Designing Systems for Cognitive Augmentation

Imagining our augmented now and the future through the lens of AI artThe artwork is generated by Mostafa 'Neo' Mohsenvand,  using AI t…

DayDreamNight was a gathering organized for the MIT community to explore projects produced in collaboration between CAST Visiting Artist Ca…

Abstract— Millions suffer from sleep disorders, and sleep clinics and research institutions seek improved sleep study methods. This paper p…

SynopsisThe class will cover a wide range of perspectives on deepfakes, from their historical ancestors through their philosophical underpi…

This project is a subset of the larger Dream Hotel project ongoing with CAST Visiting Artist Carsten Höller. The Room for Flying Dreams is …

We are working with MIT CAST Visiting Artist Carsten Höller to build prototypes for a Dream Hotel museum exhibition which will translate ex…

We have collected data (n=133) in collaboration with Duke University Professor Paul Seli testing a non-contact Targeted Dream Incubation pr…

This project is a pipeline to algorithmically generate visuals of dreams collected from large groups during the COVID pandemic. Dreams…

“Don’t touch your face” is seemingly simple advice. Since coronaviruses are stable for days on many surfaces, a person can get COVID-19 by …

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, auditory…

NeuroKnit is the interplay between the physical and virtual that is explored in response to the current lack of culture, expression, and em…

Automatic and real-time sleep scoring is necessary to develop user interfaces that trigger stimuli in specific sleep stages. Howe…

Wearables are being widely researched for monitoring individual's health and wellbeing. Current generation wearable devices sense an indivi…

Paper Dreams explores how human creativity can be supported by artificial intelligence.Prior research on AI and creativity has primarily fo…

Words are fleeting. Moments come and go, and what we vocalize “disappears into thin air."In this project, TangiBel Soundscapes, we propose …

A custom circuit board is embedded into robotic toys which makes them come alive when a sleeper begins to dream. As you slip into REM sleep…

Interpreting human electroencephalogram (EEG) is a challenging task and requires years of medical training. We present a framework for lear…

Feeling Climate Crisis is a series of kinetic sculptures that visualize the ongoing climate crisis. Movements of the sculptures express dat…

InspirationDreams are fascinating personally, therapeutically, and scientifically. Who hasn't woken up in the morning and wondered how they…

Virtual and augmented reality headsets are unique as they have access to our facial area, an area that presents an excellent opportunity fo…

With advances in virtual reality (VR) and physiological sensing technology, even more immersive computer-mediated communication through lif…

The brain uses space to index, organize, and retrieve memories. However, our sense of space depends on our perception of gravity. We p…

We explore an art form where machines take on an essential role in the aesthetics and processes of the creation. Our main theme can be summ…

Exploring contextual multimodal cues as memory aids Objective We are exploring the potential of proximity-triggered contextual au…

Exploring the connection between our two minds: the one in our head and the one in our body. The mind-gut connection has flourished as…

We present PsychicVR, a proof-of-concept system that integrates a brain-computer interface device and virtual reality headset to improve mi…

Biological neuronal networks are highly complex and interconnected with superior information processing capabilities. Such networks have pr…

Computational Food is a series of experiments around the shape-changing nature of food and its associated unique sensory experiences. We us…

Cocoon is our vision of a programmable dream machine from the future. This device would be enabled by the synthesis of many devices under d…

Recent developments in wearable robots and human augmentation open up new possibilities of designing computational interfaces integrated to…

Body Quest is a room-scale virtual reality playground for learning about biology and chemistry. Learning about how complex microscopic 3D s…

Invisibilia seeks to explore the use of Augmented Reality (AR), head-mounted displays (HMD), and depth cameras to create a system that make…

 When the body senses itself internally and localizes its actions, it provides the basis for a material sense of self-existence. At th…

Identity is fluid. As we travel this journey of life, we get imprinted and we forget parts of ourselves. Older people's memories are erased…

Breathing actions are used to augment controller-based input by giving superpowers to players in two VR games. Blowing out long and strong …

GVS or galvanic vestibular stimulation is a technology that directly affects a user's vestibular system by altering their sense of balance …

The onset of Mixed Reality as a platform offers the opportunity to create new, playful paradigms for building and fostering creativity. The…

Embodied theories of language propose that the way we communicate verbally is grounded in our bodies. Nevertheless, the way a second langua…

ShowMe is an immersive mobile collaboration system that allows remote users to communicate with peers using video, audio, and gestures. Wit…

The setup involves adding one controller/tracker per foot and one at the base of the back along with two hand-held controllers and the HMD.…

As more powerful and spatially aware Augmented Reality devices become available, we can leverage the user’s context to embed reality with a…

Oasis won Silver at the Edison Awards 2017.Oasis received the Best Paper Award at VRST 2016.Oasis is a novel system for automatically gener…

Remot-IO is a system for mobile collaboration and remote assistance around Internet-connected devices. It uses two head-mounted displays, c…

TagMe is an end-user toolkit for easy creation of responsive objects and environments. It consists of a wearable device that recognizes the…

Light, color, texture, geometry and other architectural design elements have been shown to produce predictable and measurable effects on ou…

The Reality Editor is a new kind of tool for empowering you to connect and manipulate the functionality of physical objects. Just point the…

Tourism is Cuba’s third largest source of foreign currency, behind the two dominant industries of sugar and tobacco. The number of visitors…

The Reality Editor is a web browser for the physical world: Point your phone or tablet at a physical object and an interface pops up with i…

Can tattoos embrace technology in order to make the skin interactive?The DermalAbyss project was the result of a collaboration between MIT …

Tree is a virtual experience that transforms you into a rainforest tree. With your arms as branches and body as the trunk, you experience t…

Respite is a class project, tested only in a limited pilot study. We have learned about and experienced the subjective benefits of min…

Appropriate and adaptive treatment plans are challenging in Parkinson’s disease for several reasons.  parkinsAI models drug response a…

A wearable olfactory display that monitors cardio-respiratory information with the aspiration to support mental wellbeing.BioEssence is a w…

Regular disinfection of hands and frequently touched surfaces is a critical factor in preventing the spread of infectious diseases and diso…

Communication skills are critical for all. We  design and develop systems to help people with communication issues, fostering more emp…

Interoceptive Technologies: Inducing emotions from the body upInspirationThere’s a feeling that comes tingling down the spine in certain mo…

MoveU is a wearable vestibular stimulation device for providing proprioceptive haptic feedback in virtual reality (VR).  The device in…

JaJan! is a telepresence system wherein remote users can learn a second language together while sharing the same virtual environment. JaJan…

Fluxa is a compact wearable device that exploits body movements, as well as the visual effects of persistence of vision (POV), to generate …

The Reality Editor system supports editing the behavior and interfaces of so-called "smart objects": objects or devices that have an embedd…

The way we represent ourselves in social media is intangible. What we choose to wear is public to the world and we are aware of it. In cont…

We are exploring the use of wearable objects for capturing emotion. When the user experiences a particular emotion, she initiates the weara…

Fifty years ago, Doug Engelbart created a conceptual framework for augmenting human intellect in the context of problem-solving. We expand …

Can your information on social networking sites be used to create emotional experiences? The Nostalgia Room ranks your Facebook photos base…

Mouseless is an invisible computer mouse that provides the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without actually needing a real h…

'PreCursor' is an invisible layer that hovers in front of the screen and enables novel interaction that reaches beyond the current touchscr…

PalimPost is a converged system for storing, searching, and sharing digital and physical world information using sticky notes and mobile de…

ReachBand is a wireless wristband with an RFID reader that can detect user interactions with everyday objects, such as holding a book or op…

Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, recently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group. It uses sophi…