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Project Research

Liquid Movies

Video has evolved from an esoteric production to the default means of online and broadcast communication. We accept a wrong or lengthy vide…

in Viral Communications
JS Tan
#computer vision #human-computer interaction #communications +1 more
Project Research

Detect DeepFakes: How to counteract misinformation created by AI

Participate in the experiment at https://detectfakes.media.mit.eduCheck out our publications in PNAS, a workshop at IJCAI, and pre-pri…

in Affective Computing
Aruna Sankaranarayanan · Matthew Groh +5 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #data +7 more
Project Research

Festival of Learning

An annual celebration of learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.

in Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio · Lifelong Kindergarten
Katherine McConachie · J. Philipp Schmidt +4 more
#design #art #learning + teaching
Project Research

Living Knitwork Pavilion

​2023 Burning Man Arts"Once upon a time, in the heart of the Black Rock City desert, a knitted shade structure seamlessly melded ancient an…

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Nicole Bakker +3 more
#design #architecture #art +4 more
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City Science Lab @ Gipuzkoa

The MIT City Science team will work with the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa and Mubil Fundazioa on a new collaboration to create the City Sci…

in City Science
Ainhoa Genua Cervino · Teresa Olano +5 more
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Targeted Dream Incubation

Targeted dream incubation (TDI) is a methodology for guiding (or “incubating”) dreams towards specific themes. Please read the FAQ below to…

in Fluid Interfaces
Kathleen Esfahany · Ishaan Grover +6 more
#cognition #learning + teaching #neurobiology +7 more
Project Research

ImmerScope: Blending Perspectives and Design Experiences

ImmerScope is a Generative Design Tool for Urban Settings that offers new ways of visualizing complex urban designs. It generates rend…

in City Science
Leticia Izquierdo Garcia · Vincy Xiao +3 more
Project Research

The Safety of Our Cities: A Look at Urban Security

Walking is the most natural form of mobility. The significance of safe mobility in urban environments cannot be understated, as it directly…

in City Science
Leticia Izquierdo Garcia · Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor +3 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 +16 more
Project Research

Objects as Cameras

Press: - MIT News:  Using reflections to see the world from new points of view- TechXplore, EuropaPress, La Nacion …

in Camera Culture
Kushagra Tiwary · Nikhil Behari +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +7 more
Project Research

Detecting and Mapping Transparent or Mirror-like Surfaces with Lidar

Although lidar is widely used for mapping the 3D geometry of surfaces, the technology has historically been challenged by specular, or mirr…

in Camera Culture
Tsung-Han Lin · Connor Henley
#robotics #computer vision #augmented reality +1 more
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Theme | Augmented Reasoning

We explore how AI-systems can effectively assist human reasoning processes by building and evaluating combined human+AI information process…

in Fluid Interfaces
Valdemar Danry · Pat Pataranutaporn +2 more
#artificial intelligence
Project Research

Sleep++

Sleep++ aims to improve sleep quality by stimulating the brain to enter deep sleep. Currently, insufficient and poor quality sleep represen…

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Nathan Whitmore
Project Research

Computational Knitting Patterns

​This project explores a few computational approaches to use the shape of a knitted garment as input for its pattern.This experiment combin…

in Future Sketches
Vera van de Seyp
#design #art #fashion
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
Valdemar Danry · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
#artificial intelligence #technology #cognitive science
Project Research

OctoStudio

OctoStudio transforms how children use mobile phones and tablets, enabling them to create their own stories and games anytime anywhere…

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Natalie Rusk · Kreg Hanning +9 more
Project Research

Regional Technology Co-Creation and Transfer Ecosystems in Latin America

🚨Application to the 2022 Co-Design Experience here bit.ly/codesign2022 🚨Historically, technology transfer has been associate…

in Space Enabled
Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar · Danielle Wood
#design #civic technology #technology +1 more
Project Research

Pudica

A Framework For Designing Augmented Human-Flora Interaction.

in Tangible Media
Olivia Seow · Cedric Honnet +1 more
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NeuraLiminal

 NeuraLiminal: Choose Your Reality
NeuraLiminal is an immersive art exhibition that celebrates the union between human and machine, sh…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna
Project Research

Measuring and reducing social segregation in cities

We use high-resolution geospatial data collected from mobile phones to measure social segregation at an unprecedented resolution in cities …

in Human Dynamics
Bernardo Garcia Bulle Bueno · Takahiro Yabe +4 more
#social networks #transportation #urban planning +4 more
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Grain Prism

The Grain Prism is a hybrid musical instrument that combines granular synthesis and live audio recordings. Presented in a capacitive touch …

in City Science
Don Derek Haddad · Gabriela Bila Advincula
#design #art #music +1 more
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City Science Lab @ Biobío

The MIT City Science team will work with the Cámara Chilena de la Construcción (CChC), Corporación Ciudades, and the Biobío regional govern…

in City Science
Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor · Kent Larson +3 more
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Modeling Contingent Behaviors in Multiparty Conversations

Recognizing and interpreting group behaviors is much more challenging than that of individual behaviors. Firstly, the system must perform w…

in Personal Robots
Dong Won Lee · Cynthia Breazeal +3 more
#computer vision #human-computer interaction #machine learning
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VR Haptics at Home: Repurposing Everyday Objects and Environment for Casual and On-Demand VR Haptic Experiences

This paper introduces VR Haptics at Home, a method of repurposing everyday objects in the home to provide casual and on-demand haptic exper…

in Tangible Media
Mengying Fang
Project Research

Closer Worlds

Computer-mediated forms of communication (i.e., social media, texting) have quickly become the predominant way that we keep in touch w…

in MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Affective Computing · Opera of the Future
Cassandra Lee · Rosalind W. Picard +2 more
#design #gaming
Project Research

InExChange

InExChange is comprised of a series of research studies and mixed-reality experienced designed to explore the impacts of shared physical se…

in Fluid Interfaces
Caitlin Morris
Project Research

Affective Typography for Empathetic Story Reading

When people listen to stories, the words are colored with emotions conveyed through prosodic features beyond the text alone. Visual font d…

in Personal Robots
Jocelyn Shen
Project Research

Corsetto: AI-empowered Modular Robotic Garment for Capture and Entrainment of Breathing Techniques

​This work is recently submitted as a Full Paper to ACM CHI 2023.Corsetto, is a full stack system design and platform for upper-body haptic…

in Tangible Media
Ozgun Kilic Afsar
Project Research

"Picture the Audience" Exploring Private AR Face Filters for Online Public Speaking

This work will be presented  at the upcoming ACM CHI 2023 conference. By Joanne Leong, Florian Perteneder, Muhender Raj Rajv…

in Fluid Interfaces
Joanne Leong · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #augmented reality #perception
Project Research

Pharmamusicology: Exploring the Impact of Music on the Physiology and Psychology of Mental Health

As of 2020, approximately 40 million adults, or 18.1% percent of the adult population, in the United States suffer from anxiety disorders, …

in Opera of the Future · Biomechatronics · Affective Computing
Kimaya Lecamwasam · Max Addae +3 more
#human-computer interaction #art #cognition +1 more
Project Research

Towards a Congruent Hybrid Reality without Experiential Artifacts

​Situated VR: Towards a Congruent Hybrid RealityThe vision of Extended Reality (XR) systems is living in a hybrid reality or "Metaverse" wh…

in Fluid Interfaces
Valdemar Danry · Misha Sra +1 more
#virtual reality #cognition #environment
Project Research

Eliciting a Sense of Self when Integrating with Computers

While some Human-Computer Integration (HInt) systems have successfully demonstrated that humans and technology can be physically and functi…

in Fluid Interfaces
Valdemar Danry · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
Project Research

Refraction - Using computation to illustrate with light

This project explores a computational method to use light as a medium for illustration. I experiment with a process to transform pixels int…

in Future Sketches
Dexter Callender
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Conformable Ultrasound Patch (CUFPatch) 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
Aastha Shah · Chia-Chen Yu +3 more
#design #bioengineering #consumer electronics +8 more
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MicroPET: Investigation of Biodegradation of PET Plastics in Spaceflight

We present the "MicroPET" mission, consisting of an autonomous payload for enzymatic reactions and microbial cultivation with fully program…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Xin Liu · Pat Pataranutaporn +4 more
#bioengineering #environment #synthetic biology +1 more
Project Research

The Smartphone Free Living Experiment

What is the real impact of your smartphone on your ability to deeply engage in your daily activities?David Ramsay sets out to answer that q…

in Responsive Environments
David Ramsay
Project Research

The Shipt Calculator: Crowdsourcing Gig Worker Pay Data to Audit Algorithmic Management

The increasing prevalence of large-scale labor aggregation platforms, worker analytics, and algorithmic decision-making by management raise…

in Human Dynamics
Dan Calacci
#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +6 more
Project Research

AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning

This research presents the results of a study with 134 participants to explore the effects of learning from an AI-generated virtual in…

in Fluid Interfaces
Valdemar Danry · Joanne Leong +3 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #extended intelligence +1 more
Project Research

Bacterial Bio Cement

Rectifying the damage caused by buildings requires an ideological shift, one that involves working with invisible microscopic systems. The …

in Community Biotechnology
David S. Kong
Project Research

The Sierra Leone Orthotics & Prosthetics Program

We've designed a health system strengthening model  to support and expand the prosthetic and orthotic sector that cares for people wit…

in Biomechatronics
Guillermo Herrera-Arcos · Dara Dotz +4 more
#health #healthcare #prosthetics +2 more
Project Research

Generative Land Use for Human-centric Communities

The Generative Land Use project aims to revolutionize urban planning by developing a cutting-edge algorithm that generates the ideal land u…

in City Science
Jue Ma · Parfait Atchade Adelomou +4 more
Project Research

Theme | Communication + Collaboration

Communication skills are critical for all. We  design and develop systems to help people with communication issues, e.g., more empathi…

in Fluid Interfaces · Affective Computing
Pattie Maes · Utkarsh Sarawgi +3 more
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Ddog

​Ddog project features Spot robot from Boston Dynamics and a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) system, powered by AttentivU, a pair of wireles…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna
Project Research

Art Installation: NeuraFutures

Website of the project: https://www.neurafutures.com NeuraFutures art installation features devices known as Brain-Computer Inter…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna
Project Research

Brain Switch

The Brain Switch is a real-time, closed-loop brain-computer system allowing for real-time correspondence of simple user needs to a caretake…

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Nataliya Kos'myna
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AttentivU

There are currently  UROP openings for this project. AttentivU is  a  device, in the  form factor of a pair of gla…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #augmented reality #health +8 more
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ADESS: A Proof of Work Blockchain Protocol Modification to Deter Double-Spend Attacks

A principal vulnerability of a proof-of-work ("PoW") blockchain is that an attacker can rewrite the history of transactions by forking a pr…

in Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)
Daniel Aronoff
Project Research

Theme | Personalization + Early Childhood Education

We are building autonomous agents that are socially and emotionally saturated in single-person (child-robot) or multi-party (child-parent-r…

in Personal Robots
Project Research

Theme | Justice + Ethics

We create and employ ethical design frameworks to work towards equitable and inclusive HRI research and technologies.

in Personal Robots
Project Research

Theme | Health + Wellness

An embodied virtual agent is a promising oracle for delivering appropriate just-in time interventions. We aim to build a system and design …

in Personal Robots
Project Research

Theme | Multi-modal Interaction + Language

How can we make embodied agents have multimodal conversation with individual and group users that is not only natural, but also relational,…

in Personal Robots
Project Research

Latent Lab: Landscape

Latent Lab is an AI-driven knowledge exploration system designed to navigate through the 4,000+ research projects within the Media Lab. Uti…

in Viral Communications
Kevin Dunnell · Andrew Lippman
#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +1 more
Project Research

Theme | AI Literacy

We seek to empower everyone to become conscientious consumers, ethical engineers, creative problem solvers, and informed advocates for resp…

in Personal Robots
Project Research

Using Shadows in Space-Time to See Hidden Objects

The goal of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is to image objects that lie outside the camera’s field of view. We use two-bounce light to pe…

in Camera Culture
Siddharth Somasundaram
Project Research

Theme | Attention, Memory + Optimal Performance

Multiple projects related to the theme of how digital systems may support attention, memory, and optimal performance.

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction
Project Research

Bitcoin Security Initiative

Bitcoin’s (un)common goodDigital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab Launches New Bitcoin Software and Security Effort with Industry L…

in Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)
Neha Narula
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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
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Bitcoin Core Development

The DCI houses key Bitcoin Core developers and maintainers, who conduct Bitcoin Core code review and project maintenance, maintain a long-t…

in Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)
Cory Fields
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Neural Notes

We are building an intelligent musical partner that play duets with you and teaches music.  This research teaches us how to design mor…

in Viral Communications
Mike Hao Jiang · Andrew Lippman
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