A one-month residency in Asia to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes.
Since 2013, MIT researchers go to Asia every year to scale their research, and explore the local manufacturing ecosystem...
This project won the Best Design Exhibition award in the functional category, as part of the conference's Design Exhibition
A new design tool uses UV and RGB lights to change the color and textures of everyday objects.
A group of Media Lab community members traveled to Japan in late January 2025 to host a series of presentations for current and prospective…
Congratulations to the FibeRobo project for receiving four honorable mentions!
Congratulations to the winners and honorees of the 2024 Core77 Design Awards!
A one-month residency in Shenzhen to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes
The FibeRobo project won gold in the Textile & Materials / New Technology Fabrics category.
Developed by a multidisciplinary team led by Media Lab student Jack Forman, FibeRobo is a low-cost, programmable, shape-shifting fiber.
An evolving list of IAP activities hosted by members of the Media Lab community in collaboration with other MIT departments during 2024.
The low-cost FibeRobo is compatible with existing textile manufacturing techniques.
The research team was awarded for their proposal titled: "Modernizing photovoltaic textiles for scalability and wearable applications.”
A speculation in which our interdisciplinarity helped build an even weirder future.
Advance incorporates sensing directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.
When material sciences meet e-textiles and human-computer interaction for artistic installations.
A 48-hour creative exchange between more than 40 artists and creative technologists.
eTextile functionalization examples.