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Today, the environments that humans occupy in space are designed for survival. Humans are carefully shuttled to and from space, and durin...
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City Science researchers are developing a slew of tangible and digital platforms dedicated to solving spatial design and urban planning c...
Food in space has moved beyond that which is simply developed down on Earth for space purposes. A new food culture will emerge as a resul...
The human experience of food extends far beyond that of mere nourishment. Debriefs with astronauts tell us that food is a key c...
HyperCubes is an Augmented Reality application to help children understand computational concepts drawn from their physical surroundings,...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) agents in an embodied form, such as Jibo, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home, are increasingly becoming part of o...
Embodied voice-based agents, such as Amazon’s Echo, Google Home, and Jibo, are becoming increasingly present in the home environment. For...
This is a joint proposal from graduate students Vik Parthiban (Media Lab) and Andrew Spielberg (MIT CSAIL, Distributed Robotics Laborator...
Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an “Internationally ...
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Novel technologies for additive manufacturing are enabling design and production at nature’s scale. We can seamlessly vary the physical p...
Rottlace is a family of masks designed for Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk. Inspired by Björk’s most recent album—Vulnicura—the Mediate...
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We developed a concept of transformative appetite, where edible 2D films made of common food materials (protein, cellulose or starch) can...
State-of-the art liquid handling systems are generally pump-driven systems connected with valves and tubes. These systems are manually a...
ScratchBit is an effort to enable children to create more seamlessly in both the physical and digital world by creating a dedicated physi...
The development of biotechnologies since the era of recombinant DNA in the 1970s has occurred largely via the interaction of academic, in...
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Scratch is a programming language and online community that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, games, and animations–a...
The Orbit Weaver Suit for zero gravity was designed by Media Lab Director's Fellow Andrea Lauer in collaboration with ...
Auto-inflatables explores the design space of self-inflating structures. By using chemical reactions as a source of carbon dioxide on-dem...
The City Symphony project by the Opera of the Future group brings creative musical participation to everyone while encouraging collaborat...
The Platform Optically transparent and structurally sound, glass has played a significant role in the evolution of product and archi...
An interface for smashing filter bubbles, Panorama is built to allow open, transparent, and collaborative exploration of news from a...
design(human)design is a tool that builds on insights about the design process inspired by research carried out at IDEO Cambridge. The id...
Fensadense is a new work for 10-piece ensemble composed by Tod Machover, commissioned for the Lucerne Festival in summer 2015. The projec...
Digital Materials are a way of designing and manufacturing. Rather than building large, monolithic, single-use components, we discretize ...
DataUSA is the most comprehensive site visualizing public data for the United States. Through interactive profiles, DataUSA makes availab...
ScratchJr makes coding accessible to younger children (ages 5-7), enabling them to program their own interactive stories, games, and anim...
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TRANSFORM fuses technology and design to celebrate its transformation from still furniture to a dynamic machine driven by a stream of dat...
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