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Towards a Perceptual Framework for Synthetic Performance

I am  developing a computational framework that acts as a real-time front end analysis system to a musical synthetic performer that ...

in Responsive Environments
Jonathan Feldman
Project Research

AttentivU

There are currently  UROP openings for this project.  All the details available via the link: https://www.braini.io/j...

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #augmented reality #health +6 more
Project Research

Keeper: Online conversation support scaffolding modeled after ancient and modern social technologies

Emergence, when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, is an awe inducing phenomenon seen within na...

in Social Machines
Maggie Hughes · Belen Saldias Fuentes +1 more
Project Research

CityScope LivingLine Shanghai

College of Design and Innovation of Tongji University, Shanghai, and the MIT Media Lab's City Science group are co-developing a version o...

in City Science
Kent Larson · Yan Zhang +3 more
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Vida Decision Support System for COVID-19

Vida OverviewThe Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab is leading a US-based team of innovators from East Carolina University...

in Space Enabled
Danielle Wood
#public health #data science #covid19
Project Research

Frisson

Interoceptive Technologies: Inducing emotions from the body upInspirationThere’s a feeling that comes tingling down the spine in certain ...

in Fluid Interfaces
Abhinandan Jain · Tomas Vega Galvez +2 more
#human-computer interaction #cognition #wearable computing +1 more
Project Research

Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis

The human ankle provides a significant amount of net positive work during the stance period of walking, especially at moderate to fast wa...

in Biomechatronics · Center for Extreme Bionics
Hugh Herr · Matthew Carney
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +12 more
Project Research

Flexible dry electrodes for EMG acquisition within prosthetic sockets

Acquisition of surface electromyography (sEMG) from a person with an amputated lower extremity (LE) during prosthesis-assisted walking re...

in Biomechatronics
Seong Ho Yeon · Tsung-Han Hsieh +5 more
#robotics #human-machine interaction #wearable computing +5 more
Project Research

iNonymize: Empathetic Anonymity in Tele-Mental Health Using AI Generated Avatars

iNonymize is a tele-mental health platform that uses generative AI avatars for preserving a person’s privacy and identity while allowing ...

in Fluid Interfaces
Joanne Leong · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #communications +3 more
Project Research

Technology Design for Coffee Production

In the Civic Media group, we are exploring new theoretical frameworks for design, and novel design education methodologies that serve a f...

in Civic Media
Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar
#design
Project Research

Essence Wearables: Biometric Olfactory Interfaces for Day and Night

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, audito...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +18 more
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Play Analytics

Analyzing detailed data from SpeechBlocks to understand how kids engage with constructionist literacy learning technologies, with th...

Sneha Priscilla Makini · Anneli Hershman +4 more
#design #kids #learning +1 more
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Daily Sketches: Nina Lutz

Nina does daily sketches on Twitter @ninasketches or at the website for her 2021 sketches ,You can read her article about the methodology...

in Future Sketches
Nina Lutz · Zach Lieberman
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Physiophone

The human body produces a variety of different electrophysiological signals from brain-waves (EEG) to the electrical activity of the hear...

in Fluid Interfaces
Neo (Mostafa) Mohsenvand
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Targeted Dream Incubation

What Is TDI?Targeted Dream Incubation is a method for guiding dreams towards specific themes. It is a proposal both magnetic and unl...

in Fluid Interfaces
Ishaan Grover · Tomas Vega Galvez +5 more
#cognition #learning #wearable computing +3 more
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PictureBlocks

One of the strongest observations in child language learning is that for a new word to be learned, a semantic association of the word nee...

in Social Machines
Sneha Priscilla Makini
Project Research

AlterEgo

AlterEgo is a  non-invasive, wearable, peripheral neural interface that allows humans to converse in natural language with mach...

in Fluid Interfaces
Arnav Kapur · Eric Wadkins +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +8 more
Project Research

Commalla: Communication for All

(Note: This project was previously called ECHOS.)  Official Commalla website:  https://commallamit.wixsite.com/commal...

in Fluid Interfaces · Affective Computing
Jaya Narain · Kristy Johnson +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #machine learning +2 more
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Clover

About CloverClover aims to research, design, and deploy a new pro-social media network for tweens and early teens, that promotes positive...

in Social Machines
Perris Richter · Sarah Ballinger +2 more
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MASKproject: Open standard respirator, N95 alternative face mask

Designed for mass manufacture and rapid deployment, we are building an open hardware, reusable, sterilizable, modular, and filter-media a...

in Biomechatronics
Che-Wei Wang · Matthew Carney
#manufacturing #public health #materials +1 more
Project Research

dementAI

 dementAI is an open-source platform for modeling risk stratification of Alzheimer's dementia using spontaneous speech through ...

Utkarsh Sarawgi · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +4 more
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SeqCLR: Self-supervised learning of features for time-series data

Interpreting human electroencephalogram (EEG) is a challenging task and requires years of medical training. We present a framework for le...

in Fluid Interfaces
Neo (Mostafa) Mohsenvand
#artificial intelligence #bioengineering #cognition
Project Research

DAMS: Differentially Private Sketching Data Structures

We propose an improved private count-mean-sketch data structure and show its applicability to differentially private contact tr...

in Camera Culture
Praneeth Vepakomma
#data #privacy #covid19
Project Research

Unbreakout

Unbreakout (beta) is a tool for participatory Zoom breakout rooms. Let your meeting attendees propose their own breakout discussion topic...

in Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio
Katherine McConachie · J. Philipp Schmidt
#learning #open source
Project Research

Wearable Sanitizer: Open-source, On-body Sanitizer

Regular disinfection of hands and frequently touched surfaces is a critical factor in preventing the spread of infectious diseases and di...

in Fluid Interfaces · Responsive Environments
Pat Pataranutaporn · Ali Shtarbanov +4 more
#human-computer interaction #consumer electronics #open source +3 more
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Brain plasticity following amputation

The Biomechatronics group recently pioneered a new type of amputation surgery, the AMI amputation, that allows patients to use a bionic p...

in Biomechatronics
Shriya Srinivasan · Samantha Gutierrez-Arango +2 more
Project Research

Tune Field

Antenna-based topography that may serve as a platform to build musical instruments.This instrument allows the user to interact and c...

in City Science
Guadalupe Babio Fernandez
#design #music
Project Research

Research resiliency through lean labs

Academic research groups, especially the ones directed by new junior faculty, are under pressure to produce high-quality work timely whil...

in Conformable Decoders
Canan Dagdeviren · David Sadat
#bioengineering #health #biotechnology +2 more
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Near-Infrared Transillumination Guides Administration of Dental 2D Radiography and Cone Beam Computed Tomography Imaging

Two-dimensional radiographs are commonly used for evaluating sub-surface hard structures of teeth, but they have low sensitivity for earl...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#bioengineering #health #imaging +3 more
Project Research

Research Area | Emergent Neural Networks to Redesign Clinical Testing of Medicines and Learning from Real World Evidence

Real World Data (RWD) and Real World Evidence (RWE) are playing an increasing role in healthcare decisions to support innovative use of E...

in Health 0.0
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #health +8 more
Project Research

Technology-Enabled Mobile Phone Screenings Augment Routine Primary Care

We have developed a new process to screen patients at the point-of-care with FDA-approved technology-enabled mobile health screenings (TE...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#health #imaging #primary healthcare +3 more
Project Research

Self-Learning AI Model Learns from Patient Data to Design Novel Clinical Trials

Technical summaryUnstructured learning problems without well-defined rewards are unsuitable for current reinforcement learning (RL) appro...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +8 more
Project Research

Deep Learning to Develop and Analyze Computational Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining of Tissue Images for Digital Biopsies

Staining of tissues sections using chemical and biological dyes has been used for over a century for visualizing various tissue types and...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +8 more
Project Research

Controlling COVID-19: Labor Structure is more important than policy

Countries and cities around the world have resorted to unprecedented mobility restrictions to combat Covid-19 transmission. We exploit a ...

in Human Dynamics
Isabella Loaiza-Saa
#data #developing countries #economy +1 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
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Isabella Loaiza-Saa
#social science #social change #data science
Project Research

On-Face Olfactory Interfaces

We envision that a close-to-nose interface could be used as a complementary or alternative wearable method to nasal cannulas or mask...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +6 more
Project Research

The Power of Without

The Power of WITHOUT is a research theme in the City Science group. The theme proposes that heavy infrastructure solutions are not financ...

in City Science
Leticia Izquierdo Garcia · Kent Larson +5 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +14 more
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Festival of Learning

A day for learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.

in Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio
Katherine McConachie · J. Philipp Schmidt +4 more
#learning
Project Research

JettSen

Planning Through Deliberation and DataJettSen is  a system architecture design for an open source mobile sensor fusion implementatio...

in City Science
Andres Rico · Yasushi Sakai +2 more
Project Research

Space Sustainability Rating

​Special Announcement: Call for Letters of Intent to Operate the Space Sustainability RatingThe Consortium Designing the Space Sustainabi...

in Space Enabled
Danielle Wood · Minoo Rathnasabapathy
#environment #health #sensors +5 more
Project Research

Algorithmic zoning

The Algorithmic Zoning project explores dynamically reconfigurable incentives that encourage the pro-social development of urban areas so...

in City Science
Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor · Mireia Yurrita Semperena +5 more
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Project Us

“Us” aims to help people develop their sense of empathy. It uses machine learning to analyze interlocutors’ signals (e.g., tone of voice,...

in Fluid Interfaces
Camilo Rojas · Gaurav Patekar +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #wearable computing +1 more
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Targeted intracellular degradation of SARS-CoV-2 via computationally optimized peptide fusions

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has elicited a global health crisis of catastrophic proportions. With ...

in Molecular Machines
Pranam Chatterjee · Manvitha Ponnapati +1 more
#biology #public health #engineering +1 more
Project Research

Battery-Free Underwater GPS

Can we build a battery-free underwater GPS? While underwater localization is a long-studied problem,  we seek to bring it to ba...

in Signal Kinetics
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh · Osvy Rodriguez +2 more
#robotics #environment #sensors +4 more
Project Research

Pandemic Response Catalyst Conversations

The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT Media Lab’s Community Biotechnology Initiative, and MilliporeSigma—the lif...

in Community Biotechnology
David S. Kong · Desiree Dudley
#health #technology #wellbeing +1 more
Project Research

Serosa III

Serosa III is a wearable electrode patch that records gastric activity. It reduces the size of the interface and incorporates high-resolu...

in Fluid Interfaces
Angela Vujic · Pattie Maes +1 more
Project Research

WOSNA - WorkOut Sensor Node Assistant

We are presenting the WorkOut Sensor Node Assistant (WOSNA), a body sensor net composed of many tiny sensor nodes that can suck on the sk...

in Responsive Environments
Fangzheng Liu
#design #health #sensors
Project Research

Non-full-length G protein-coupled receptors: An unexpected discovery may lead to design new molecular devices

It was believed that functionalities of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) require full-length sequences which are negated by residue de...

in Molecular Machines
Shuguang Zhang · Pranam Chatterjee +1 more
#bioengineering #health #wellbeing +2 more
Project Research

PhysioHMD

Virtual and augmented reality headsets are unique as they have access to our facial area, an area that presents an excellent opportunity ...

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal · Abhinandan Jain +2 more
#virtual reality #bioengineering #human-machine interaction +2 more
Project Research

With(in)

With(in) is a multi-stage project that includes an exhibit, installation, qualitative exploration, and visual storytelling.This is a...

in City Science
Margaret Church · Gabriela Bila Advincula +6 more
#design #food #music +2 more
Project Research

PsychicVR: Increasing mindfulness by using Virtual Reality and Brain Computer Interfaces

We present PsychicVR, a proof-of-concept system that integrates a brain-computer interface device and virtual reality headset to improve ...

in Advancing Wellbeing · Fluid Interfaces
Xavier Benavides Palos · Pattie Maes +2 more
#augmented reality #health #technology
Project Research

Deep Reality: An underwater VR experience to promote relaxation by unconscious HR, EDA, and brain activity biofeedback

We present an interactive virtual reality (VR) experience that uses biometric information for reflection and relaxation. We mon...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez · Anna Fuste +1 more
#virtual reality #human-computer interaction #augmented reality
Project Research

LightCloud: Future of Dynamic Lighting in the Shared Space

Lighting conditions in an indoor environment have been shown to affect our cognition and behaviors in a variety of ways. On average, we s...

in Responsive Environments
Nan Zhao · Elena Chong Loo
#design #environment #sensors
Project Research

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Clinical Development: A Translational Perspective

Technical summary: Future of clinical development is on the verge of a major transformation due to convergence of large new digital data ...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah · Francis Kendall
#computer vision #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +10 more
Project Research

Biomarker Imaging with Mobile Phones

We built a low-cost and open source 405 nm imaging device to capture red fluorescence signatures associated with the oral biomarker porph...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#computer vision #health #imaging +2 more
Project Research

Helping Emergency Care Physicians Diagnose Sepsis and Bacterial Infections with Machine Learning and Vision

General overview:Sepsis, a life-threatening complication of bacterial infection, leads to millions of worldwide deaths requires significa...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#computer vision #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +7 more
Project Research

AI Methods for Rapid Automated Staining and Destaining of Tissue Biopsies in Hospitals

General OverviewStaining of tissues sections using chemical and biological dyes has been used for over a century for visualizing various ...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#artificial intelligence #health #pharmaceuticals +7 more
Project Research

At-Home Sleep Apnea Screening

A large proportion of the American population currently suffers from sleep disorders. Among them are patients with obstructive sleep apne...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#health #engineering #point of care
Project Research

Detecting Biomarkers with Printable Paper Diagnostics

Paper diagnostics can be used for affordable and scalable biomarker detection. We propose new methods for stabilizing cellulose-based imm...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#bioengineering #health #engineering +1 more
Project Research

Machine Learning from Biomarker Signatures and Correlation to Systemic Health Conditions

Imaging fluorescent disease biomarkers in tissues and skin is a non-invasive method to screen for health conditions. We report an automat...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #health +3 more
Project Research

Machine Learning and Automated Segmentation of Oral Diseases Using Biomarker Images

We report a novel method that processes biomarker images collected at the point of care and uses machine learning algorithms to provide a...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#computer vision #health #imaging +3 more
Project Research

Machine Learning for Combined Classification of Fluorescent Biomarkers and Expert Annotations Using White Light Images

Biomarker imaging provides non-invasive indicators of disease and is used by human experts to augment disease diagnosis. It is, however, ...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#health #imaging #machine learning +1 more
Project Research

Digital Clinical Trials with Novel Machine Learning and AI Architectures

Dr. Shah was an invited speaker and a contributor at The National Cancer Policy Forum developed workshop series at the The National Acade...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#artificial intelligence #synthetic biology #machine learning +5 more
Project Research

SpaceSkin: Resilient electronic textiles for distributed sensing on protective fabrics in low Earth orbit

Overview: The outermost skin of a space-based structure is designed using materials known to protect against the harsh elements of space....

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Juliana Cherston
#environment #health #sensors +7 more
Project Research

Project Captivate: A wearable platform for measurement and actuation across contexts

Project Captivate have been designed to serve as an easy and reliable platform to measure physiology in the real world.  We've des...

in Responsive Environments
Patrick Chwalek · David Ramsay
#design #environment #health +1 more
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