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Beyond the Cradle
Cocoon is our vision of a programmable dream machine from the future. This device would be enabled by the synthesis of many devices under d…
Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, auditory…
We build technologies that interface with the sleeping mind. We track different sleep-stages using brain activity, muscle tensio…
Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion
Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally Re…
The City Science Lab@Guadalajara is a collaboration with the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), a network composed of 15 campuses within the…
The FibeRobo project won gold in the Textile & Materials / New Technology Fabrics category.
Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation
Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space
What would it be like if we could see our movement? Illuminate (2023, Chelsi Alise Cocking) is an interactive art installation in whic…
KnitworkVR is an immersive virtual experience designed to simulate the Living Knitwork Pavilion showcased at Burning Man, through the use o…
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
A Virtual Platform for Bridging the Climate Science Communication GapEarth Mission Control (EMC) is an immersive visualization platform for…
This project hosts a few experiments of 2D visualization of 3D moving processes. All of the experiments relate to repeating, machine…
This thesis project explores how emerging (AI) technologies might transform how we shape and interact with typography. I will create three …
Media Lab PhD student Irmandy Wicaksono talks about incorporating his research on interactive textiles into the Living Knitwork Pavilion.
In this interview with MIT MAD, Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar discusses his work, which explores the intersection of culture and technology.
Looking beyond smart cities
Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
We are working to design healing socio-digital interventions with and for youth who have experienced traumatic events in their homes, e.g.…
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
MORF FORM is a knitted animation piece on display at the Future Sketches room at ARTECHOUSE in Miami Beach.
FrameGrabber is a simple, browser-based tool that lets the user upload an animation and convert it to a grid of stills.
Future Sketches installed a group exhibition as part of Zach Lieberman's Future Sketches / Code Poems show at Artechouse, which opened duri…
36 Days Of Type is an initiative that invites creatives to create their version of the letters and numbers of the Latin alphabet, one…
Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people
Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity
When materials sciences meet HCI and e-textiles, for custom sensors and actuatorsIn this project we explore the process of polymerization t…
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Exploring the essence of code as a creative medium
MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology that …
Final projects created in MAS.S66 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Ecology Futures, taught in Fall 20…
This project transforms light into physical artifacts. I developed a custom software systems to capture images of sunlight in th…
City Sci-fi // Fall 2023 A City Science workshopFIRST CLASS: September 13th (WED) - 2pm, E15-359Instructors:&n…
Augmental co-founders have been recognized in the Social Impact category of the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Arts in Tech Podcast based in Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University Interviews Char Stiles from Future Sketches
This project explores a computational method to create controlled cuastics. I experiment with a process to transform pixels into caustic im…
Developed by a multidisciplinary team led by Media Lab student Jack Forman, FibeRobo is a low-cost, programmable, shape-shifting fiber.
If you’ve ever touched a plasma globe— those glowing orbs full of electrical fire—you’ve experienced the work of Media Lab alum Bill Parker.
Ultrasound-induced transdermal drug delivery (sonophoresis) has long lingered in the by-lanes of academic and industrial research, and has …
An annual celebration of learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.
Enhancing human physical capability
Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy
Resonance at low frequencies strongly influences a room's perception of sound, which can enhance or deteriorate the acoustic experience. Pr…
Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering
Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people
Space Exploration Initiative
Designing for, with, and by nature
Ancient textiles have played a major role in the social, economic, and religious structures of communities around the world. Iconic, indige…
In a series of design workshops, the HRI Equitable Design framework from previous work (see Ostrowski et al. 2022) was expanded to a worksh…
OctoStudio is a free coding app available at octostudio.orgOctoStudio transforms how young people use mobile phones and tablets, enabl…
Gallery of images of the interactive art installation: Illuminate.Artwork by Chelsi Alise Cocking of the Future Sketches group. Photography…
Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society
Historically, technology transfer has been associated with efforts to construct mechanisms allowing the exporting/importing of technol…
Final projects created in MAS.S64 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities.Students were prompted to …
Designing Systems for Cognitive Support
FibeRobo is a novel body-temperature shape-changing fiber based on liquid crystal elastomers. The development of a new fabrication techniqu…
One of the highlighted projects merging technology with the beauty and craftsmanship of fine arts, the Living Knitwork Pavilion recently re…
Exploring new forms of social justice through art
Facemasks are used to reduce exposure to viruses and other environmental hazards such as air pollution, and integrating wearable electronic…
She was recognized for her work on the development of a soft multifunctional wearable platform.
She was recognized in for her work on the development of a soft, multifunctional wearable platform.
Is the placement of bike-share docks equitable?This interactive map explores the question visually.The map shows the addition of bike-share…
Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection
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…
This project explores a few computational approaches to use the shape of a knitted garment as input for its pattern.This experiment combin…