure

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Christopher Bevans

Former Director's Fellows Program Alumnus

Person

Rob Pardo

Former Director's Fellow

Publication

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

Person

Huili Chen

Postdoctoral Associate

Group

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…

Article

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.

Group

Advancing Wellbeing

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

Person

Joseph A. Paradiso

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

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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.

Article

Funding for Lifelong Kindergarten Research Group

The Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab develops and studies new technologies and activities that engage children in …

Article

Researchers design moisture-responsive workout suit

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

Post

Health, Wellness, and Medical Support during the Covid-19 Pandemic

MIT resources for students, staff, and faculty.

Event

Media Lab Summer Camp 2021: Speaker Review

Session 1 (6/18): Kioxia, NHK, SynthNeuro

Friday — Sunday
June 18, 2021 —
June 27, 2021
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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…

Article

‘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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Celebrating Members of the Quarter Century Club!

The MIT Quarter-Century Club recognizes faculty members and members of staff who have served the Institute for 25 years or more.

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Canan Dagdeviren

Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; LG Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences