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Extending human and computer abilities in sensing, communication, and actuation through signals and networks
The brain is a three-dimensional, densely-wired circuit that computes via large sets of widely distributed neurons interacting at fast ti...
This project seeks to examine the effects of altered gravity on an individual’s physiology during parabolic flight. Specifically, we will...
Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks
Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection
Wearable and immersive systems for cognitive enhancement and personal growth
Ethics
Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg)
ML Learning
Building socially engaging robots and interactive technologies to help people live healthier lives, connect with others, and learn better
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
Revisit Human 2.0, a 2007 Media Lab symposium focused on the future of human adaptability.
Health 0.0
A learning framework for secure, decentralized, computationally efficient data and model sharing among multiple robot units installed at...
Privacy-preserving mHealth application using Open Algorithm (OPAL) architecture to address urgent care challenges in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Achieving a safe privacy-preserving information sharing environment for individualized care using blockchain-based technology in multiple...
Advancing wellbeing by using new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion
Continuous localized tissue monitoring and disease treatmentThe ability to continuously monitor physical patterns, such as pH in the...
We have developed a new process to screen patients at the point-of-care with FDA-approved technology-enabled mobile health screenings (TE...
A large proportion of the American population currently suffers from sleep disorders. Among them are patients with obstructive sleep apne...
A Case for Breastfeeding InnovationBreastfeeding saves lives. If women globally were able to meet the WHO's public health goal to e...
Make the Breast Pump Not Suck hackathon at the Media Lab emphasizes social and political issues over engineering
Our team aims to improve bi-directional communication between the human nervous system, biological limbs, and bionic prostheses, through ...
We report a novel method that processes biomarker images collected at the point of care and uses machine learning algorithms to provide a...
We built a low-cost and open source 405 nm imaging device to capture red fluorescence signatures associated with the oral biomarker porph...
Two-dimensional radiographs are commonly used for evaluating sub-surface hard structures of teeth, but they have low sensitivity for earl...
Paper diagnostics can be used for affordable and scalable biomarker detection. We propose new methods for stabilizing cellulose-based imm...
Biomarker imaging provides non-invasive indicators of disease and is used by human experts to augment disease diagnosis. It is, however, ...
Phase 3 clinical trial outcomes used to evaluate new drugs, therapies and vaccines are among the most complex experiments performed in me...
Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
Creating scalable technologies that evolve with user inventiveness
Creating technology for social change
The SNAPSHOT study seeks to measure Sleep, Networks, Affect, Performance, Stress, and Health using Objective Techniques. It is an NIH-fun...
Enhancing human physical capability
K. Angelino, D. A. Edlund, P. Shah. Near-Infrared Imaging for Detecting Caries and Structural Deformities in Teeth. Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 10.1109/JTEHM.2017.2695194
K. Angelino, D. A. Edlund, G. Bhatia, S. Wu, P. Shah. "Near-Infrared Transillumination Guides Administration of Dental 2D Radiography and CBCT Imaging." 2017 IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2017.00-33
R. S. Puri, A. G. Athanassiadis, N. Gill, S. S. Sathya, G. Rathod, A. Wahi, G. Satat, M. Majmudar, P. Shah. "Design and preliminary evaluation of a wearable device for mass-screening of sleep apnea." 2016 IEEE 38th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). pp. 1870-1873. IEEE, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591085
G. Yauney, K. Angelino, D. A. Edlund, P. Shah. "Convolutional Neural Network for Combined Classification of Fluorescent Biomarkers and Expert Annotations using White Light Images." 2017 IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2017.00-37
E. Yee, S. Lathwal, P. Shah, H. Sikes. "Detection of biomarkers of periodontal disease in human saliva using stabilized, vertical flow immunoassays." ACS sensors 2.11 (2017): 1589-1593. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00745
A. Rana, G. Yauney, L. C. Wong, O. Gupta, A. Muftu, P. Shah. "Automated segmentation of gingival diseases from oral images." 2017 IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies (HI-POCT). IEEE. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/HIC.2017.8227605
K. Angelino*, P. Shah*, D. Edlund, M. Mohit, G. Yauney. "Clinical validation and assessment of a modular fluorescent imaging system and algorithm for rapid detection and quantification of dental plaque." BMC Oral Health 17.1: 162. 2017. DOI: 10.1186/s12903-017-0472-4
P. Shah*, G. Yauney*, O. Gupta, V. Patalano II, M. Mohit, R. Merchant, SV Subramanian. "Technology-enabled examinations of cardiac rhythm, optic nerve, oral health, tympanic membrane, gait and coordination evaluated jointly with routine health screenings: an observational study at the 2015 Kumbh Mela in India." BMJ Open 2018;8:e018774. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018774 * Equal contribution.
"Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and m...
Eduardo Castello Ferrer, Ognjen Rudovic, Thomas Hardjono, Alex Pentland, “RoboChain: A Secure Data-Sharing Framework for Human-Robot Interaction” eTELEMED 2018.
Swarms of robots will revolutionize many applications, from targeted material delivery to farming. However, the characteristics that make...
Can tattoos embrace technology in order to make the skin interactive?The DermalAbyss project is the result of a collaboration between MIT...
New technologies for recording neural activity, controlling neural activity, or building brain circuits, may be capable someday of servin...
We are providing our tools to the community, and also using them within our lab, to analyze how specific brain mechanisms (molecular, cel...
We have pioneered the development of fully genetically encoded reagents that, when targeted to specific cells, enable their physiology to...
Complex biological systems such as brain circuits are extended 3-D structures made out of nanoscale building blocks such as proteins, RNA...
Nearly all classes of wearable and implantable biomedical devices depend on battery power for continuous operation. However, the life spa...
What if wearable and implantable devices could harvest energy from the heat, sweat or vibrations of the wearer?
The delivery of mental health interventions via ubiquitous devices has shown a lot of promise. A natural conversational interface that al...
Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space
In collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, we are conducting a clinical trial exploring objective methods for assessing depres...
In this project, we are motivated to address clinical trials issues using Blockchain technology. We propose, OPEN TrialChain, a privacy-p...
The 21st annual SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards honored DermalAbyss with the Scifi No Longer Award, given to "the coolest sc...
Advancing Wellbeing
How to distill meaning from complex everyday experiences.
Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision.
Recent advances in medications for neurodegenerative disorders are expanding opportunities for improving the debilitating symptoms suffer...
Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy