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Project Research

Microgravity Hybrid Extrusion

Traditional additive manufacturing processes, especially those that make use of liquid resin as the feedstock, are constrained by the gra...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw · Sean Auffinger +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Autonomous micro-mobility simulation study

What will be the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems? Will autonomy make the micro-mobility systems even more attractive?&...

in City Science
Inigo Martinez Lopez · Naroa Coretti Sánchez +1 more
#robotics #data #energy +5 more
Project Research

The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit

By Rachel Bellisle

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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 ref...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sanjana Sharma
#robotics #design #architecture +13 more
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 th...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sands Fish · Che-Wei Wang +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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 democratiza...

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

Machinoia: Machine of Multiple Me

Our body and mind relate in ways which are extraordinarily enigmatic and seemingly incomprehensible. Recent findings exemplify this by sh...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pat Pataranutaporn · Valdemar Danry +1 more
#design #art #artificial intelligence +3 more
Project Research

Understanding the 15 Minute City

City Science researchers are engaging in an exploratory process to understand, develop, and model a platform with a focus on the 15-minut...

in City Science
Diego Antonelli · Pietro Dicosta +7 more
#design #human-computer interaction #civic technology +1 more
Project Research

Oceans Internet of Things

Our Oceans IoT technologies enable new applications in climate and ecological monitoring, aquaculture, energy, and robotic navigation.&nb...

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Aline Eid +4 more
#data #energy #environment +3 more
Project Research

Dyadic Affect in Multimodal Interaction - Parent to Child (DAMI-P2C) Dataset

Audio-visual data set containing around 21.6 hours of parent-child interaction during story reading.The DAMI-P2C dataset consists of audi...

in Personal Robots
Xiajie (Brayden) Zhang · Sharifa Alghowinem +2 more
#robotics #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +2 more
Project Research

Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio (in development), is a series of vocal portraits of freedom around the world. Currently, it features over 100 samples of pe...

in Poetic Justice
Nina Lutz · Justin Blinder +1 more
#art #data #creativity +5 more
Project Research

A Counting

A Counting is a series of vocal and gestural portraits of the linguistic and ethnic diversity in US cities. Currently, it features counts...

in Poetic Justice
Ekene Ijeoma
#design #art #data +6 more
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 ta...

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

Mobility and COVID-19 in Andorra

View the main City Science Andorra project profile.Country-scale analysis of high-resolution mobility patterns and infection spreadThe MI...

in City Science
Kent Larson · Alex Berke +3 more
#data #government #public health +2 more
Project Research

Peristaltic Suit

It is known that prolonged exposure to micro and hyper-gravity induces various acute health risks, such as osteoporosis, skeletal muscle ...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Ali Shtarbanov +1 more
#robotics #data #wearable computing +6 more
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 +11 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

Living Observatory: Sensor networks for documenting and experiencing ecology

Living Observatory is an initiative for documenting and interpreting ecological change that will allow people, individually and collectiv...

in Terrestrial Sensing · Responsive Environments
Glorianna Davenport · Joseph A. Paradiso +4 more
#virtual reality #augmented reality #data +6 more
Project Research

Computer-Aided Synthesis

An exploration of how  advances in deep learning and generative models can be used to help us synthesize our ideas.

in Viral Communications
Kevin Dunnell
#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +4 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 +18 more
Project Research

Increased Urban Segregation during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Urban socioeconomic segregation is an important indicator that is crucial for social, economic, and health outcomes. Segregation is inher...

in Human Dynamics
#social networks #data
Project Research

Predicting Driver Self-Reported Stress by Analyzing the Road Scene

Different approaches and models have been used to detect driver’s stress and affective states, using physiology, facial expression, and s...

in Affective Computing
Neska Elhaouij · Agata Lapedriza Garcia +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #data
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 citizen...

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

Gravity Proof: Speculating Cosmic Futures

Gravity Proof is a performance and mission to prepare and cook bread in space. Inspired by ancient recipes and archaeological bread ...

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

Blockchain: A new framework for robotic swarm systems

Swarms of robots will revolutionize many applications, from targeted material delivery to farming. However, the characteristics that make...

in Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Eduardo Castello Ferrer
#robotics #artificial intelligence #data +12 more
Project Research

The Guardians

in Affective Computing
Craig Ferguson · Sara Taylor +3 more
#data #entertainment #gaming +6 more
Project Research

City Science Lab @ Aalto

Aalto University, Finland, and the MIT Media Lab’s City Science group are co-developing a version of the MIT CityScope platform for urban...

in City Science
Ariel Noyman · Kent Larson +2 more
#architecture #data #transportation +2 more
Project Research

City Science Lab @ Andorra

Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally ...

in City Science
Maitane Iruretagoyena · Kent Larson +9 more
#design #architecture #data +15 more
Project Research

City Science Network

MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology tha...

in City Science
Markus Elkatsha · Kent Larson +10 more
#human-computer interaction #data #urban planning +1 more
Project Research

Tangible Swarm: see the unseen

Tangible Swarm is a tool that displays relevant information about a robotics system (e.g., multi-robot, swarm, etc.) in real time wh...

in City Science
Kent Larson · Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #data +1 more
Project Research

Bio-Digital Wearables or Space Health Enhancement

Living in space could have significant physical and mental impacts on astronauts. Wearables have the potential to play a critical role in...

in Fluid Interfaces · Space Exploration Initiative
Pat Pataranutaporn · M.S. Suryateja Jammalamadaka +3 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 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 prop...

in Space Enabled
Javier Stober
#robotics #architecture #art +16 more
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 ...

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

H0TP0T

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

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

Panspermia

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

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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 Ante...

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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 propell...

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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 ...

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

AgriFuge

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

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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 exp...

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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 gene...

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

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

Augmented Eternity and Swappable Identities

Have you ever wondered what a friend would do if she was in your decision-making situation? Or thought about where a family mem...

in Human Dynamics
Hossein Rahnama
#artificial intelligence #data #social science +3 more
Project Research

Andorra | Dynamic Urban Planning

View the main City Science Andorra project profile.Research in dynamic tools, mix users (citizens, workers) amenities, services, and land...

in City Science
Arnaud Grignard · Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor +8 more
#computer vision #augmented reality #data +4 more
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
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #data +6 more
Project Research

Battery-Free Subsea Internet-of-Things

We present Piezo-Acoustic Backscatter (PAB), the first technology that enables backscatter networking in underwater environments. PAB rel...

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Sayed Afzal +4 more
#communications #data #energy +9 more
Project Research

Resilience Across Scales

Resilience Across Scales is a research theme that encompasses the work of a few Media Lab Principal Investigators and their research grou...

in City Science
Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar · Cristina Panzarini +3 more
#design #architecture #civic technology +1 more
Project Research

Scalable and Ultra-Low Power Ocean IoT

We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of 𝑈2𝐵, a technology that enables scalable ad ultra-low power ocean IoT.  At t...

in Signal Kinetics
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh · Sayed Afzal +2 more
#communications #data #energy +6 more
Project Research

Low-cost invasive species management in coastal ecosystems: A case study in Benin

All over Africa, experts use satellite Earth Observation (EO) data for applications such as monitoring crop health or assessing the risk ...

in Space Enabled
Ufuoma Ovienmhada · Danielle Wood
#data #environment #technology +1 more
Project Research

Safe Paths

Papers from SafePaths: https://github.com/PrivateKit/PrivacyDocumentsSafe Paths is an MIT-led, free, open source technology tha...

in Camera Culture · Sculpting Evolution
Ramesh Raskar · Alex 'Sandy' Pentland +1 more
#artificial intelligence #communications #data +7 more
Project Research

Split Learning: Distributed and collaborative learning

Split Learning: Distributed deep learning without sharing raw data Project Page: https://splitlearning.github.io/Abstract: ...

in Camera Culture
Praneeth Vepakomma · Ramesh Raskar
#data #privacy #machine learning +4 more
Project Research

Gigbox: a research and development toolkit centering workers in the gig economy

Delivery workers, ridehail drivers, and other gig workers are increasingly controlled through algorithmic decision-making, fueled by data...

in Human Dynamics
Dan Calacci
#human-computer interaction #data #economy
Project Research

Public Library Innovation Exchange

Public libraries are one of most trusted public institutions in the U.S. and increasingly provide a broad range of education services, ra...

in ML Learning · Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio
Katherine McConachie · Michelle Hlubinka +5 more
#robotics #design #art +6 more
Project Research

Reversed Urbanism

Predicting Urban Performance through Behavioral Patterns in Temporal Telecom DataThis study explores a novel method to analyze diverse be...

in City Science
Ariel Noyman · Ronan Doorley +4 more
#data #networks #urban planning +1 more
Project Research

Theme | CityScope

City Science researchers are developing a slew of tangible and digital platforms dedicated to solving spatial design and urban planning c...

in City Science
Markus Elkatsha · Kent Larson +7 more
#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +20 more
Project Research

AI + Data Privacy Activities for K-9 Students

Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers are grappling with some herculean questions regarding kids' safety online. Homemade sli...

in Personal Robots
Stephanie Nguyen · Daniella DiPaola +1 more
#artificial intelligence #data #kids +4 more
Project Research

P2PSTORY: Dataset of children as storytellers and listeners in peer-to-peer interactions

Understanding social-emotional behaviors in storytelling interactions plays a critical role in the development of interactive and educati...

in Personal Robots
Cynthia Breazeal · Nikhita Singh +2 more
#robotics #data #kids +5 more
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 durin...

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

Social Physics of Unemployment

Earlier studies proved that behavior is highly shaped and constrained by one's social networks, and demonstrated ways in which individual...

in Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Abdullah M. Almaatouq
#data #economy #politics +4 more
Project Research

FiftyNifty

This is a grassroots challenge to get friends to participate in democracy by making calls to congresspeople in all 50 states. Live phone ...

in Viral Communications
Britney Johnson · Andrew Lippman +4 more
#communications #data #government +2 more
Project Research

The Electome: Measuring responsiveness in the 2016 election

The Electome: Where AI meets political journalismThe Electome project is a machine-driven mapping and analysis of public sphere content a...

in Social Machines
Deb Roy · Russell Stevens +8 more
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #data +6 more
Project Research

The Ripple Effect: You are more influential than you think

The well-known "small-world" phenomenon indicates that an individual can be connected with any other in the world through a limited numbe...

in Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Esteban Moro Egido +2 more
#data #social science #machine learning +1 more
Project Research

RoboChain: A secure data-sharing framework for human-robot interaction

A learning framework for secure, decentralized, computationally efficient data and model sharing among multiple robot units installed at...

in Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Ognjen (Oggi) Rudovic +1 more
#robotics #artificial intelligence #data +10 more
Project Research

Recurrent neural network in context-free next-location prediction

Location prediction is a critical building block in many location-based services and transportation management. This project explores the...

in Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Yan Leng
#data #transportation #machine learning +1 more
Project Research

Dynamic Traffic Prediction in Andorra: a Bayesian network approach

Data Fusion for Dynamic Traffic PredictionTraffic congestion has huge negative impacts on the productivity, health and personal live...

in City Science
Ronan Doorley · Kent Larson +2 more
#data #networks #engineering
Project Research

Curious Learning: Understanding learning behaviors for early literacy

Early literacy plays an important role in a child's future. However, the reality is that over 57 million children have no access to a sch...

in Personal Robots
Cynthia Breazeal · Nikhita Singh +1 more
#robotics #data #learning +1 more
Project Research

CityScope PlayGround: MIT East Campus

This project depicts the design, deployment and operation of a Tangible Regulation Platform, a physical-technological apparatus made for ...

in City Science
Kent Larson · Ariel Noyman +1 more
#computer vision #architecture #augmented reality +5 more
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