Open Ocean

8K-oi-Gan is a virtual koi pond in which koi patterns are generated by a StyleGan trained on thousands of images of koi and whose input n...

TransparenSea is an AI system that uses video from tuna longline vessels as input to identify dangerous fishing practices while at sea.Co...

Biological Carbon Pump (BCP), which refers to the transport of particulate organic carbon (POC) from the ocean’s surface to the bottom, d...

LILLI is an immersive, volumetric, reflective lightfield display using a hybrid of video and laser projection to visualize marine wildlif...

Play is a universal human need, reducing stress and supporting mental wellbeing. Swimming, surfing, diving, and other water-based activit...

"Maka" - Eye, "Niu" - CoconutMaka Niu, aka the "CocoCam,"  is a low-cost oceanographic camera and sensor platform that enables ...

Seventy percent of nations have deep-sea environments within their maritime Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), yet only 16 percent of them ...

The LEGO Wayfinder project combines LEGO, robotics, and seawater into a playground of project-based learning and citizen science for budd...

Throughout the ages bioluminescence has inspired myths. Long ago, sailors in the Indian Ocean encountered massive bioluminescent blooms a...

Connected Coral integrates physical and digital elements in a visualization of the environmental impacts on reefs. This complex projectio...

The Intertidal Experimentation Workshop will take place September 29 and 30 (9am to 2pm) at the MIT Media Lab, open to students ages 8-14...

Microbes are the foundation upon which life on Earth depends: they set the boundaries of habitability for all plants and animals and crea...

Most of the underwater world remains far off the map. For many of the most exciting exploration challenges—from Maya cenotes to urban aqu...

More ocean data has been collected in the last two years than in all previous years combined, and we are on a path to continue to break t...