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Project Research

Dormio: Interfacing with Dreams

InspirationSleep is a forgotten country of the mind. A vast majority of our technologies are built for our waking state, even though a thir…

in Civic Media · Fluid Interfaces · Personal Robots
Kathleen Esfahany · Eyal Perry +6 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +19 more
Project Research

Sleep and Epilepsy: Demystifying the thousand-year-long conundrum

According to WHO, epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disease globally. CDC statistics show that 1 in 26 individuals in the U.S…

in Affective Computing · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Boyu Zhang · Neska Elhaouij
#artificial intelligence #data #health +3 more
Project Research

Miniaturized Neural System for Chronic, Local Intracerebral Drug Delivery (MiNDS)

Recent advances in medications for neurodegenerative disorders are expanding opportunities for improving the debilitating symptoms suffered…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Canan Dagdeviren
#design #bioengineering #health +8 more
Project Research

Flexible piezoelectric devices for gastrointestinal motility sensing

Improvements in ingestible electronics with the capacity to sense physiological and pathophysiological states have transformed the standard…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Zijun Wei · Canan Dagdeviren
#bioengineering #health #sensors
Project Research

Conformal Piezoelectric Mechanical Energy Harvesters: Mechanically Invisible Human Dynamos

Nearly all classes of wearable and implantable biomedical devices depend on battery power for continuous operation. However, the life span …

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Canan Dagdeviren
#bioengineering #energy #health +3 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 propel…

in Space Enabled · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Javier Stober
#robotics #architecture #art +16 more
Project Research

A tailored, electronic textile conformable suit for large-scale spatiotemporal physiological sensing in vivo

The rapid advancement of electronic devices and fabrication technologies has further promoted the field of wearables and smart textiles. Ho…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Canan Dagdeviren · Irmandy Wicaksono
#design #bioengineering #consumer electronics +13 more
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, rang…

in ML Learning · Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio · Lifelong Kindergarten +2 more
J. Philipp Schmidt · Ada Ren-Mitchell +7 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +11 more
Project Research

Space Sustainability Rating

The Space Sustainability RatingThe Space Sustainability Rating design team—comprised of the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agency…

in Space Enabled · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Danielle Wood · Minoo Rathnasabapathy
#environment #health #politics +7 more
Project Research

Mice Against Ticks - Preventing tick-borne disease by permanently immunizing mice

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in North America. People are infected when bitten by ticks; ticks are typically infe…

in Sculpting Evolution · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Kevin Esvelt · Joanna Buchthal
#agriculture #bioengineering #crowdsourcing +9 more
Project Research

In the field: improving health equity in prosthetic care

As we work to improve prosthetic care in the US and in countries around the world, we are committed to learning from our most valuable asse…

in Biomechatronics · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
David Moinina Sengeh · Elizabeth Pettit +2 more
#health #public health #prosthetics +1 more
Project Research

The Sierra Leone Orthotics & Prosthetics Program

We've designed a health system strengthening model  to support and expand the prosthetic and orthotic sector that cares for people wit…

in Biomechatronics · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Guillermo Herrera-Arcos · Dara Dotz +4 more
#health #biomechanics #healthcare +4 more
Project Research

3DKnITS: Three-dimensional Knitted Intelligent Textile Sensor

Three-dimensional Digital Knitting of Intelligent Textile Sensor for Activity Recognition and Biomechanical MonitoringWe present an ap…

in Responsive Environments · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Irmandy Wicaksono · Joseph A. Paradiso
#design #human-computer interaction #art +22 more
Project Research

Conformable Ultrasound Patch (cUFP) For Cavitation-Enhanced Transdermal Drug Delivery

Ultrasound-induced transdermal drug delivery (sonophoresis) has long lingered in the by-lanes of academic and industrial research, and has …

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Aastha Shah · Chia-Chen Yu +3 more
#design #bioengineering #consumer electronics +8 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 desig…

in Responsive Environments · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Patrick Chwalek · David Ramsay
#design #environment #health +1 more
Project Research

Battery-free wireless underwater camera

More than 95% of the ocean has never been observed by humans, even though the ocean plays the largest role in the world's climate system, h…

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
Sayed Afzal · Waleed Akbar +5 more
#robotics #ecology #energy +10 more
Project Research

conformable Multimodal Sensory Facemask (cMaSK)

Facemasks are used to reduce exposure to viruses and other environmental hazards such as air pollution, and integrating wearable electronic…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Jin-Hoon Kim · Colin Marcus +1 more
#design #bioengineering #consumer electronics +11 more
Project Research

FuseBot: RF-Visual Mechanical Search

FuseBot is a robotic system that can efficiently find and retrieve both RFID tagged and untagged target objects in line-of-sight, non-line-…

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Tara Boroushaki · Laura Dodds +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #health +6 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 t…

in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Eduardo Castello Ferrer
#robotics #art #artificial intelligence +15 more
Project Research

Conformable Ultrasound Breast Patch (cUSBr-Patch) for Deep Tissue Scanning and Imaging

Ultrasound is widely used for tissue imaging such as breast cancer diagnosis; however, fundamental challenges limit…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Wenya Du · Lin Zhang +3 more
#bioengineering #civic technology #health +7 more
Project Research

Receptor S-layer Electrical Nano Sensing Array (RESENSA)

A modular, membrane protein design based biomimetic sensing system named RESENSA (Receptor S-layer Electrical Nano Sens…

in Molecular Machines · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Rui Qing · Shuguang Zhang
#health #sensors #biology +3 more
Project Research

AttentivU

There are currently  UROP openings for this project. AttentivU is  a  device, in the  form factor of a pair of gla…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #augmented reality #health +8 more
Project Research

The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit

By Rachel BellisleOverview:The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit (GLCS or “Skinsuit”) is an intravehicular activity suit for astronau…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +14 more
Project Research

Targeted Dream Incubation

Targeted dream incubation (TDI) is a methodology for guiding (or “incubating”) dreams towards specific themes. Please read the FAQ below to…

in Fluid Interfaces
Kathleen Esfahany · Ishaan Grover +6 more
#human-computer interaction #art #cognition +11 more
Project Research

AI-generated Characters for Learning and Wellbeing

Advancements in machine learning have recently enabled the hyper-realistic synthesis of prose, images, audio and video data, in what is ref…

in Fluid Interfaces
Pat Pataranutaporn · Valdemar Danry +4 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +5 more
Project Research

Project Us

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

in Fluid Interfaces
Camilo Rojas · Shreya Kulkarni +2 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #banking and finance +6 more
Project Research

conformable Facial Code Extrapolation Sensor (cFaCES)

AbstractDevices that facilitate nonverbal communication typically require high computational loads or have rigid and bulky form factors&nbs…

in Conformable Decoders
Canan Dagdeviren · Lin Zhang +2 more
#design #bioengineering #health +14 more
Project Research

aSpire: Clippable, Mobile Pneumatic-Haptic Device for Breathing Rate Regulation via Personalizable Tactile Feedback

We introduce–aSpire–a clippable, mobile pneumatic-haptic device designed to help users regulate their breathing rate via subtle tactile fee…

Kyung Yun Choi · Neska Elhaouij +3 more
#design #human-computer interaction #health +3 more
Project Research

The Guardians

in Affective Computing
Craig Ferguson · Sara Taylor +3 more
#data #entertainment #gaming +7 more
Project Research

Pandemic Response Catalyst Conversations

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

in Community Biotechnology
David S. Kong · Desiree Dudley
#health #member company #technology +3 more
Project Research

Personalized Performance-Optimization Platform (AttentivU - P-POP)

​The environmental conditions of prolonged spaceflight pose significant psychological risks for astronauts. In particular, crews of future …

in Fluid Interfaces · Space Exploration Initiative
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#robotics #architecture #environment +11 more
Project Research

Democratizing prosthetic and diabetic care: A resilient model for healthcare delivery

As developers of prosthetic technology, we’re dedicated to understanding the challenges that people with limb loss face, not just after amp…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Joel Huegel +7 more
#health #healthcare #public health +4 more
Project Research

Agonist-antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI)

Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception,…

in Biomechatronics
Gabriel Friedman · Roman Stolyarov +14 more
#robotics #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +17 more
Project Research

Saving Face

“Don’t touch your face” is seemingly simple advice. Since coronaviruses are stable for days on many surfaces, a person can get COVID-19 by …

in Responsive Environments · Fluid Interfaces · Sculpting Evolution +1 more
Camilo Rojas · Irmandy Wicaksono +6 more
#health #sensors #covid19
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 while …

in Conformable Decoders
Canan Dagdeviren · David Sadat
#design #bioengineering #health +6 more
Project Research

MultiDIC: a MATLAB Toolbox for Multi-View 3D Digital Image Correlation

Three-dimensional Digital Image Correlation (3D-DIC) is a non-contact optical-numerical technique for evaluating the dynamic mechanica…

in Biomechatronics
Dana Solav · Kevin Mattheus Moerman +1 more
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +1 more
Project Research

Neural Interfaces

Nerve-Muscle Graft Chamber and micro-channel arrays tor interface to peripheral nerves for prosthesis control. This research effort co…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Shriya Srinivasan +6 more
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 more
Project Research

Transdermal Optogenetic Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Optogenetic techniques have recently been applied to peripheral nerves as a scientific tool with the translatable goal…

in Biomechatronics
Shriya Srinivasan · Edward Boyden +3 more
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +3 more
Project Research

Revolutionizing amputation surgery for the restoration of natural neural sensation and mobility

Lower-extremity amputation surgery has not seen significant change since the Civil War. This research is focused on the development of nove…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Shriya Srinivasan +2 more
#bioengineering #health #neurobiology
Project Research

Terrain-Adaptive Lower Limb Prosthesis

Although there have been great advances in the control of lower extremity prostheses, transitioning between terrains such as ramps or stair…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Roman Stolyarov
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 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 walk…

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

Neural interface technology for advanced prosthetic limbs

Recent advances in artificial limbs have resulted in the provision of powered ankle and knee function for lower extremity amputees and powe…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Shriya Srinivasan +7 more
#robotics #bioengineering #health +9 more
Project Research

Magnetomicrometry: Tissue Tracking via Implanted Magnetic Beads

Amputation, muscle weakness, and nerve damage can make it difficult to perform simple daily tasks. In this project, we are developing a mi…

in Biomechatronics
Cameron Taylor · Seong Ho Yeon +1 more
#robotics #human-computer interaction #health +16 more
Project Research

PAL: a wearable on-device deep learning platform for personalized, context-aware, and closed-loop real-time support

OverviewPAL is a  wearable platform for personalized, context-aware, and always-present user change.  PAL has mult…

Mina Khan · Glenn Fernandes +3 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +5 more
Project Research

parkinsAI

Appropriate and adaptive treatment plans are challenging in Parkinson’s disease for several reasons.  parkinsAI models drug response a…

in Fluid Interfaces
Utkarsh Sarawgi · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +5 more
Project Research

The Interplanetary Cookbook

The Interplanetary Cookbook, developed by Maggie Coblentz, presents thought-provoking recipes and zero-g kitchenware for the future of life…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maggie Coblentz
#design #virtual reality #food +5 more
Project Research

AlterEgo

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

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

RF-EATS: Food and liquid sensing in practical environments using RFIDs

RF-EATS is a new system that can verify the authenticity of food and liquids in closed containers without opening them or requiring an…

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Unsoo Ha +2 more
#environment #food #health +4 more
Project Research

FedML: A Research Library and Benchmark for Federated Machine Learning

In this work, we introduce FedML, an open research library and benchmark that facilitates the development of new 'federated learning algori…

in Camera Culture
Praneeth Vepakomma · Abhishek Singh +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +2 more
Project Research

Self-Reconfigurable Micro-Implants

New technology for next-generation wireless + batteryless micro-implantsThese wireless batteryless micro-chips can reprogram themselves ins…

in Signal Kinetics
#health #internet of things #medicine
Project Research

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

This project was selected to represent MIT at the Microsoft Design Expo 2020 on ‘Healthier Futures.’ iNonymizeA tele-mental health pla…

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

inSight: Deep Neurofeedback

inSight is a brain decoding system. It uses  generative models (BigGAN and MusicVAE) to stimulate the brain with synthetic, but natura…

in Fluid Interfaces
Neo (Mostafa) Mohsenvand
#extended intelligence #health
Project Research

Frisson

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

in Fluid Interfaces
Abhinandan Jain · Tomas Vega Galvez +2 more
#design #human-computer interaction #cognition +4 more
Project Research

dementAI

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

Utkarsh Sarawgi · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +5 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 trac…

in Camera Culture
Praneeth Vepakomma
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #data +6 more
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 masks,…

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

in Signal Kinetics
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh · Osvy Rodriguez +2 more
#robotics #environment #health +8 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 skin…

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 dele…

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

User needs for augmentative communication interfaces

We are working on communication interfaces for people with speech and language disorders, incorporating technologies like physiological sen…

in Fluid Interfaces
Jaya Narain
#design #human-computer interaction #health +1 more
Project Research

Pandemic Response CoLab

Pandemic Response CoLab will help individuals and groups work together to solve practical problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic. By lev…

in Community Biotechnology
Berenice Estrada · Desiree Dudley +1 more
#health #member company #wellbeing +1 more
Project Research

Mediated Atmosphere

The Mediated Atmosphere project envisions a smart office that is capable of dynamically transforming itself to enhance occupants' work expe…

in Responsive Environments
Joseph A. Paradiso · Nan Zhao +2 more
#human-computer interaction #architecture #health +8 more
Project Research

BioEssence

A wearable olfactory display that monitors cardio-respiratory information with the aspiration to support mental wellbeing.BioEssence is a w…

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez · Pattie Maes +2 more
#consumer electronics #health #wearable computing +5 more
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