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Media Lab projects recognized in the 2018 Innovation by Design Awards

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Arnav Kapur, Neo Mohsenvand

by Janine Liberty

Sept. 10, 2018

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Fast Company’s Innovation By Design Awards celebrate trailblazing design and "a commitment to solving problems,  no matter how big or small, as simply and as beautifully as possible."  A number of Media Lab research projects have been recognized this year:

Winner

AlterEgo, Experimental category
Lead researcher: Arnav Kapur, Fluid Interfaces group

Finalists

Hacking Manufacturing, Experimental and Social good categories
Kino, Experimental category
Programmable Droplets, Experimental category

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AlterEgo

AlterEgo is a  non-invasive, wearable, peripheral neural interface that allows humans to converse in natural language with machin…
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Kino

This work explores a dynamic future in which the accessories we wear are no longer static, but are instead mobile, living objects on the bo…
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Hacking Manufacturing 2017

IdeaA lab is where unique ideas are generated and early prototypes are synthesized. A factory is where designs are mass produced and qualit…
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Programmable Droplets

​State-of-the art liquid handling systems are generally pump-driven systems connected with valves and tubes. These systems are manually ass…
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