art
human-machine interaction
health
learning
consumer electronics
architecture
kids
networks
entertainment
artificial intelligence
music
politics
economy
cognition
robotics
wearable computing
bioengineering
storytelling
developing countries
data
design
privacy
sensors
machine learning
social science
transportation
energy
interfaces
environment
social media
computer science
banking and finance
social robotics
civic technology
ethics
synthetic biology
civic media
blockchain
virtual reality
augmented reality
communications
urban planning
crowdsourcing
performance
fashion
internet of things
imaging
neurobiology
behavioral science
language learning
3d printing
construction
genetics
wellbeing
cryptocurrency
government
collective intelligence
computer vision
space
food
affective computing
makers
systems
open source
perception
agriculture
manufacturing
gaming
ecology
extended intelligence
nonverbal behavior
long-term interaction
member event
pharmaceuticals
security
mapping
trust
member company
networking
hacking
biotechnology
gis
holography
data visualization
sports and fitness
event
alumni
Transforming data into knowledge
Scratch is a programming language and online community that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, games, and animations–a...
A social robot modifies its behavior to change what you think about it!
Emotion recognition modeled as a goal-directed process!
Jin Joo Lee. A Bayesian Theory of Mind Approach to Nonverbal Communication for Human-Robot Interactions. PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017.
Realtime detection of social cues in children’s voices!
HW Park, M Gelsomini, JJ Lee, T Zhu, and C Breazeal (2017). Backchannel Opportunity Prediction for Social Robot Listeners. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
Collecting real world data to understand social interactions!
Hae Won Park, Mirko Gelsomini, Jin Joo Lee, and Cynthia Breazeal. 2017. Telling Stories to Robots: The Effect of Backchanneling on a Child's Storytelling. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '17).
Engaging people in creative learning experiences
Building socially engaging robots and interactive technologies to help people live healthier lives, connect with others, and learn better
Understanding and empowering human networks
The news is probably one of the first things people check in the morning, but how much does what you know and understand about the world ...
Creating technology for social change
Sparking discussion about the social, cultural, and ethical implications of emerging technologies through design and storytelling
Can social robots collaboratively exchange stories with children as a peer and help improve their linguistic and storytelling skills? Teg...
Designing systems that become experiences to transcend utility and usability
Children’s oral language skills in preschool can predict their academic success later in life. Helping children improve their language an...
Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies
A transgenic chicken commercial for ovulating womenEsgtrogen Farms is a fictional company that raises genetically modified chickens that ...
The MIT Scratch Team is exploring ways to make it easier for newcomers to get started creating with coding. We are designing "microworlds...
Pillow-Talk is a set of connected objects intended to assist in the capture and recall digitally stored dreams and memories via natural a...
The Storytelling project uses machine-based analytics to identify the qualities of engaging and marketable media. By developing models wi...
The use of data-driven methods to examine dynamic spaces, relationships, and mechanisms within an urban environment frames the city as a ...
CE 2.0
How radical new collaborations will catalyze a revolution in health.
How to build intelligent music systems out of interacting audio-processing agents.