IdeaA lab is where unique ideas are generated and early prototypes are synthesized. A factory is where designs are mass produced and qualit…
ScratchBit is an effort to enable children to create more seamlessly in both the physical and digital world by creating a dedicated physica…
Paper circuitry blends conductive craft materials with electronics components to engage learners in circuit building and programming throug…
The Lifelong Kindergarten group is collaborating with the Museum of Science in Boston to develop materials and workshops that engage young …
Narratarium augments printed and oral stories and creative play by projecting immersive images and sounds. We are using natural language pr…
The MIT Media Lab collaborated with London-based theater group Punchdrunk to create an online platform connected to their New York City pro…
We�ve developed a set of tools and techniques that make it easy to use microcontrollers as an art or craft material, embedding them directl…
Experiments in animating butterflies and moths with Shape Memory Metal, as part of a collaboration with the Punch Drunk theater group.
Animated Vines is an interactive paper installation that comes to life in the presence of a viewer. Normally a static wall hanging, as the …
A first-step toward origami robotics, I/O paper is a pair of origami papers in which the red (controller) paper senses how it is being fold…
An electric tambourine that is completely powered by the playing of the instrument. The jingles of the tambourine are lined with piezoelec…
This project is an experiment in material and scale: a life-sized pop-up book that you can open up and step into, made using only cardboard…
I/O Stickers is an electronics construction kit made up of adhesive sensors and actuators. Users can place these special electronic sticker…
TeleScrapbook and TelePostcard are pairs of wirelessly connected electronic scrapbooks and electronic greeting cards, respectively. These e…
Electronic Popables is an interactive pop-up book that sparkles, sings, and moves. The book integrates traditional pop-up mechanisms with t…