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Space Enabled

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

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +58 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

#robotics #design #social networks +76 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

City Science Network

MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology that …

in City Science · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body +1 more
Maitane Iruretagoyena · Markus Elkatsha +19 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +11 more
Research
Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +66 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in

#robotics #design #social networks +142 more
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity

#robotics #design #social networks +134 more
Research
Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +73 more
Research
Signal Kinetics

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

#robotics #virtual reality #computer vision +30 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Responsive Environments

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

#robotics #design #social networks +75 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Sculpting Evolution

Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering

#robotics #design #social networks +42 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing

#robotics #design #social networks +131 more
Research
Human Dynamics

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

#robotics #design #social networks +78 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people

#robotics #design #social networks +84 more
Article Research

Curiosity Unbounded Episode 4: Build your own superpower, then share it with the world

On Curiosity Unbounded, Professor Fadel Adib, head of the Signal Kinetics group, talks to MIT President Sally Kornbluth about his work.

via MIT News · Sept. 12, 2023
in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#virtual reality #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +6 more
Article Research

Gridlocked: Inflection Point

On the Gridlocked podcast, Media Lab Director Dava Newman and other experts consider what it will take to secure a clean energy future.

via Gridlocked Podcast · Sept. 7, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#energy #space #sustainability +1 more
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience

#robotics #design #social networks +147 more
Project Research

Autonomous micro-mobility simulation study

What will be the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems? Will autonomy make the micro-mobility systems even more attractive?&nb…

in City Science
Naroa Coretti Sánchez · Inigo Martinez Lopez +1 more
#robotics #design #data +7 more
Research
Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek

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

#robotics #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +26 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Transatlantic connections make the difference for MIT Portugal

Media Lab Director Dava Newman, who previously led the MIT Portugal program, still serves as a principal investigator for flagship projects.

via MIT News · June 29, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#space #sustainability #climate change
Article Research

Dava Newman on the Selected podcast

In an interview recorded at VivaTech, Media Lab Director Dava Newman talks about the Media Lab's mission to enhance the human experience.

via Selected · June 20, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#artificial intelligence #creativity #space +5 more
Article Research

A clean alternative to one of the world’s most common ingredients

MIT spinoff C16 Biosciences, whose founders met in the Media Lab's Revolutionary Ventures course, has developed an alternative to palm oil,

via MIT News · June 22, 2023
in Media Lab Spinoffs · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#agriculture #environment #food +3 more
Project Research

Battery-free wireless underwater camera

More than 95% of the ocean has never been observed by humans, even though the ocean plays the largest role in the world's climate system, h…

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Sayed Afzal · Waleed Akbar +5 more
#robotics #virtual reality #artificial intelligence +14 more
Project Research

Augmented Reality with X-Ray Vision

X-AR is an augmented reality (AR) system that gives humans "X-Ray Vision" X-AR is a new AR headset that enables users to see things th…

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Tara Boroushaki · Maisy Lam +3 more
#virtual reality #computer vision #artificial intelligence +10 more
Project Research

Oceans Internet of Things

Our Oceans IoT technologies enable new applications in climate and ecological monitoring, aquaculture, energy, and robotic navigation. …

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Ahmed Allam · Jack Rademacher +6 more
#virtual reality #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +10 more
Article Research

Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication

The system could be used for battery-free underwater communication across kilometer-scale distances to help monitor climate + coastal change

via MIT News · Sept. 6, 2023
in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#sensors #electrical engineering #ocean +2 more
Project Research

Ocean Connectivity at Ultra-Low Power

Van-Atta Acoustic Backscatter (VAB) is the first technology for ultra-low-power underwater networking and communication, which can transmit…

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Fadel Adib · Ahmed Allam +4 more
#communications #ecology #networks +6 more
Project Research

FuseBot: RF-Visual Mechanical Search

FuseBot is a robotic system that can efficiently find and retrieve both RFID tagged and untagged target objects in line-of-sight, non-line-…

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Tara Boroushaki · Laura Dodds +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #health +6 more
Article Research

Gridlocked: Spaceship Earth

On the Gridlocked Podcast, Media Lab Director Dava Newman and other guests discuss the climate emergency, collaboration, and adaptation.

via Gridlocked Podcast · May 12, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#energy #environment #space +2 more
Article Research

The company behind this bottle wants to upend the Earth-destroying, $60 billion palm oil business

Shara Ticku, CEO of MIT spinoff C16 Biosciences, whose founders met in the Media Lab's Revolutionary Ventures class, talks to Fast Company.

via Fast Company · March 12, 2023
in Media Lab Spinoffs · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#agriculture #environment #food +3 more
Article Research

Could self-driving bikes change how we use cities?

Kent Larson, head of the Media Lab’s City Science group, and PhD student Naroa Coretti Sánchez talk about the group's work and philosophy.

via BBC Click · June 1, 2022
in City Science · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#robotics #design #energy +7 more
Post Research

City Science Lab @ Shanghai to continue cooperation with MIT City Science and the City Science Network

Representatives from the City Science Lab @ Shanghai (Tongji University) visited the MIT Media Lab to sign a continuation of their cooperat…

July 26, 2023
in City Science
#robotics #design #transportation +3 more
Article Research

Brewing Palm Oil from Yeast

Slice of MIT profiles David Heller, co-founder of C16 Biosciences and producer of an environmentally friendly palm oil substitute.

via MIT Alumni · March 6, 2023
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#agriculture #environment #startup +1 more
Article Research

Sensing with purpose

Fadel Adib uses wireless technologies to sense the world in new ways, addressing sweeping problems such as food insecurity + climate change

via MIT News · Jan. 24, 2023
in Signal Kinetics
#robotics #health #sensors +4 more
Article Research

Friction on TED Radio Hour

Lab alum David Moinina Sengeh and others speak on TED Radio Hour about friction in its many uses and forms.

via NPR · Sept. 30, 2022
in Biomechatronics
#energy #mechanical engineering #mechatronics +1 more
Article Research

Autonomous shared micro-mobility systems could be the next revolution in urban mobility

City Science researchers Naroa Coretti, Iñigo Martinez, Luis Alonso, and Kent Larson discuss their research on autonomous shared bicycles.

via OA.mg · July 12, 2022
in City Science
#design #transportation #urban planning +1 more
Article Research

MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

via MIT News · Sept. 26, 2022
in Signal Kinetics
#robotics #sensors #imaging +5 more
Article Research

Promoting systemic change in the Middle East, the “MIT way”

In a recent MISTI course, students engaged on collaborative solutions to climate, health care, and economic development in the Middle East.

via MIT News · Aug. 25, 2022
in Biomechatronics
#economy #health #healthcare +3 more
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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
Research
Civic Media

Creating technology for social change

#robotics #design #social networks +54 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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
Article Research

He quit Google to work on climate change. Now, he’s helping others do the same thing

In July 2020, Eugene Kirpichov + Media Lab alum Cassandra Xia started a Slack workspace called Work On Climate—today, it has 8,500+ members.

via Fast Company · June 1, 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#environment #alumni #climate change
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
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
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
Project Research

The MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project

A lightweight research platform to develop autonomous technology Designed to transform bicycle-sharing systems into an on-demand mobil…

in City Science
Naroa Coretti Sánchez
#robotics #design #energy +9 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 thro…

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 buddin…

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 + teaching #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
Project Research

Battery-Free Underwater GPS

Can we build a battery-free underwater GPS? While underwater localization is a long-studied problem,  we seek to bring it to batt…

in Signal Kinetics
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh · Osvy Rodriguez +2 more
#robotics #virtual reality #artificial intelligence +13 more
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 potenti…

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 w…

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, filling …

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 ecosyst…

in Sculpting Evolution
Avery Normandin · Devora Najjar
#ecology #learning + teaching #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 + teaching #storytelling +4 more
Archived
Project Research

Health sensing using wireless signals

Today’s health sensors (which monitor breathing, heartbeats, steps, etc.) require their users to wear them on their bodies. In contrast, ou…

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib
#virtual reality #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +8 more
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 + teaching #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 link.…

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
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