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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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Asaph Azaria

Former Research Assistant

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#26 Storied Navigation

June 2, 2008
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A Clearer Picture: Towards Radical Transparency in Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Climate Action with AI @ COP26

Dava Newman is among the MIT community members who participated in COP26, the United Nations climate change conference.

Wednesday
November 10, 2021
11:00am — 12:00pm ET
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Barry L. Vercoe

Professor Emeritus

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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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Toy Symphony to Have U.S. Premiere April 26 at MIT

Publication

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

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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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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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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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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On-orbit livestream events for two Media Lab research projects | Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2)

Q+A sessions on two research projects with contributors from MIT and the Media Lab will be livestreamed from the ISS on May 26 and May 28.

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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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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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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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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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‘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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Designing for Monitorial Citizenship

On April 26, 2017, Erhardt Graeff spoke about "Designing for Monitorial Citizenship" at The Impact of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC) …

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ISS Mission 2022

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

Event

SKG Micrologistics

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

Friday — Friday
January 1, 2021 —
December 31, 2021
Event

Media Lab Summer Camp 2021

​Media Lab Summer Camp in Japan「将来、MITで学びたい・教えたい? 世界を舞台にコラボしたい?」メディアラボでは、この夏、業界を超えたコラボレーションを通して社会課題に取り組んだ活動や経験を中高生達に共有するセッションを開催します。セッションは、…

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

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Here be Dragons, Track B

Our Thriving Ocean, Platforms and Sensors, Democratizing the Ocean

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Here be Dragons, Track A

Exploration and Discovery, Data Analysis and Sharing, Sea Stories

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Meet the Indians using artificial intelligence to create art

They feed data sets into special algorithms to create canvases; they’re showing at art events around the world.

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E14 and E15 Event Spaces

What are the Event SpacesThe MIT Media Lab event spaces are within buildings E14 and E15 and can accommodate a wide array of event size con…