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What's Taking Form?

A glimpse into experiments still unfolding. These are early explorations — unfinished, evolving, and sometimes weird — in all the best ways

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MIT Media Lab + Castrol Collaborate on Space Research

This collaboration highlights Castrol’s ongoing commitment to driving innovation and pushing the boundaries of space exploration.

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Research Group Overviews

Learn more about all of the research groups, centers, and initiatives at the MIT Media Lab.

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ML Research Theme: Future Worlds

We’ll create transformative technologies, experiences, and systems that address the dual challenge of climate change and energy.

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Advancing Wellbeing

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MLVoices

MLVoices is an ongoing occasional series featuring community members talking about their ideas, their work, their passions, and their lives.

July 23, 2020
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ML Focus series

Sept. 17, 2020
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Fall 2020 OoLE: Big Picture Sessions

Each of these discussions was dedicated to a timely, urgent topic.

Oct. 30, 2020
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Safe Paths

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All Hands on Deck

To fully explore and understand the ocean, we need "all hands on deck."

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The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence

June 19, 2018
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#TBT

Oct. 7, 1971
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Labcast

LabCAST was the Media Lab's original video feature series. It ran from 2007–2016, highlighting dozens of research projects and initiatives.

May 3, 2007
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Thesis Defenses

April 12, 2001
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Sensibles Research Symposium

Oct. 20, 1999
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MLTalks

The MLTalks series brings leading voices from a wide range of fields into the Media Lab for thought-provoking conversations, whic…

Oct. 6, 2011
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E14 Dedication and Symposium

March 3, 2010
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MIT Media Lab in the News

Explore stories about the Media Lab from global news outlets.

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Space Enabled

The mission of the Space Enabled research group is to advance justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space. Our messag…

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Behnaz Farahi creates Ocean of Dreams video installation for MIT Future Fest

Critical Matter Group have projected sounds and video of the ocean alongside crowd-sourced messages into a public square.

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Viral Communications

We develop AI for learning, exploration, and speculation that we call “technologies of curiosity.” They are interfaces and systems intended…

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Q&A: Building accountability behind our words — and AI’s — in civic conversations

Professor Deb Roy contends there should be someone who is “answerable” for every piece of text in public life, no matter its origins.

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Hiroshi Ishii honored for contributions to global design and human-computer interaction

Professor received the IDSA Special Achievement Award for three decades of research integrating physical and digital environments.

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MAS.941: Thesis Preparation 2026 (MAS Thesis Adventure)

Course DescriptionMAS.941 supports Media Lab master’s students in developing ideas into clear, compelling, and rigorous thesis proposals. B…

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Xiangtao Shi

Graduate Student

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Benjamin Lowengard

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Ari Aadler

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Dava Newman

Former Director, MIT Media Lab; Apollo Professor of Astronautics

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Geva Patz

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Casey Smith

Former Research Assistant, Lifelong Kindergarten

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John A. Watlington

Former Research Specialist

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Mario Bourgoin

Former Research Assistant, Epistemology and Learning

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Marina Bers

Former Research Assistant, Epistemology and Learning

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Kelly Heaton

Former Research Assistant, Program in Media Arts & Sciences

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David Chiou

Former Research Assistant, Sociable Media

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Hannes Vilhjalmsson

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Erik Mueller

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Chenyue (Xdd) Dai

Graduate Student (ARCH)

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Marisa Uribe

Former Administrative Assistant SA+P

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Matt Mankins

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Suwan Kim

Graduate Student (ARCH)

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Tom Stocky

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Hengzhi Li

UROP

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Berfin Ataman

Outside RA

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Håkon Wium Lie

Former Research Assistant, Electronic Publishing

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David Young

Former Research Assistant, Visible Language Workshop

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Alan Wexelblat

Former Research Assistant, Intelligent Agents

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Clea Waite

Former Research Assistant, 3D Computer Graphics and Animation

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Fernanda B. Viegas

Former Research Assistant, Sociable Media

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Nuno Vasconcelos

Former Research Assistant, Movies of the Future

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Alan Turransky

Former Research Assistant, Visible Language Workshop

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Dave Tames

Former Research Assistant, Interactive Cinema

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Steve Strassmann

Former Research Assistant, Program in Media Arts & Sciences

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Karl Sims

Former Research Assistant, Animation Research