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Women are more likely to report multiple symptoms, and "the majority of women present just like men."
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space
Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy
Enhancing human physical capability
Wearables are being widely researched for monitoring individual's health and wellbeing. Current generation wearable devices sense an indi...
Creating technology for social change
[Update 09/12/2019: This project has two open positions for UROPs/visiting students or interns. One position focuses around electrical en...
Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks
Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg)
System could help with diagnosing and treating noncommunicative patients.
Health 0.0
Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies
Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection
Advance human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion
S. S. Srinivasan, M. J. Carty, P. W. Calvaresi, T. R. Clites, B. E. Maimon, C. R. Taylor, A. N. Zorzos, H. Herr, On prosthetic control : A regenerative agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, 2, eaan2971 (2017).
Building socially engaging robots and interactive technologies to help people live healthier lives, connect with others, and learn better
The menacing mites have invaded suburban backyards and even parts of Boston. And Lyme disease isn’t the only thing they carry.
Kevin Esvelt writes about the Sculpting Evolution group’s project to immunize mice against Lyme disease through gene editing.
Designing wearable systems for cognitive enhancement
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
ML Learning
Our published research findings listed below share key examples for reducing dependence on specialized medical devices, biological &...
AlterEgo is a non-invasive, wearable, peripheral neural interface that allows humans to converse in natural language with mach...
Extending human and computer abilities in sensing, communication, and actuation through signals and networks
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in North America. People are infected when bitten by ticks; ticks are typically in...
P. Shah*, G. Yauney*, O. Gupta, V. Patalano II, M. Mohit, R. Merchant, SV Subramanian. BMJ Open (2018). 8:e018774. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018774 * Equal contribution
K. Angelino*, P. Shah*, D. Edlund, M. Mohit, G. Yauney. BMC Oral Health 17.1: 162 (2017). DOI: 10.1186/s12903-017-0472-4. * Equal contribution
Perikumar Javia, Rana A, Shapiro NI, Shah P. IEEE Xplore, Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (2018) (Conference acceptance rate: 14%). DOI: 10.1109/ICMLA.2018.00097
Aman Rana, Yauney G, Lowe A, Shah P. IEEE Xplore, Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (2018) (Conference acceptance rate: 14%). DOI: 10.1109/ICMLA.2018.00133
We have described validation of novel machine learning architectures for designing faster, safer, and more efficacious digital medicines ...
A. Rana, G. Yauney, L. C. Wong, O. Gupta, A. Muftu, P. Shah. IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies (HI-POCT). IEEE (2017). DOI: 10.1109/HIC.2017.8227605
E. Yee, S. Lathwal, P. Shah, H. Sikes. ACS sensors 2.11 (2017): 1589-1593. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00745
G. Yauney, K. Angelino, D. A. Edlund, P. Shah. IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (2017). DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2017.00-37
K. Angelino, D. A. Edlund, G. Bhatia, S. Wu, P. Shah. IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (2017). DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2017.00-33
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 (2017). DOI: 10.1109/JTEHM.2017.2695194
R. S. Puri, A. G. Athanassiadis, N. Gill, S. S. Sathya, G. Rathod, A. Wahi, G. Satat, M. Majmudar, P. Shah. 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
Technical summary: Future of clinical development is on the verge of a major transformation due to convergence of large new digital data ...
Advancing Wellbeing
Exploring evolutionary and ecological engineering
Although there have been great advances in the control of lower extremity prostheses, transitioning between terrains such as ramps or sta...
How to build intelligent music systems out of interacting audio-processing agents.
The MAS.808 course perspective article published in Foresight was chosen as a winner by the editorial team, as it is one of the most exce...
In an interview with Medgadget, Canan Dagdeviren talks about the mission and ethos of Conformable Decoders
Although significant progress is being made in identifying pH sensing materials and device configurations, a standard protocol for ...
Nearly all classes of wearable and implantable biomedical devices depend on battery power for continuous operation. However, the life spa...
Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots group, and her collaborators talk to US News about Huggable.
The MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative is developing “The Interplanetary Cookbook”—a collection of thought-provoking recipes, too...
Summer’s great indoor-temperature debate rages on.
Ethics Initiative
Pratik Shah speaks on the challenges and opportunities for artificial intelligence and machine learning adoption in clinical development.
Dr Pratik Shah speaks to ecancer at the 2019 MyKE Myeloma meeting in Barcelona.
Bloomberg Law interviews Pratik Shah for his opinion on the impact of AI in regulatory decisions.
Reimagining human cooperation in the age of social media and artificial intelligence
The Huggable is a new type of robotic companion for health care, education, and social communication applications. The Huggable is much m...
Interacting with a robotic teddy bear invented at MIT boosted young patients’ positive emotions, engagement, and activity level.
The past two decades have seen unprecedented progress in the development of novel materials, form factors, and functionalities in neuroi...
How do your kicks collaborate with mental health?
Leveraging sneaker culture to influence civic engagement. Marginalized groups have influence on digital platforms but are often unhe...
The SNAPSHOT study seeks to measure Sleep, Networks, Affect, Performance, Stress, and Health using Objective Techniques. It is an NIH-fun...
The Guardians project aims to use the same game design principles used in mobile game platforms to create greater engagement with individ...
A wearable olfactory display that monitors cardio-respiratory information to support mental wellbeing.BioEssence is a novel wearable olfa...
Lab on Body, Synthetic Biology, and Bio-Digital Systems for Health and Human Enhancement
Designing Wearables for Space Exploration
Congratulations, Arnav!
Center for Extreme Bionics
Recent advances in artificial limbs have resulted in the provision of powered ankle and knee function for lower extremity amputees and po...
The human ankle provides a significant amount of net positive work during the stance period of walking, especially at moderate to fast wa...