Currently, the manufacturing of self-actuating and self-sensing robots requires non-standard manufacturing techniques and assembly steps ...
The New England Aquarium was one of the world’s first modern aquariums when it opened its doors in Boston in 1969. Throughout ...
We introduce SkinBot: a lightweight robot that moves over the skin's surface with a two-legged suction-based locomotion mechanism and cap...
We present VisualSoundtrack, a system designed as a tool for soundtrack composers to experiment with original musical content in differ...
We introduce Rovables, a miniature robot that can move freely on unmodified clothing. The robots are held in place by magnetic wheels, an...
The Mediated Atmosphere project envisions a smart office that is capable of dynamically transforming itself to enhance occupants' work ex...
Tidmarsh is a 600-acre former cranberry farm near Plymouth, MA that has undergone a restoration to wetland. We have instrumented the site...
Multimodal textile sensate media as an expressive and deformable musical interfaceIn the area of intelligent textiles, we are exploring a...
Tid'Zam is an ambient sound analysis system for outdoor environments. It is a component of the Tidmarsh Farms project which monitors the ...
SensorTape is a modular and dense sensor network in a form factor of a tape. SensorTape is composed of interconnected and programmable se...
Makeup has long been used as a body decoration process for self-expression and for the transformation of one's appearance. While the mate...
ChainFORM is a modular hardware system for designing linear shape-changing interfaces. Each module is developed based on a servo motor wi...
SensorChimes aims to create a new canvas for artists leveraging ubiquitous sensing and data collection. Real-time data from environmental...
Inspired by previous work in the field of data sonification, we built a data-driven composition platform that enables users to map collis...
An interactive picture book that explores storytelling techniques through paper-based circuitry. Sensors, lights, and microcontrollers em...
With our Ubiquitous Sonic Overlay, we are working to place virtual sounds in the user's environment, fixing them in space even as the use...
Doppelmarsh is a cross-reality sensor data browser built for experimenting with presence and multimodal sensory experiences. Built on evo...
We present an augmented handheld airbrush that allows unskilled painters to experience the art of spray painting. Inspired by similar sma...
NailO is a wearable input device in the form of a commercialized nail art sticker. It works as a miniaturized trackpad the size and thick...
The FingerSynth is a wearable musical instrument made up of a bracelet and set of rings that enables its players to produce sound by touc...
The vision of pervasive computing is now mainstream. These connected devices permeate every aspect of our lives. Yet, we remain tethered ...
Imagine a future where lights are not fixed to the ceiling, but follow us wherever we are. In this colorful world we enjoy lighting that ...
We demonstrate an always-available, on-body gestural interface. Using an array of pressure sensors worn around the wrist, it can distingu...
ListenTree is an audio-haptic display embedded in the natural environment. Visitors to our installation notice a faint sound emerging fro...
Light enables our visual perception. It is the most common medium for displaying digital information. Light regulates our circadian rhyth...
Sensor networks permeate our built and natural environments, but our means for interfacing to the resultant data streams have not evolved...
RESTful services and the Web provide a framework and structure for content delivery that is scalable, not only in size but, more importan...
In this project we investigate how the process of building a circuit can be made more organic, like sketching in a sketchbook. We integra...
Circuit Stickers is a toolkit for crafting electronics using flexible and sticky electronic pieces. These stickers are created by printin...
The Circuit Sticker Activity Book is a primer for using circuit stickers to create expressive electronics. Inside are explanations of the...
Living Observatory is an initiative for documenting and interpreting ecological change that will allow people, individually and collectiv...
Homes and offices are being filled with sensor networks to answer specific queries and solve pre-determined problems, but no comprehensiv...
Programmable Paintings are a series of artworks that use electronic elements such as LED lights and microphone sensors as "pigments" in p...