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Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion
Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space
Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.
This project transforms light into glass sculptures. I developed a software systems to capture photographs of sunlight moving th…
Designing Systems for Cognitive Support
As of 2020, approximately 40 million adults, or 18.1% percent of the adult population, in the United States suffer from anxiety disorders, …
This project seeks to explore and further develop the concept of "Symbiotic Virtuosity," where artificial intelligence (AI) and human music…
Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people
Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation
Media Lab alum Andy Cavatorta talks to Slice of MIT about his kinetic sculpture "Whale," on display at MIT Museum.
Exploring new forms of social justice through art
Freedom Radio (in development) is an ongoing participatory artwork collecting multilingual thoughts and expressions of freedom across natio…
Black Forest is a participatory public artwork collecting the names and stories of Black lives lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. and planting tr…
A Counting is an ongoing series of software-generated live-streamed sound and video works composed of an evolving neverending count fr…
We propose a computational approach to preserve traditional dance as living cultural heritage, exploring the use of technology to capture k…
This thesis project explores how emerging (AI) technologies might transform how we shape and interact with typography. I will create three …
The Machine Ghost in the Human Shell by Kawita Vatanajyankur and Pat Pataranutaporn is set to premier at the 11th Asia Pacific Tr…
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society
Designing, prototyping, and building the artifacts of our sci-fi space future
Empowering communities through the life sciences + biotechnology
Engaging people in creative learning experiences
The prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members, which includes Tod Machover, head of Opera of the Future.
Cody Paige, MIT AeroAstro Contributors: Ferrous Ward, MIT AeroAstro; Don Derek Haddad, ResEnv; Jess Todd, MIT…
People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop
Organology: Real-Time Biometrics x Sound Synthesis October 19th @ 8:00 PMMIT Media Lab 3rd Floor AtriumWhat role does the body pl…
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
August 4 – 7 (SUN – TUE), 20249–11:00pm EDTThis is an online 4-day workshop consisting of software tutorials and rapid prototyping. P…
Callender was awarded this prize for his body of work, Light Sculptures, Matters of Impermanence.
Looking beyond smart cities
The Space Exploration Initiative charters an annual ZERO-G parabolic flight for 10-15 projects and 25 researchers across MIT Media Lab, sev…
The Space Exploration Initiative’s 2022 microgravity flight features lunar-specific payloads in advance of an upcoming moon mission
The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring.
Enhancing human physical capability
We are working with MIT CAST Visiting Artist Carsten Höller to build prototypes for a Dream Hotel museum exhibition which will translate ex…
Congratulations to the winners and honorees of the 2024 Core77 Design Awards!
When imagining human life in space, how will we express our humanity and creativity in an alien environment? Can the art we make both refle…
Emerging Worlds
By Martin NisserThe ability to deploy large space structures is key to enabling long-duration and long-distance space missions, supporting …
Neural audio synthesis methods now allow specifying ideas in natural language. However, these methods produce results that cannot be easily…
It was recognized in the Plus: Architecture +Innovation category
Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people
Media Lab alum Alexander Reben has been named as OpenAI’s first artist in residence.
Convergence: Artistic Exploration from Nature to SocietyNARLabs, Taipei, Taiwan May 10 - August 10, 2024 Guided by the Taiwa…
The gondola, a timeless and iconic symbol of Venice and love, embarks on a new journey at the Venice Biennale Arte 2024 (https://www.labien…
Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
Have you ever needed a single-line font rather than an outline of a typeface? For instance in the use of digital fabrication processes such…
Illuminate was featured in the AI, Metaverse + Virtual: Best Installation or Experience category.
Playing the Room is an audio technology project that explores the relationship between music performance and physical space, as well as wit…
Hex House was co-founded by Char Stiles, a master's student in the Future Sketches research group.
ColloGraphy (colloquy+calligraphy) is a tangible way to interact and communicate with another person from a different time, whether a loved…
People die twice.First, when they die.Then when they are forgotten.Rokusuke Ei (1933-2016)
Beyond the Cradle
FibeRobo is a novel body-temperature shape-changing fiber based on liquid crystal elastomers. The development of a new fabrication techniqu…
For the MIT Visiting Artist Chloé Bensahel, who has collaborated with the Media Lab's Future Sketches group, fabric itself tells the story.
Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
Nicole L'Huillier, an alum of the Opera of the Future group, is collaborating on a sound installation at this year's Venice Biennale.
Media Lab alumni Ziv Epstein and Alexander Reben joined a panel discussion on the creative future of generative AI.
Master’s student Chelsi Cocking combines her love for computer science and design in her research and outreach efforts at the Media Lab.
Illuminate has been nominated for a 2024 SXSW Innovation Award in the Student Innovation category. Illuminate is an in…
What would it be like if we could see our movement? Illuminate (2023, Chelsi Alise Cocking) is an interactive art installation in whic…
Exploring the essence of code as a creative medium
The second iteration of this hackathon featured 66 films and 400 participants from local institutions, other states, and countries.
Tod Machover’s first opera (he has now composed many more groundbreaking ones) was VALIS, and it made history when it premiered for the 10t…
Read more about the premiere of “Deconstructed Anthems: Massachusetts” in the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts
In collaboration with NTT DATAEvery human culture has developed practices and rituals associated with remembering those who have died. We a…