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Creating sociotechnical systems that shape our urban environments
Glass II: 3D printing glass at the architectural scale.
The reproductive organs of the female body have long been a site of contention, where opposing ideologies in religion, politics, and cult...
Engaging people in creative learning experiences
Integrating digital interfaces more naturally into our physical lives, enabling insight, inspiration, and interpersonal connections
Head of MIT Media Lab's Mediated Matter research group teamed up with Björk to create 3D-printed wearables of the singer's face
Designing for, with, and by nature
Advancing Wellbeing
The Platform Optically transparent and structurally sound, glass has played a significant role in the evolution of product and archi...
Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation
Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies
We collaborated with NIAS (National Institute of Agricultural Science) to genetically engineer silkworms to develop new kinds of silk for...
I am currently creating perfumes that capture the smell of individuals who have emotional significance to me. An exploration in the use ...
Sparking discussion about the social, cultural, and ethical implications of emerging technologies through design and storytelling
The City Symphony project is a recent Opera of the Future initiative that brings creative musical participation to everyone, while encour...
We explore an art form where machines take on an essential role in the aesthetics and processes of the creation. Our main theme can be su...
The MIT Media Lab collaborated with London-based theater group Punchdrunk to create an online platform connected to their New York City p...
Fensadense is a new work for 10-piece ensemble composed by Tod Machover, commissioned for the Lucerne Festival in summer 2015. The projec...
Seamlessly coupling the worlds of bits and atoms by giving dynamic physical form to digital information and computation
Architect
Biomolecules to biopolitics: hormones with institutional biopower! Open Source Estrogen combines do-it-yourself science, body and gender ...
Ever heard of 'remote and real world interconnected theatrical immersion'? Punchdrunk's Peter Higgin explains all
Come with me. I've got something to show you.
Rottlace is a family of masks designed for Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjork. Inspired by Bjork's most recent album Vulnicura the Mediate...
Novel technologies for Additive Manufacturing are enabling design and production at nature’s scale. We can seamlessly vary the physical p...
Designing systems that become experiences to transcend utility and usability
CE 2.0
How we can understand human behavior (rationality, semi-rationality, bounded rationality, and just plain irrationality) in day-to-day behaviors, and in particular in electronic environments.
How to engineer and disseminate powerful, low-cost design and fabrication technologies at a grassroots level.
How to redefine and expand the conceptual framework and language of learning by creating new technologies and spheres of practice.
How radical new collaborations will catalyze a revolution in health.
How to bring the programmability of the digital world to the physical world.
How to build intelligent music systems out of interacting audio-processing agents.
How to distill meaning from complex everyday experiences. Walter Bender is currently on leave.
How to detect the activity of biological molecules with micro- and nanofabricated devices.
How we can construct information technology and intelligence from the fundamental building blocks of physical media: atoms and molecules.
These wall drawings are generated by a series of predesigned instructions that dictate their form. The instructions give both constraint ...
This project aims to build a modular lighting system where users can customize the design and lighting patterns.