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Space Enabled

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

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +52 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +68 more
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Opera of the Future

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

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +58 more
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City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

#robotics #design #social networks +67 more
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Signal Kinetics

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

#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +23 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Palm oil is in almost everything, and it’s devastating rainforests. This Bill Gates-backed company used microbes to create an alternative

C16 Biosciences, whose founders met in the Media Lab's Revolutionary Ventures course, is producing a substitute for palm oil.

via CNBC · Nov. 23, 2022
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#agriculture #environment #food +1 more
Article Research

Labby wants to make milk healthier and cows happier with better sensors

Media Lab spinoff Labby is developing tools to improve the quality of milk and the health of dairy cows.

via TechCrunch · Oct. 19, 2022
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#environment #food #sensors
Archived
Project Research

Microgravity Extrusion

Traditional additive manufacturing processes, especially those that make use of liquid resin as the feedstock, are constrained by the gravi…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw · Sean Auffinger +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Project Research

Candlewax Rockets: A Green Alternative for In-Space Propulsion

Wax-based hybrid rocket propellants, including paraffin (common candlewax) and beeswax show promise as high-performing hybrid rocket propel…

in Space Enabled
Javier Stober
#robotics #architecture #art +16 more
Research
Tangible Media

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

#robotics #design #virtual reality +55 more
Accepting Applicants
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Research
Health 0.0

Health 0.0

#artificial intelligence #bioengineering #communications +23 more
Archived
Project Research

On-site Analysis of Foodborne Pathogens Using Density-Shift Immunomagnetic Separation and Culture

Foodborne pathogens are a major source of human morbidity, food recalls, and economic loss. Current detection methods for foodborne pathoge…

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#food #health #public health
Archived
Post Research

Space Miso: ISS Mission 2020

New flavors may evolve as earth foods migrate to outer space. A collaboration between Maggie Coblentz at the MIT Media Lab and Joshua Evans…

Feb. 27, 2020
in Space Exploration Initiative
#food #space #zero gravity
Research
Personal Robots

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

#robotics #design #virtual reality +66 more
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Responsive Environments

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

#robotics #design #virtual reality +66 more
Accepting Applicants
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Open Agriculture (OpenAg)

Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg)

#robotics #design #agriculture +21 more
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Civic Media

Creating technology for social change

#robotics #design #social networks +54 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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Mediated Matter

Designing for, with, and by nature

#robotics #design #architecture +34 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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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 a…

in Civic Media · Center for Civic Media
#design #computer vision #art +16 more
Archived
Article Research

Helping dairy farmers raise healthy cows

Labby has developed an optical milk scanner based on materials-sensing technology that dairy farmers can use to measure their cows' health.

via MIT News · June 3, 2022
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#agriculture #food #health +3 more
Project Research

The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit

By Rachel Bellisle

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Fluid Expressions - Art and Craft in Microgravity

When imagining human life in space, how will we express our humanity and creativity in an alien environment? Can the art we make both refle…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sanjana Sharma
#robotics #design #architecture +13 more
Project Research

With(in)

With(in) is a multi-stage project that includes an exhibit, installation, qualitative exploration, and visual storytelling.This is a s…

in City Science
Margaret Church · Gabriela Bila Advincula +6 more
#design #architecture #art +5 more
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Project Research

Zenolith - An Interplanetary Time Device

On Earth, morning, noon, and night have their own specific meanings. The feeling of a second or a minute passing by, the shortening of the …

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sands Fish · Che-Wei Wang +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Project Research

SpaceHuman 2.0

SpaceHuman is a soft robotics device designed to facilitate the exploration of environments with reduced gravity in a view of democratizati…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Valentina Sumini · Joseph A. Paradiso +2 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +16 more
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Vespers III

Vespers is a collection of masks exploring what it means to design (with) life. From the relic of the death mask to a contemporary living d…

in Mediated Matter
Neri Oxman · Christoph Bader +4 more
#design #art #artificial intelligence +5 more
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Project Research

Reconfigurable space structures

Rapid prototyping platforms such as 3D printers used for digital fabrication are today able to manufacture custom objects for specific task…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +13 more
Project Research

The Power of Without

The Power of WITHOUT is a research theme in the City Science group. The theme proposes that heavy infrastructure solutions are not financia…

in City Science
Leticia Izquierdo Garcia · Kent Larson +5 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +18 more
Article Research

Power Shift: MIT scientists use machine learning to boost basil flavour

Caleb Harper discusses how machine learning-enabled "food computers" were used to find the optimal conditions to grow basil.

via BNN Bloomberg · May 21, 2019
in Open Agriculture (OpenAg)
#food #biology #technology
Archived
Project Research

Optimizing plants for flavor, nutrition, and pharmaceutical content

Note: On Oct. 25, 2021, the PLOS journal reporting the research associated with this project retracted the publication.Flavor, in addi…

in Open Agriculture (OpenAg)
Rebekah Carlson
#agriculture #food #biology +1 more
Archived
Publication Research

Flavor-Cyber-Agriculture

Johnson, Arielle, Caleb B. Harper, et al. “Flavor-Cyber-Agriculture: Optimization of Plant Metabolites in an Open-Source Control Environment through Surrogate Modeling.” PLOS ONE 14, no. 4 (April 3, 2019): e0213918. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213918.

Academic Paper, April 2019
in Open Agriculture (OpenAg)
#agriculture #food
Article Research

MIT researchers hacked agriculture to create what may be the tastiest basil on earth

Want the best Caprese salad or pesto you ever tasted? MIT researchers say they may be able to help.

via The Boston Globe · April 3, 2019
in Open Agriculture (OpenAg)
#food #technology
Article Research

The future of agriculture is computerized

Machine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features.

via MIT News · April 3, 2019
in Open Agriculture (OpenAg)
#agriculture #food
Article Research

Saving seaweed with machine learning

Charlene Xia is a Media Lab alum now pursuing a PhD in MIT Mechanical Engineering, combining her passions for food and sustainability.

via MIT News · Oct. 22, 2021
in Responsive Environments
#artificial intelligence #environment #food +5 more
Project Research

Envirome Monitoring with CRISPR Biosensors

In recent years, there has been an increase in low-cost and open-source electronic and chemical sensors that hobbyists, concerned citizens,…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative · Open Ocean
Devora Najjar
#robotics #architecture #art +14 more
Archived
Project Research

Gravity Proof: Speculating Cosmic Futures

Gravity Proof is a performance and mission to prepare and cook bread in space. Inspired by ancient recipes and archaeological bread re…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Space Fermentation

This research highlights opportunities to bring the rich culture of Earth-based fermentation practices to space to design beneficial applic…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#food #space #zero gravity
Archived
Project Research

Interplanetary Gastronomy

The  Interplanetary Gastronomy research  aims to address the unique challenges and opportunities associated with eating in s…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#design #virtual reality #food +5 more
Project Research

Bio-Digital Wearables or Space Health Enhancement

Living in space could have significant physical and mental impacts on astronauts. Wearables have the potential to play a critical role in m…

in Fluid Interfaces · Space Exploration Initiative
Pat Pataranutaporn · M.S. Suryateja Jammalamadaka +3 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Article Research

Life in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality

The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring.

via MIT News · July 28, 2021
in Opera of the Future · Responsive Environments · Fluid Interfaces +2 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Self Assembling Space Frames

Ever wish you could toss your folded up tent and have it self-assemble mid-air?  Well...you can. In a zero gravity environment.Self As…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Che-Wei Wang
#robotics #design #architecture +14 more
Project Research

H0TP0T

By Larissa Zhou and Adam ZacharFood is crucial to maintaining the physical and psychological health of humans in space. Eating food pr…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Panspermia

By Nancy Valladares and Rae Yuping HsuThis project is an art performance that seeks to rethink imaginaries of multispecies surviv…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Miniature Optical Steered Antenna for Intersatellite Communication (MOSAIC)

The Miniature Optical Steered Antenna for Intersatellite Communications (MOSAIC)By Shreeyam KackerThe Miniature Optical Steered Antenn…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Moving Liquids With No Moving Parts

Solid-state microfrabricated devices are in development to replace contemporary heavy mechanical components for use in spacecraft propellan…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Ø-scillation: oscillating chemistry in zero gravity and beyond

How did life originate? Nobody knows. Life might not even be native to our Earth - it might have come from asteroids or the interstellar me…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw · Carson Smuts +5 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

AgriFuge

By Somayajulu Dhulipala and Manwei ChanAs humanity explores deeper into space, long-duration missions will require horticulture activities …

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Harmony in Precarity

By Po-Hao ChiHow could microgravity/hypergravity shape our perceptual experience of listening with weightlessness? How can we seek to explo…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Article Research

MIT J-WAFS awards eight grants in seventh round of seed funding

Ten principal investigators from seven MIT departments and labs receive MIT J-WAFS seed grants, including Health 0.0 director Pratik Shah.

via MIT News · June 8, 2021
in Health 0.0
#food #health #public health
Gallery Research

With(in)_book

With(in) book. 

by Gabriela Bila Advincula · May 21, 2021
in City Science
#architecture #art #developing countries +2 more
Gallery Research

With(in)_Port_Harcourt_Eket

by Gabriela Bila Advincula · May 20, 2020
in City Science
#food #storytelling #marginalized communities
Article Research

Special Meal

Only a few weeks before the trip to meet MamaG in Port Harcourt, we learned of her husband’s unexpected death. Our plans quickly shifted to…

May 19, 2021
in City Science
#developing countries #food
Project Research

ELI: Electronic Life-detection Instrument

Life on Mars, if it exists, could have been transferred between Earth and Mars due to meteorite impacts. The Search for Extra-Terrestrial G…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

The Interplanetary Cookbook

The Interplanetary Cookbook, developed by Maggie Coblentz, presents thought-provoking recipes and zero-g kitchenware for the future of life…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#design #virtual reality #food +5 more
Article Research

What’s it like to design a meal that floats?

Taking a taste of the sensory research of Space Exploration Initiative’s Maggie Coblentz

via The Tech · Feb. 25, 2021
in Space Exploration Initiative
#design #virtual reality #food +3 more
Project Research

Tasting Menu in Zero G

 A multi-course tasting menu was flown on a zero gravity flight in August 2019.  Five specially crafted dishes were consumed…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#design #virtual reality #food +3 more
Project Research

RF-EATS: Food and liquid sensing in practical environments using RFIDs

RF-EATS is a new system that can verify the authenticity of food and liquids in closed containers without opening them or requiring an…

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Unsoo Ha +2 more
#environment #food #health +4 more
Article Research

The catalyzing potential of J-WAFS seed grants

Signal Kinetics head Fadel Adib and other junior faculty members talk about the ways the J-WAFS’ seed grant program has catalyzed their work

via MIT News · Feb. 18, 2021
in Signal Kinetics
#environment #food #health +4 more
Archived
Project Research

Food Server

The OpenAg™ Food Server is a shipping container-sized, controlled environment agriculture technology that can be built to utilize hydroponi…

in Open Agriculture (OpenAg)
Caleb Harper · Daniel Poitrast +2 more
#agriculture #artificial intelligence #food +1 more
Archived
Gallery Research

With(in)_Guadalajara

by Gabriela Bila Advincula · May 20, 2020
in City Science
#food #storytelling #marginalized communities
Archived
Project Research

Personal Food Computer

The OpenAg™ Personal Food Computer is a tabletop-sized, controlled environment agriculture technology platform that uses robotic systems to…

in Open Agriculture (OpenAg)
Daniel Poitrast · Rebekah Carlson +3 more
#robotics #design #agriculture +13 more
Archived
Article Research

Algae caviar, anyone? What we'll eat on the journey to Mars

Humans are headed for the cosmos, and we’re taking our appetites with us. What will fill the void when we leave Earth behind?

via Wired · Feb. 11, 2020
in Space Exploration Initiative
#food #space #technology
Article Research

This compostable packaging can tell you when your food is going bad

Who needs best-by labels when your package is sensing the food inside it?

via Fast Company · Feb. 7, 2020
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#environment #food #technology +2 more
Project Research

Molecular Gastronomy in Zero G

A molecular gastronomy experiment was flown on a zero gravity flight in August 2019, using spherification techniques to create recipes in z…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#design #virtual reality #food +4 more
Project Research

Piccolo Kitchen

This project aims to create a modular platform for exploring micro-kitchens that are culture specific. Cooking is a personal experience tha…

in City Science
Sotirios Kotsopoulos · Alejandro Garcia +5 more
#robotics #design #food
Article Research

Suleiman Alhadidi on how to maximize the future kitchen, even in small spaces

We talk a lot about the appliances that go into the future kitchen—but what about the design of the space itself?

via The Spoon · Sept. 18, 2019
in City Science
#robotics #design #food
Article Research

Every city needs healthy honey bees

Noah Wilson-Rich suggests that urban beekeeping might play a role in revitalizing both a city and a species.

via TEDxBoston · June 1, 2012
in Mediated Matter
#ecology #environment #food
Article Research

How you can help save the bees, one hive at a time

Bees are dying off in record numbers, but ecologist Noah Wilson-Rich is interested in something else: Where are bees healthy and thriving?

via TEDxProvincetown · June 1, 2018
in Mediated Matter
#ecology #environment #food
Project Research

The Telemetron

Today, the environments that humans occupy in space are designed for survival. Humans are carefully shuttled to and from space, and during …

in Opera of the Future · Space Exploration Initiative
Nicole L'Huillier · Sands Fish +1 more
#robotics #design #architecture +13 more
Article Research

Grow Your Own Microgreens: Kibbutz inspired Hamama

Hamama is a Media Lab spinoff company founded by City Science alum Daniel Goodman and Camille Richman.

via Jewish Journal · Aug. 14, 2019
in City Science · Media Lab Spinoffs
#food #technology
Article Research

AI: More than Human exhibition challenges our preconceptions

An exhibition at the Barbican in London features work from OpenAg, the Mediated Matter group, Joy Buolamwini, and more.

via Digital Journal · Aug. 4, 2019
in Open Agriculture (OpenAg) · Mediated Matter · Civic Media
#design #art #artificial intelligence +2 more
Article Research

J-WAFS announces seven new seed grants

Nine MIT principal investigators will receive grants totaling over $1 million for research focused on global food and water challenges.

via MIT News · May 29, 2019
in Signal Kinetics
#food #wellbeing
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