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Peristaltic Suit

​Prolonged exposure to microgravity is known to cause various acute health risks, including muscle atrophy, bone loss, cardiovascular decon…

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Ali Shtarbanov +2 more
#robotics #data #wearable computing +6 more
Article Research

FACT: Parrots seem to really enjoy video chatting with other parrots

"The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week" dives into research by alum Rébecca Kleinberger showing that parrots seem to enjoy video chats.

via Popular Science · July 19, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#ecology #behavioral science #technology
Article Research

The Loh Down on Science: Skin Deep

On "The Loh Down on Science," host Sandra Tsing Loh reports on research from the Conformable Decoders group.

via NPR · July 19, 2023
in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#bioengineering #health #wearable computing +3 more
Research
Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +66 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI

The 27 finalists will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.

via MIT News · Sept. 18, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#artificial intelligence #politics #social science +5 more
Research
Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +57 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Camera Culture

Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection

#robotics #computer vision #human-computer interaction +45 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Fluid Interfaces

Designing Systems for Cognitive Support

#robotics #design #virtual reality +40 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

A guided tour of the new MIT Museum

David Nuñez, an alum of the Media Lab’s Personal Robots research group, takes MIT Technology Review on a tour of the re-imagined Museum.

via MIT Technology Review · Feb. 21, 2023
in Center for Civic Media · Affective Computing · Responsive Environments +4 more
#robotics #design #art +2 more
Article Research

Quick catnaps may spark creativity

The NIH reports on research from the Fluid Interfaces group and Harvard Medical School investigating the effect of naps on creativity.

via National Institutes of Health · June 6, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#human-computer interaction #neurobiology #behavioral science +3 more
Article Research

Redefining design through textiles

In a recent profile, Ganit Goldstein talks about her work at the intersection of fashion, engineering, and tech, and her experience at MIT.

via MIT News · June 26, 2023
in Tangible Media · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #fashion #manufacturing +5 more
Article Research

Reimagining the Opera of the Future

The iconic sci-fi opera VALIS reboots for a new generation

via Arts at MIT · Sept. 14, 2023
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#music #creativity #technology
Research
Poetic Justice

Exploring new forms of social justice through art

#robotics #design #architecture +31 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

#robotics #design #social networks +73 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Patches to the rescue

MIT Technology Review reports on transdermal drug delivery research from the Conformable Decoders group, led by Professor Canan Dagdeviren.

via MIT Technology Review · June 27, 2023
in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#bioengineering #health #biology +2 more
Project Research

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 thir…

in Civic Media · Fluid Interfaces · Personal Robots
Kathleen Esfahany · Eyal Perry +6 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +19 more
Article Research

Want to be more creative? Try dream-hacking while you sleep

The Washington Post reports on research from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group & Harvard Medical School that naps could aid creativity.

via The Washington Post · June 19, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#human-computer interaction #neurobiology #behavioral science +3 more
Article Research

Making life friendlier with personal robots

Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist at the Media Lab, explores personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.

via MIT News · Sept. 10, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#robotics #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +6 more
Research
Lifelong Kindergarten

Engaging people in creative learning experiences

#design #human-computer interaction #art +32 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +69 more
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing

#robotics #design #virtual reality +47 more
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +46 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people

#robotics #social networks #art +16 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +58 more
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in

#robotics #design #social networks +71 more
Project Research

The Clubhouse Network

The Clubhouse provides a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people from underserved communities around the wo…

in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Jaleesa Trapp · Natalie Rusk +3 more
#human-computer interaction #learning + teaching #technology +2 more
Project Research

Miniaturized Neural System for Chronic, Local Intracerebral Drug Delivery (MiNDS)

Recent advances in medications for neurodegenerative disorders are expanding opportunities for improving the debilitating symptoms suffered…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Canan Dagdeviren
#design #bioengineering #health +8 more
Article Research

For multimedia artist Nicole L'Huillier, sound is a portal for change

Opera of the Future PhD candidate Nicole L'Huillier discusses her multimedia artwork with WBUR.

via WBUR · Sept. 20, 2021
in Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #music #technology +1 more
Project Research

Life-Nanomachine Synergism

For more details and recent updates visit:  https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Nanoelectronics has the potential to enable radica…

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Deblina Sarkar
#robotics #bioengineering #data +9 more
Project Research

Candlewax Rockets: A Green Alternative for In-Space Propulsion

Wax-based hybrid rocket propellants, including paraffin (common candlewax) and beeswax show promise as high-performing hybrid rocket propel…

in Space Enabled · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Javier Stober
#robotics #architecture #art +16 more
Project Research

A tailored, electronic textile conformable suit for large-scale spatiotemporal physiological sensing in vivo

The rapid advancement of electronic devices and fabrication technologies has further promoted the field of wearables and smart textiles. Ho…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Canan Dagdeviren · Irmandy Wicaksono
#design #bioengineering #consumer electronics +13 more
Project Research

Theme | Sleep + Dreams

We  build technologies that interface with the sleeping mind. We track different sleep-stages using brain activity, muscle tensio…

in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez +5 more
#design #wearable computing #interfaces +3 more
Project Research

Voyage Viewer

Voyage Viewer is an online, open source interactive tool especially designed to visualize and study human mobility and migration.

in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Isabella Loaiza-Saa
#artificial intelligence #data #social science +5 more
Project Research

TESSERAE: Self-Assembling Space Architecture

Overview: How will we build the coming generations of Space Architecture—the modules, space ships, and space stations that will enscon…

in Space Exploration Initiative · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Ariel Ekblaw
#robotics #design #agriculture +12 more
Project Research

Space Sustainability Rating

The Space Sustainability RatingThe Space Sustainability Rating design team—comprised of the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agency…

in Space Enabled · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Danielle Wood · Minoo Rathnasabapathy
#environment #health #politics +7 more
Research
Community Biotechnology

Community Biotechnology

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +29 more
Project Research

Mice Against Ticks - Preventing tick-borne disease by permanently immunizing mice

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in North America. People are infected when bitten by ticks; ticks are typically infe…

in Sculpting Evolution · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Kevin Esvelt · Joanna Buchthal
#agriculture #bioengineering #crowdsourcing +9 more
Project Research

3DKnITS: Three-dimensional Knitted Intelligent Textile Sensor

Three-dimensional Digital Knitting of Intelligent Textile Sensor for Activity Recognition and Biomechanical MonitoringWe present an ap…

in Responsive Environments · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Irmandy Wicaksono · Joseph A. Paradiso
#design #human-computer interaction #art +22 more
Project Research

Conformable Ultrasound Patch (cUFP) For Cavitation-Enhanced Transdermal Drug Delivery

Ultrasound-induced transdermal drug delivery (sonophoresis) has long lingered in the by-lanes of academic and industrial research, and has …

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Aastha Shah · Chia-Chen Yu +3 more
#design #bioengineering #consumer electronics +8 more
Archived
Project Research

Envirome Monitoring with CRISPR Biosensors

In recent years, there has been an increase in low-cost and open-source electronic and chemical sensors that hobbyists, concerned citizens,…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative · Open Ocean
Devora Najjar
#robotics #architecture #art +14 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Tidmarsh Living Observatory Portal

The Tidmarsh Living Observatory Portal is a research project that focuses on the design and fabrication of a pavilion that will genera…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Valentina Sumini · Clement Duhart +4 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +10 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Lunar Open Architecture

Building an open, shared, and collaborative future of lunar exploration.Explore the Lunar Open Architecture (LOA) at loa.mit.edu. …

in Space Exploration Initiative
Mehak Sarang · Ariel Ekblaw
#architecture #environment #health +9 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Interplanetary Gastronomy

The  Interplanetary Gastronomy research  aims to address the unique challenges and opportunities associated with eating in s…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#design #virtual reality #food +5 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Fluid Expressions - Art and Craft in Microgravity

When imagining human life in space, how will we express our humanity and creativity in an alien environment? Can the art we make both refle…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sanjana Sharma
#robotics #design #architecture +13 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

H0TP0T

By Larissa Zhou and Adam ZacharFood is crucial to maintaining the physical and psychological health of humans in space. Eating food pr…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Reconfigurable space structures

Rapid prototyping platforms such as 3D printers used for digital fabrication are today able to manufacture custom objects for specific task…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +13 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Zenolith - An Interplanetary Time Device

On Earth, morning, noon, and night have their own specific meanings. The feeling of a second or a minute passing by, the shortening of the …

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sands Fish · Che-Wei Wang +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Self Assembling Space Frames

Ever wish you could toss your folded up tent and have it self-assemble mid-air?  Well...you can. In a zero gravity environment.Self As…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Che-Wei Wang
#robotics #design #architecture +14 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Harmony in Precarity

By Po-Hao ChiHow could microgravity/hypergravity shape our perceptual experience of listening with weightlessness? How can we seek to explo…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Miniature Optical Steered Antenna for Intersatellite Communication (MOSAIC)

The Miniature Optical Steered Antenna for Intersatellite Communications (MOSAIC)By Shreeyam KackerThe Miniature Optical Steered Antenn…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Moving Liquids With No Moving Parts

Solid-state microfrabricated devices are in development to replace contemporary heavy mechanical components for use in spacecraft propellan…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Ø-scillation: oscillating chemistry in zero gravity and beyond

How did life originate? Nobody knows. Life might not even be native to our Earth - it might have come from asteroids or the interstellar me…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw · Carson Smuts +5 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

AgriFuge

By Somayajulu Dhulipala and Manwei ChanAs humanity explores deeper into space, long-duration missions will require horticulture activities …

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Panspermia

By Nancy Valladares and Rae Yuping HsuThis project is an art performance that seeks to rethink imaginaries of multispecies surviv…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Article Research

Dava Newman on the Selected podcast

In an interview recorded at VivaTech, Media Lab Director Dava Newman talks about the Media Lab's mission to enhance the human experience.

via Selected · June 20, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#artificial intelligence #creativity #space +5 more
Article Research

The ethics and tech of dream seeding

In Discovery Magazine, Media Lab postdoc Adam Haar Horowitz and other researchers discuss the possible ethical issues of influencing dreams.

via Discover Magazine · June 7, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#neurobiology #behavioral science #ethics +2 more
Archived
Project Research

SpaceHuman 2.0

SpaceHuman is a soft robotics device designed to facilitate the exploration of environments with reduced gravity in a view of democratizati…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Valentina Sumini · Joseph A. Paradiso +2 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +16 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Space/Craft

Space/Craft explores sculpting in zero gravity. Making artistic works by hand is a fundamentally human act, but how will it transform …

in Space Exploration Initiative · Civic Media
Alexis Hope · Tim Savas
#art #space #technology +1 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

ELI: Electronic Life-detection Instrument

Life on Mars, if it exists, could have been transferred between Earth and Mars due to meteorite impacts. The Search for Extra-Terrestrial G…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Molecular Gastronomy in Zero G

A molecular gastronomy experiment was flown on a zero gravity flight in August 2019, using spherification techniques to create recipes in z…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#design #virtual reality #food +4 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Orbit Weaver

Gravity anchors all existence on Earth.It pulls a chaotic world to one single point in every moment of life. Even though gravity is everywh…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Xin Liu
#design #agriculture #architecture +8 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Orbit Weaver Suit

​​​​​​​​​The Orbit Weaver Suit for zero gravity was designed by Media Lab Director's Fellow Andrea Lauer in collaboration with Xi…

in Space Exploration Initiative · Director's Fellows
Andrea Lauer · Xin Liu
#design #art #fashion +3 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

The Telemetron

Today, the environments that humans occupy in space are designed for survival. Humans are carefully shuttled to and from space, and during …

in Opera of the Future · Space Exploration Initiative
Nicole L'Huillier · Sands Fish +1 more
#robotics #design #architecture +13 more
Archived
Research
Conformable Decoders

Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy

#robotics #design #computer vision +45 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Feet on Earth, head in the stars

These five women at the MIT Media Lab are advancing aerospace science and research, driven by a love of our home planet.

via MIT Technology Review · Aug. 22, 2023
in Director's Office · Responsive Environments · Fluid Interfaces +4 more
#robotics #architecture #environment +9 more
Project Research

Dreaming through Code

Dreaming through Code Designing creative learning workshops for local organizations committed to introducing technology to kids in a n…

in Future Sketches · Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Cecilé Sadler · Chelsi Cocking
#civic technology #learning + teaching #computer science +2 more
Research
Signal Kinetics

Inventing, building, and deploying wireless sensor technologies to address complex problems in society, industry, and ecology

#robotics #virtual reality #computer vision +28 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Co-crafting your career with AI

Media Lab PhD student Isabella Loaiza is building data-driven tools to help people all over the world navigate the future of work.

via TED · May 22, 2023
in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#artificial intelligence #data #technology +2 more
Project Research

Don't Just Tell Me, Ask Me

Critical thinking is an essential human skill. Despite the importance of critical thinking, research reveals that our reasoning ability suf…

in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Valdemar Danry · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
#artificial intelligence #technology #cognitive science
Project Research

Impact.AI: K-12 AI Literacy

Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are changing how many people play, work, learn, and govern themselves. Due to this rapid …

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Randi Williams · Cynthia Breazeal +1 more
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Article Research

Wearable patch can painlessly deliver drugs through the skin

Using ultrasonic waves that propel drug molecules into the skin, the patch could be used to treat a variety of skin conditions.

via MIT News · April 19, 2023
in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#health #wearable computing #technology +2 more
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