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People have to remember an ever-expanding volume of information. To help with this, we developed Memoro, a wearable and audio-based person…
Specifically crafted sensory stimulation can influence brain function and potentially improve cognition. In this project, we developed soft…
The Design
The lunar Navigation and Observation Mobile Architecture Design (lunarNOMAD) is a modular inflatable mobile science laboratory. lunarNOMAD …
To sustain long term human presence on the moon, the problem of exposure to ionizing radiation must be addressed to protect astronauts’ lon…
As we try to grow our presence on the moon, exploratory missions will be necessary in order to research potential habitat locations. We des…
With the growing presence of commercial spaceflight and NASA’s Lunar Artemis program, plans to establish a permanent lunar presence are in …
The South American Bombus dahlbomii is one of the largest bee species in the world. It can grow up to 1.6 inches long and, because of its s…
Gastronomy and Beyond (G&B) aims to unite individuals who contribute to innovation in the realms of culture, products, territories, sus…
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…
Data is the main fuel of the modern world, enabling artificial intelligence and driving technological growth. The demand for data has grown…
FibeRobo is a novel body-temperature shape-changing fiber based on liquid crystal elastomers. The development of a new fabrication techniqu…
Cryptoeconomic Systems (CES) aims to be the premier publication venue for blockchain research.Our mission is simple: collect and disse…
The DCI houses key Bitcoin Core developers and maintainers, who conduct Bitcoin Core code review and project maintenance, maintain a long-t…
Bitcoin’s (un)common goodDigital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab Launches New Bitcoin Software and Security Effort with Industry L…
ResearchTechnical Paper | Executive Summary | GitHubAboutIntroductionOpenCBDC is an open source project to engage in co…
A principal vulnerability of a proof-of-work ("PoW") blockchain is that an attacker can re-write the history of transactions by forking a p…
In a Proof-of-Work blockchain the equilibrium hashrate is a monotone function of the fiat exchange value of the block reward. There is no l…
Parallelized Architecture for Scalably Executing smart Contracts (PArSEC)AuthorsJames Lovejoy, Federal Reserve Bank of BostonAnders Brownwo…
In 2016, a research paper by Carlsten et. al proposed a specific type of mining attack that could occur once block subsidies disappear call…
Bitcoin Core's internal Random Number Generator (RNG) continuously seeds itself from many different sources of entropy including the operat…
This project compares the security of Proof of Work (e.g., Bitcoin) versus Proof of Stake (e.g., Ethereum 2) protocols along several dimens…
Privacy and ProgrammabilityCollaboration with the Bank of Canada, began in January 2022This research will focus on exploring the technical …
Programmability is one of the most touted benefits of tokenized systems, and there are billions of dollars locked up in smart contracts in …
Funded by a National Science Foundation EAGER GrantOpenCBDC raised the bar for CBDC performance and viability. In this subsequent work, we …
This project is working on understanding and implementing privacy preserving payments in CBDC. After surveying privacy techniques from cryp…
ImmerScope City is a tool designed to help people visualize complex urban designs in a more engaging and accessible way. It goes beyond the…
Say hello to FutureYou!*This project is oriented towards young people*Inspired by studies showing how increased "future self-continuity"—th…
Urban populations around the world are rapidly growing. To improve livability, urban residents must reduce dependency on fossil fuels and p…
The prosthetic interface consists of a compliant liner and rigid socket, and conventionally has been made through a very hands-on artisinal…
The research on Community-based Social Innovation focuses on the reshaping of urban spaces by human social behavior, incorporating an analy…
What would it be like if we could see our movement? Illuminate (2023, Chelsi Alise Cocking) is an interactive art installation in whic…
The SNAPSHOT study seeks to measure Sleep, Networks, Affect, Performance, Stress, and Health using Objective Techniques. It is an NIH-funde…
Fostering students' interests in learning is considered to have many positive downstream effects. Large language models have opened up new …
Fostering students’ interest in learning has many positive downstream effects. It can make students more persistent and impact student…
CoCo is a new live co-creative learning platform designed to empower educators to support young people in both physical and remote set…
Enhancing Apple Vision Pro headset with brain sensing capabilities via non-invasive brain sensing (Electroencephalography - EEG)…
Find out more about the new version of the system, "The Thinking Cap 2.0" here.Peoples' mindsets, meaning their beliefs about their own int…
Very few research works featuring AR and Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems considered integrating cognitive state of the user in their…
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…
Ancestral Storytelling: Movement + Memory embodies motion capture techniques for an interactive and immersive movement and sonic healing pe…
We are working to design healing socio-digital interventions with and for youth who have experienced traumatic events in their homes, e.g.…
In a series of design workshops, the HRI Equitable Design framework from previous work (see Ostrowski et al. 2022) was expanded to a worksh…
Society is experiencing a growing challenge of mental health and wellbeing. This year, 32.3% of U.S. adults or over 100 million individuals…
For those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the ability to understand, name, or recognize the sensations signifying different emotional …
Current methods to assess depression and select appropriate treatments have many limitations and need improvement. Diagnosis is usually bas…
Mobility Choices is used to predict transportation mode choices of students at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) within the Guadalajara …
Tod Machover’s first opera (he has now composed many more groundbreaking ones) was VALIS, and it made history when it premiered for the 10t…
In the CityScope platform, we leverage humanized Agent-Based Models (h-ABMs) to elevate urban simulation to new heights of realism and comp…
A lightweight research platform to develop autonomous technology Designed to transform bicycle-sharing systems into an on-demand mobil…
Projects related to the theme of how digital systems may support attention, memory, and learning.
Our research group designs various hardware and software platforms that can be used to do scientific experiments or implement a particular …
Advances in machine learning have recently enabled the synthesis of text, images, audio and video data, in what is referred to as Generativ…
We develop systems that support health and wellbeing, with a special focus on mental health. We design, study and apply technologies s…
COVID-19 pandemic served as a catalyst for reimagining urban spaces and emphasized the need for walkable, life-work balanced coummunities.&…
The advent of large language models suggests rethinking how Agent-Based Models (ABMs) are designed, making it possible to simulate human so…
Electrical stimulation has long been used in medicine to induce phosphenes, or visual sensations, in patients with visual impairments. Rece…
Project DescriptionIn an era where news evolves at breakneck speed, Next Week Tonight offers a novel approach to news consumption and proje…
The Generative Land Use project aims to revolutionize urban planning by developing a cutting-edge algorithm that generates the ideal land u…
Integrating quantum computing into urban design presents a groundbreaking approach to city planning and modeling. By harnessing the unique …
Humanizing Agent-Based Models (h-ABM) emerges as a pioneering technique to simulate real-world behaviors, aiming to seamlessly bridge …