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Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +65 more
Research
Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +49 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek

Inventing disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and creating new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis

#robotics #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +15 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Signal Kinetics

Inventing, building, and deploying wireless sensor technologies to address complex problems in society, industry, and ecology

#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +18 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast climate-related risk

Faculty leaders highlight innovations that can close longstanding knowledge gaps and reimagine how the world responds to the climate crisis.

via MIT News · April 7, 2022
in Space Enabled
#data #environment #space +4 more
Article Research

Ocean vital signs

MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, + how much more it can take

via MIT News · April 5, 2022
in Signal Kinetics · Space Enabled
#data #environment #ocean +2 more
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +61 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness into climate solutions

Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.

via MIT News · March 4, 2022
in Space Enabled
#environment #ethics #climate change +1 more
Research
Sculpting Evolution

Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering

#robotics #design #social networks +40 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Scientists and musicians tackle climate change together

Discussion at MIT explores ways the music industry can help in the battle to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

via MIT News · Dec. 1, 2021
in Director's Office
#art #environment #music +2 more
Post Research

Neil Gaikwad chosen as a 2019 Facebook Fellow

Neil Gaikwad, a PhD student in the Space Enabled research group, has been selected as one of the 2019 Facebook Fellows.

Jan. 16, 2019
in Space Enabled
#agriculture #artificial intelligence #ecology +6 more
Archived
Project Research

Low Cost Soil Carbon Sensing

Regenerative agriculture, or “carbon farming,” is the use of agricultural practices and crops that draw down excess atmospheric carbon th...

in Responsive Environments
Caroline Jaffe
#environment #sensors #climate change
Archived
Archived
Project Research

LEGO Wayfinder

The LEGO Wayfinder project combines LEGO, robotics, and seawater into a playground of project-based learning and citizen science for budd...

in ML Learning · Open Ocean
Katy Croff Bell · Jennifer Chow +4 more
#robotics #environment #kids +5 more
Archived
Article Research

3 Questions: Claude Grunitzky MBA '12 on launching TRUE Africa University

CIS research affiliate describes his goals in creating a webinar series exploring sustainable development in Africa.

via MIT News · March 9, 2021
in Human Dynamics
#environment #learning #social media +4 more
Article Research

Visualizing the Future of Spaceship Earth (Prof. Dava Newman)

Prof Dava Newman fields listeners' questions about climate change and introduces EarthDNA, a platform for climate advocacy and action.

via Chalk Radio | MIT OpenCourseWare · March 3, 2021
in Director's Office
#environment #space #climate change
Research
Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +64 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Research
Civic Media

Creating technology for social change

#robotics #design #social networks +52 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Research
Scalable Cooperation

Reimagining human cooperation in the age of social media and artificial intelligence

#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +40 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Project Research

Identifying the human impacts of climate change

Climate change is going to alter the environments that we depend on in myriad ways. We're using data to identify and quantify these poten...

Nick Obradovich · Manuel Cebrian +4 more
#environment #government #health +5 more
Archived
Project Research

Low-power wireless environmental sensor network

Tidmarsh is a 600-acre former cranberry farm near Plymouth, MA that has undergone a restoration to wetland. We have instrumented the site...

in Responsive Environments
Joseph A. Paradiso · Brian Mayton
#ecology #environment #networks +2 more
Project Research

Soundscape Resynthesis

Sound and space are fundamentally intertwined, at both a physical and perceptual level. Sound radiates from vibrating materials, fillin...

in Responsive Environments
Spencer Russell
#robotics #design #environment +8 more
Archived
Article Research

How to solve climate change and make life more awesome

We already have all the tools we need to fix climate change. We just need to use them.

via Vox · Dec. 16, 2019
in Director's Fellows Program
#environment #health #politics +2 more
Article Research

WIRED25: Stories of people who are racing to save us

Humanity is facing thorny problems on all fronts. These folks are working to solve them—and trying to avoid the unintended consequences.

via Wired · Oct. 15, 2019
in Director's Office · Civic Media
#robotics #artificial intelligence #environment +3 more
Project Research

City as Classroom, City as Laboratory

Often, we neglect to see the city as living, complex, and dynamic. However, shrouded by its masses of concrete and steel lie unique ecosy...

in Sculpting Evolution
Avery Normandin · Devora Najjar
#ecology #learning #storytelling +3 more
Archived
Project Research

Field Experimentation in Boston's Intertidal Zone

The Intertidal Experimentation Workshop will take place September 29 and 30 (9am to 2pm) at the MIT Media Lab, open to students ages 8-14...

in Sculpting Evolution · Open Ocean
Avery Normandin · Devora Najjar
#ecology #learning #storytelling +4 more
Archived
Post Research

This city is a classroom

Avery Normandin and Devora Najjar are on a mission to build literacy and appreciation for urban ecology.

Jan. 28, 2019
in Sculpting Evolution
#ecology #learning #storytelling +3 more
Article Research

The data is in. Frogs don’t boil. But we might.

The metaphor of the frog in water that is heated slowly has long been used to describe the potential risk of climate change.

via The Washington Post · Feb. 25, 2019
in Scalable Cooperation
#biology #wellbeing #climate change
Project Research

Ecology, Evolution, and Engineering for Empowered Brains

EEEeb Spring 2019:  Urban OceansMarch 24, April 7 and 21, May 19, June 2 To register, please visit this lin...

in Sculpting Evolution
Avery Normandin · Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar +2 more
#ecology #environment #kids +5 more
Article Research

Fake meat, served six ways

We now have more challenging choices to make than simply whether to be vegan, pescatarian or carnivore, thanks to technology.

via Wired · July 2, 2018
in Director's Office
#agriculture #environment #food +3 more
Article Research

Climate change has an unexpected impact on mental health

Global climate change is projected to change our planet this century and beyond.

via Inverse · Dec. 28, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#environment #health #climate change
Post Research

Earthrise, 50 years later

Thoughts from the Media Lab's Space Enabled group and Space Exploration Initiative

Dec. 24, 2018
in Space Exploration Initiative · Space Enabled
#space #climate change #racial justice
Article Research

As global temperatures rise, so will mental health issues, study says

Small rises in temperature and dramatic weather events resulting from warming can affect mental health.

via CNN · Oct. 8, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#wellbeing #climate change
Publication Research

Empirical evidence of mental health risks posed by climate change

Obradovich, N., Migliorini, R., Paulus, M. P., & Rahwan, I. (2018). Empirical evidence of mental health risks posed by climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801528115

Academic Paper, Oct. 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#wellbeing #climate change
Post Research

We should be worried about the impacts of climate change on mental health

Climate change presents a grave threat to overall human well-being, including mental health.

Sept. 10, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#environment #health #climate change
Article Research

Surprising climate change effects: more fatal crashes, less food safety

Add deadly car crashes and food safety risks — and the officials overseeing them — to the list of things affected by climate change.

via The Weather Channel · Aug. 15, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#environment #health #public health +1 more
Publication Research

Effects of environmental stressors on daily governance

Effects of environmental stressors on daily governance, Nick Obradovich, Dustin Tingley, Iyad Rahwan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Aug 2018, 201803765; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1803765115

Academic Paper, Aug. 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#environment #government #public health +1 more
Article Research

Unexpected effects of climate change: worse food safety, more car wrecks

On excessively hot days, there are more likely to be fatal car accidents and food safety problems, and police officers and government foo...

via CNN · Aug. 13, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#government #public health #climate change
Article Research

Global Warming? Tell it to the Judge

First, climate change was blamed for coastal flooding and wildfires. The links seemed intuitive and the effects observable. But more...

via U.S. News & World Report · Aug. 13, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#government #public health #climate change
Post Research

Exploring the effects of environmental stressors on daily governance

If we are unable to adapt to climate change, it may amplify the marginal gap between citizen need and government assistance.

Aug. 14, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#environment #government #health +2 more
Article Research

It's not just you: Dark clouds are linked with darker moods

Weather really can affect our mood—or at least the way we express our emotions on social media, according to a study published Wednesday ...

via Newsweek · April 25, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#social media #climate change

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