Research — MIT Media Lab

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

human-machine interaction
art
health
learning
artificial intelligence
robotics
architecture
consumer electronics
kids
design
music
networks
politics
technology
wearable computing
entertainment
history
economy
bioengineering
cognition
archives
social science
storytelling
machine learning
data
interfaces
human-computer interaction
sensors
developing countries
space
prosthetics
computer science
social robotics
wellbeing
environment
engineering
social media
ethics
civic media
privacy
civic technology
imaging
synthetic biology
urban planning
neurobiology
affective computing
augmented reality
transportation
communications
virtual reality
energy
data visualization
computer vision
social change
industry
biotechnology
blockchain
biology
3d printing
food
community
agriculture
biomechanics
genetics
gaming
zero gravity
banking and finance
systems
government
behavioral science
manufacturing
open source
crowdsourcing
fashion
cryptocurrency
social networks
prosthetic design
wiesner
public health
collective intelligence
makers
data science
racial justice
ocean
security
medicine
performance
neural interfacing and control
language learning
ecology
perception
women
climate change
autonomous vehicles
internet of things
nonverbal behavior
construction
extended intelligence
bionics
visualization
mapping
human augmentation
gesture interface
physiology
long-term interaction
alumni
civic action
fabrication
interactive
networking
trust
holography
point of care
diversity
orthotic design
electrical engineering
autism research
mechanical engineering
pharmaceuticals
cognitive science
natural language processing
primary healthcare
clinical science
hacking
startup
academia
sports and fitness
rfid
materials
member company
open access
clinical trials
gender studies
member event
marginalized communities
trade
water
mechatronics
soft-tissue biomechanics
voice
chemistry
real estate
randomized experiment
biomedical imaging
microbiology
gis
publishing
event
exhibit
cartography
metamaterials
installation

Looking beyond smart cities

Crypto Voting + US Elections: Reality and Science Fiction

This is a two-part project. One part is about reality. The other part is science fiction. Both are about mobile, blockchain, and cryptogr...

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Viral Communications

Creating scalable technologies that evolve with user inventiveness

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Human Dynamics

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

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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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ML Learning

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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 ...

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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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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...

Creating technology for social change

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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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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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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...

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