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MetaSense: Integrating Sensing Capabilities into Mechanical Metamaterial. J. Gong*, O. Seow*, C. Honnet*, J. Forman, S. ...
Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioceptio...
Three-dimensional Digital Image Correlation (3D-DIC) is a non-contact optical-numerical technique for evaluating the dynamic mechani...
During the gait cycle, the human ankle complex serves as a primary power generator while simultaneously stabilizing the entire limb. Thes...
Biplanar fluoroscopy (BiFlo) enables three-dimensional bone kinematics analysis using x-ray videos and bone geometry from segmented CT. H...
This research track focuses on the use of computational (and experimental) techniques to understand the biomechanical behavior of human t...
The design of next-generation bionic ankles and knees aims to improve bionic actuators on all metrics: range of motion, power density, ba...
Mechanical, electrical, and dynamic control systems recreate biological behavior with synthetic hardware.
Nerve-Muscle Graft Chamber and micro-channel arrays tor interface to peripheral nerves for prosthesis control. This research effort ...
Local changes in the volume, shape, and mechanical properties of the residual limb can be caused by adjacent joint motion, muscle activat...
Optogenetic techniques have recently been applied to peripheral nerves as a scientific tool with the translatable go...
Recent advancements in orthopedic implants have made way for a new generation of bionic limbs that attach directly to the skeleton. Lever...
Lower-extremity amputation surgery has not seen significant change since the Civil War. This research is focused on the development of no...
Although there have been great advances in the control of lower extremity prostheses, transitioning between terrains such as ramps or sta...
This project aims to enable fast prototyping of a multi-axis and multi-joint active prosthesis by developing a new modular electronics sy...
Augmentation of human locomotion has proved an elusive goal. Natural human walking is extremely efficient, and the complex articulation o...
The human ankle provides a significant amount of net positive work during the stance period of walking, especially at moderate to fast wa...
Recent advances in artificial limbs have resulted in the provision of powered ankle and knee function for lower extremity amputees and po...
Lower-extremity amputees face a series of potentially serious post-operative complications. Among these are increased risk of further amp...
Using biologically inspired design principles, a biomimetic robotic knee prosthesis is proposed that uses a clutchable series-elastic act...
Current unmotorized prostheses do not provide adequate energy return during late stance to improve level-ground locomotion. Robotic prost...
A better understanding of the biomechanics of human tissue allows for better attachment of load-bearing objects to people. Think of shoes...
Human walking neuromechanical models show how each muscle works during normal, level-ground walking. They are mainly modeled with clutche...
We are studying the mechanical behavior of leg muscles and tendons during human walking in order to motivate the design of power-efficien...
Motivated by applications in rehabilitation and robotics, we are developing methodologies to control muscle-actuated systems via electric...
This project focuses on giving transtibial amputees volitional control over their prostheses by combining electromyographic (EMG) activit...
“Us” aims to help people develop their sense of empathy. It uses machine learning to analyze interlocutors’ signals (e.g., tone of voice,...
Aalto University, Finland, and the MIT Media Lab’s City Science group are co-developing a version of the MIT CityScope platform for urban...
Tongji University, Shanghai, and the MIT Media Lab's City Science group are co-developing a version of the MIT CityScope platform fo...
MIT City Science is working with HafenCity University to develop CityScope for the neighborhood of Rothenburgsort in Hamburg, Germany. Th...
The City Science Lab@Guadalajara is a collaboration with the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), a network composed of 15 campuses within t...
Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally ...
City Science Lab Toronto was established in cooperation with Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. It started in 2018 and is...
We are pleased to introduce the newest member of the City Science Network, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. As part of this collaboratio...
MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology tha...
The superpose installation mediates continuously changing wave phenomena within a space that are visible, audible, and react to the prese...
When imagining human life in space, how will we express our humanity and creativity in an alien environment? Can the art we make both ref...
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Death and the Powers is a groundbreaking opera that brings a variety of technological, conceptual, and aesthetic innovations to the ...
It is known that prolonged exposure to micro and hyper-gravity induces various acute health risks, such as osteoporosis, skeletal muscle ...
Ancient textiles have played a major role in the social, economic, and religious structures of communities around the world. Iconic, indi...
A proof of concept demonstration for a voxel-based reconfigurable space structure based on electromagnetically actuated picosatellites. I...
By Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Ali Shtarbanov, Hila Mor, Ken Nakagaki, Jack Forman, Karen Modrei, Dr. Seung Hee Jeong, P...
Feeling Climate Crisis is a series of kinetic sculptures that visualize the ongoing climate crisis. Movements of the sculptures express d...
This research highlights opportunities to bring the rich culture of Earth-based fermentation practices to space to design beneficial appl...
The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT Media Lab’s Community Biotechnology Initiative, and MilliporeSigma—the lif...
Social robots equipped with AI and designed with users’ social, emotional, and relational interactions in mind are increasingly being hig...
The Interplanetary Gastronomy research aims to address the unique challenges and opportunities associated with eating in...
By Hila Mor, Yu Tianyu, Ken Nakagaki, Benjamin Harvey Miller, Yichen Jia, Hiroshi IshiiThe Venous Materials project envisions a new way t...
Our body and mind relate in ways which are extraordinarily enigmatic and seemingly incomprehensible. Recent findings exemplify this by sh...
Following The Power of Without agenda, the City Science group proposes the Informality Crowdsourced Database. This platfor...
Following The Power of Without agenda, the City Science Group proposes the Technologies Toolkit. This research aims to translate th...
We are leveraging current Wireless Sensor Network technology to develop an easily deployable, and inexpensive wireless sensor (LunarWSN) ...
Our journeys off-world have taught us just as much about humanity as the harsh environment of space. For the past 20 years, we have had a...
We built an inexpensive, portable, micro-projector-based laptop extension the purpose of which is to engage real space in remote interact...