Research — MIT Media Lab

We are an antidisciplinary research lab working to invent the future of

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wearable computing
politics
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sensors
developing countries
human-computer interaction
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social robotics
computer science
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environment
social media
ethics
civic media
privacy
imaging
civic technology
urban planning
synthetic biology
neurobiology
affective computing
augmented reality
communications
transportation
virtual reality
energy
data visualization
computer vision
biology
food
biotechnology
blockchain
agriculture
social change
3d printing
genetics
biomechanics
gaming
banking and finance
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crowdsourcing
open source
systems
behavioral science
government
industry
cryptocurrency
public health
zero gravity
prosthetic design
wiesner
social networks
collective intelligence
fashion
community
makers
data science
ocean
performance
racial justice
language learning
ecology
internet of things
perception
nonverbal behavior
medicine
security
construction
neural interfacing and control
autonomous vehicles
extended intelligence
climate change
visualization
mapping
human augmentation
gesture interface
physiology
long-term interaction
civic action
networking
interactive
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point of care
orthotic design
bionics
trust
fabrication
pharmaceuticals
women
natural language processing
autism research
clinical science
hacking
mechanical engineering
startup
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rfid
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member company
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member event
marginalized communities
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randomized experiment
diversity
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[bike] swarm

As bikes navigate city streets after dark, they are often equipped with lights. The lights make the bikes visible to cars or other bikers...

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City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

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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 th...

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Open Agriculture (OpenAg)

Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg)

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City Science Lab Andorra

Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally ...

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Theme | CityScope

City Science researchers are developing a slew of tangible and digital platforms dedicated to solving spatial design and urban planning c...

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

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Civic Media

Creating technology for social change

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ML Learning

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Introducing the Open Leadership Camp

A new type of leadership development for the social sector.

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Open Leadership Camp

The Open Leadership Camp (OLC) is a new type of professional development program for senior leaders of nonprofit and public sector organi...

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CivicLink

Major political campaigns and nonprofit organizations use bespoke systems to organize, inform, and solicit members. These top-down system...

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Personal Food Computer

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

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City Science Lab Hamburg

Read more about this project hereMIT City Science is working with HafenCity University to develop CityScope for the neighborhood of Rothe...

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Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)

Digital Currency Initiative

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Viral Communications

Creating scalable technologies that evolve with user inventiveness

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CityScope PlayGround: MIT East Campus

This project depicts the design, deployment and operation of a Tangible Regulation Platform, a physical-technological apparatus made for ...

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Cognimates: Collaborative creative learning with embodied intelligent agents

Cognimates is a platform where parents and children (7-10 years old) participate in creative programming activities in which they l...

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Andorra | Dynamic Urban Planning

View the main City Science Andorra project profile.Research in dynamic tools, mix users (citizens, workers) amenities, services, and land...

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Digital Academic Credentials

Blockchain Certificates is a set of tools, software, and strategies to store and manage digital credentials. Certificates are registered ...

Publication Research

Open Badges: A Low-Cost Toolkit for Measuring Team Communication and Dynamics

Lederman, O., Calacci, D., MacMullen, A., Fehder, D. C., Murray, F. E., & Pentland, A. ". (2016). Open Badges: A Low-Cost Toolkit for Measuring Team Communication and Dynamics, 2016 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation , Washington DC, USA, June 28-July 1, 2016.

Publication Research

Personal Food Computer: A New Device for Controlled-Environment Agriculture

Castelló Ferrer E. et al. (2019) Personal Food Computer: A New Device for Controlled-Environment Agriculture. In: Arai K., Bhatia R., Kapoor S. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018. FTC 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 881. Springer, Cham