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Uncharted worlds

Descending into the dark sea is like exploring deep space.
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Helping Physicians via Novel AI and Machine Learning Methods

Assisting physicians and patients by novel computational processes at the point-of-care.
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Synthetic Neurobiology

Revealing insights into the human condition and repairing brain disorders via novel tools for mapping and fixing brain computations
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Civic Media

Creating technology for social change
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Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability
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Fluid Interfaces

Designing wearable systems for cognitive enhancement and personal development
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Camera Culture

Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection
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Helping Emergency Care Physicians Diagnose Sepsis and Bacterial Infections with Machine Learning and Vision

General overview:Sepsis, a life-threatening complication of bacterial infection, leads to millions of worldwide deaths requires significa...
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AI Methods for Rapid Automated Staining and Destaining of Tissue Biopsies in Hospitals

General OverviewStaining of tissues sections using chemical and biological dyes has been used for over a century for visualizing various ...
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MIT "cyborg botany" researcher builds plant-robot hybrid called Elowan

Sareen is a research affiliate within the Fluid Interfaces group, and worked with lab founder Pattie Maes to develop the project.
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Part 1: Gene Drive; Part 2: Gene Drive and Local Drive

iBiology features two introductory classes from CRISPR expert Kevin Esvelt, head of the Media Lab's Sculpting Evolution group.
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Elowan: A plant-robot hybrid

Elowan is a cybernetic lifeform, a plant in direct dialogue with a machine. Using its own internal electrical signals, the plant is inter...
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This plant is a cyborg (and it might be the future of interfaces)

A Parsons and MIT researcher hooked up electrodes to a plant’s leaves to turn it into a robotic sensor.
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Cyborg houseplant can drive itself toward the light it craves

Introducing Elowan, a robot-plant hybrid designed by Harpreet Sareen and Pattie Maes, both from MIT Media Lab.
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Congratulations to the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees

The 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list includes at least three members of the Media Lab community.
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Affective Computing

Advancing wellbeing by using new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion
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Taming "information hazards" in synthetic biology research

Cryptography techniques to screen synthetic DNA could help prevent the creation of dangerous pathogens, argues Professor Kevin Esvelt
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Agonist-antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI)

Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioceptio...
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Tangible Media

Seamlessly coupling the worlds of bits and atoms by giving dynamic physical form to digital information and computation
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bioLogic—Science Advances

Cells’ biomechanical responses to external stimuli have been intensively studied but rarely implemented into devices that interact w...
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Gender Shades

The Gender Shades project pilots an intersectional approach to inclusive product testing for AI.Algorithmic Bias PersistsGender Shades is...