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Research
Fluid Interfaces

Designing Systems for Cognitive Support

#robotics #design #virtual reality +40 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Poetic Justice

Exploring new forms of social justice through art

#robotics #design #architecture +31 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Responsive Environments

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

#robotics #design #virtual reality +72 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Re-imagining the opera of the future

The iconic sci-fi opera VALIS, first composed by Professor Tod Machover in 1987, reboots at MIT for a new generation.

via MIT News · Sept. 27, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #artificial intelligence #music +2 more
Research
Viral Communications

People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop

#design #virtual reality #computer vision +45 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Third Thursdays Poetry from Brookline Booksmith: "Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air"

Media Lab student Ayşe Guvenilir and MIT alumni Mariam Dogar and Maisha Munawwara Prome share work from their poetry anthology.

via YouTube · May 18, 2023
in Biomechatronics · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#creativity #community
Project Research

Light Sculptures

The first in a series of sculptures that capture natural light patterns over time using computer vision.This work seeks to investigate arch…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #computer vision #architecture +2 more
Post Research

FrameGrabber: Video to stills

FrameGrabber is a simple, browser-based tool that lets the user upload an animation and convert it to a grid of stills.

Aug. 27, 2023
in Future Sketches
#art #computer science #creativity +1 more
Project Research

SkeleText: Skeletonization of Typefaces

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…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Vera van de Seyp
#design #art #computer science +2 more
Project Research

Simulating Motion with Computation

​This project hosts a few experiments of 2D visualization of 3D moving processes.  All of the experiments relate to repeating, machine…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Vera van de Seyp
#design #art #computer science +2 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 #human-computer interaction +64 more
Project Research

Refraction - Using computation to illustrate with light

This project explores a computational method to use light as a medium for illustration. I experiment with a process to transform pixels int…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #manufacturing #creativity
Project Research

Cloud Light – Designing with signed distance functions (SDFs)

Cloud Light is a lighting object that draws inspiration from signed distance function geometries and  nature. It functions as a lamp a…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #creativity #code
Article Research

Reimagining the Opera of the Future

The iconic sci-fi opera VALIS reboots for a new generation

via Arts at MIT · Sept. 14, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#music #creativity #technology
Research
Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +69 more
Research
Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +66 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Space Enabled

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

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +57 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Quick catnaps may spark creativity

The NIH reports on research from the Fluid Interfaces group and Harvard Medical School investigating the effect of naps on creativity.

via National Institutes of Health · June 6, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#human-computer interaction #neurobiology #behavioral science +3 more
Article Research

Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT

The 2023 MIT recommended summer reading list includes a chapter in "Reclaiming Space" authored by Professor Danielle Wood.

via MIT News · July 29, 2023
in Space Enabled · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#creativity #space #social change
Project Research

Dormio: Interfacing with Dreams

InspirationSleep is a forgotten country of the mind. A vast majority of our technologies are built for our waking state, even though a thir…

in Civic Media · Fluid Interfaces · Personal Robots
Kathleen Esfahany · Eyal Perry +6 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +19 more
Article Research

Want to be more creative? Try dream-hacking while you sleep

The Washington Post reports on research from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group & Harvard Medical School that naps could aid creativity.

via The Washington Post · June 19, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#human-computer interaction #neurobiology #behavioral science +3 more
Project Research

Photorythms

Photorythms: a computational art-based inquiry of portrait photographyPhotorythms investigates whether computational methods such as facial…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Chelsi Cocking
#design #computer vision #art +2 more
Research
Lifelong Kindergarten

Engaging people in creative learning experiences

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +36 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

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

#robotics #design #virtual reality +50 more
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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 #human-computer interaction +47 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

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

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

▓▒░ TeleAbsence

People die twice.First, when they die.Then when they are forgotten.Rokusuke Ei (1933-2016)

in Tangible Media · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity +1 more
Hiroshi Ishii · Xiao Xiao +8 more
#art #communications #creativity +1 more
Project Research

A Counting

A Counting is an ongoing series of software-generated live-streamed sound and video works composed of an evolving neverending count fr…

in Poetic Justice · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Ekene Ijeoma
#robotics #design #art +12 more
Project Research

Theme | Learning + Creativity

Several of our projects aim to support learning and creativity. While some systems focus on a specific skill to be strengthened, e.g.,…

in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +6 more
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Community Biotechnology

Community Biotechnology

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +29 more
Project Research

How to Grow (Almost) Anything - A New Model for Global Synthetic Biology Education

A Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) tools hold the…

in City Science · Molecular Machines · Community Biotechnology +2 more
Eyal Perry · Pat Pataranutaporn +4 more
#robotics #bioengineering #learning + teaching +10 more
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
Archived
Project Research

Drawing++ Workshop

Drawing++ Workshop: using drawing as a means of understanding computationIn this workshop participants explore computational concepts …

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Zach Lieberman · Chelsi Cocking
#design #art #learning + teaching +2 more
Archived
Project Research

AI Alchemy Lab

Al·che·my is the process of transformation, creation, and combination. It is in this conceptual space that we frame the convergence of huma…

in Human Dynamics · MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity +1 more
Ziv Epstein · Hope Schroeder
#art #artificial intelligence #environment +4 more
Project Research

Dreaming through Code

Dreaming through Code Designing creative learning workshops for local organizations committed to introducing technology to kids in a n…

in Future Sketches · Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Cecilé Sadler · Chelsi Cocking
#civic technology #learning + teaching #computer science +2 more
Article Research

"Dream glove" boosts creativity during sleep

In a new study, researchers from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group & Harvard Medical School find that brief naps can enhance creativity

via Science · May 15, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#human-computer interaction #cognition #neurobiology +4 more
Project Research

VALIS: 2023 Production

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…

in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Tod Machover
#art #artificial intelligence #music +2 more
Article Research

A decade into experiments with gamification, edtech rethinks how to motivate learners

Created by Media Lab PhD students Shruti Dhariwal and Manuj Dhariwal, CoCo is a digital learning platform that fosters collaboration.

via EdSurge · May 9, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#kids #learning + teaching #social science +4 more
Article Research

Here's how to use dreams for creative inspiration

Researchers from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group and Harvard Medical School find that brief naps appear to enhance creativity.

via Scientific American · May 15, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#human-computer interaction #cognition #neurobiology +4 more
Research
MIT Center for Constructive Communication

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

#robotics #design #social networks +44 more
Research
Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #design #social networks +58 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

AI is taking music lessons. They’re not going great.

Professor Tod Machover, head of the Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group, talks to the Washington Post about AI, music, & human creativity.

via The Washington Post · Feb. 16, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#artificial intelligence #music #storytelling +3 more
Project Research

👋 CoCo — A New Real-Time Co-Creative Platform for Young People

CoCo is a new live co-creative learning platform designed to empower educators to support young people in both physical and remote set…

in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Shruti Dhariwal · Manuj Dhariwal
#kids #learning + teaching #social science +6 more
Article Research

Watch David S. Kong on the Epic Human Podcast

Catch David S. Kong on Joe Blair's Epic Human Podcast, as he discusses his mission to empower communities through biotechnology.

via YouTube · Feb. 21, 2023
in Community Biotechnology · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#bioengineering #synthetic biology #creativity +3 more
Article Research

Behind the veil of hypnagogic sleep

Media Lab postdoc Adam Haar Horowitz discusses using “dream engineering” techniques to give people more control over their dreams.

via Harvard Medicine · Feb. 3, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #cognition #health +4 more
Article Research

TeleAbsence: Communicating Across Time

This speculative design project from the Tangible Media group is supported by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST).

via Arts at MIT · July 25, 2023
in Tangible Media · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #communications #creativity +1 more
Article Research

“MIT Illuminations,” a colorful installation and introduction to creative computation, is now open in Kendall Square

“MIT Illuminations” showcases the creative coding work of MIT community members, including Media Lab alumni.

via MIT News · Feb. 14, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #creativity #code
Article Research

Is the panic over AI art overblown? We speak with artists and experts.

Lawsuits over the development and use of AI tools can have huge implications on the creative process and intellectual property ownership.

via Vice · Feb. 22, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #artificial intelligence #creativity +1 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 +77 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Research
Social Machines

Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks

#design #social networks #computer vision +50 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?

MIT Media Lab postdoc Ziv Epstein discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.

via MIT News · June 15, 2023
in Affective Computing · Human Dynamics · Viral Communications +1 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +8 more
Research
Tangible Media

Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people

#robotics #design #virtual reality +63 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #virtual reality +73 more
Accepting Applicants
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Research
Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

#robotics #design #agriculture +11 more
Article Research

That moment when you’re nodding off is a sweet spot for creativity

A new study finds people are more creative after waking from the earliest stage of sleep, especially when guided to dream about a topic.

via MIT News · May 15, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #neurobiology #creativity +1 more
Project Research

Targeted Dream Incubation

Targeted dream incubation (TDI) is a methodology for guiding (or “incubating”) dreams towards specific themes. Please read the FAQ below to…

in Fluid Interfaces
Kathleen Esfahany · Ishaan Grover +6 more
#human-computer interaction #art #cognition +11 more
Publication Research

Dormio: Interfacing with Dreams

Haar Horowitz, Adam, Ishaan Grover, Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, Cynthia Breazeal, and Pattie Maes. "Dormio: Interfacing with dreams." In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-10. 2018.

Academic Paper, April 2018
in Personal Robots · Fluid Interfaces
#human-computer interaction #cognition #creativity
Research
Opera of the Future

Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +67 more
Accepting Applicants
Publication Research

Exploring the Use of Real-Time Camera Filters on Embodiment and Creativity

Leong, Joanne, et al. "Exploring the Use of Real-Time Camera Filters on Embodiment and Creativity." Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2021.

Proceedings, May 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#human-computer interaction #augmented reality #cognition +2 more
Project Research

Synthetic Self-Perception

Perceptual illusions have the power to change our abilities and behaviours. Prior research in virtual reality (VR) has shown that transport…

in Fluid Interfaces
Joanne Leong · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #augmented reality +5 more
Article Research

Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera

The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.

via The New York Times · March 6, 2023
in Opera of the Future
#communications #environment #music +2 more
Post Research

MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2023 Brings Dreams to Life

Ruihan Zhang, a student in the Molecular Machines group, was lead organizer of this event in collaboration with MIT Film Makers Association

Feb. 15, 2023
in Tangible Media · Molecular Machines · Fluid Interfaces
#art #artificial intelligence #entertainment +5 more
Publication Research

Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts

Smith, A., Schroeder, H., Epstein, Z., Cook, M., Colton, S., & Lippman, A. (2023). Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts.

Academic Paper, Feb. 2023
in Human Dynamics · Viral Communications · MIT Center for Constructive Communication
#artificial intelligence #creativity
Post Research

Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts

Does using text-to-image models like Stable Diffusion in the creative process affect what people make in the physical world?

Feb. 13, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Viral Communications · MIT Center for Constructive Communication
#artificial intelligence #environment #creativity
Research
Future Sketches

Exploring the essence of code as a creative medium

#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +20 more
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