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AttentivU

There are currently  UROP openings for this project.  All the details available via the link: https://www.braini.io/j...

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #augmented reality #health +6 more
Project Research

Frisson

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

in Fluid Interfaces
Abhinandan Jain · Tomas Vega Galvez +2 more
#human-computer interaction #cognition #wearable computing +1 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 wa...

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

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

iNonymize is a tele-mental health platform that uses generative AI avatars for preserving a person’s privacy and identity while allowing ...

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

Essence Wearables: Biometric Olfactory Interfaces for Day and Night

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, audito...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +18 more
Project Research

AlterEgo

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

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

Commalla: Communication for All

(Note: This project was previously called ECHOS.)  Official Commalla website:  https://commallamit.wixsite.com/commal...

in Fluid Interfaces · Affective Computing
Jaya Narain · Kristy Johnson +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #machine learning +2 more
Project Research

dementAI

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

Utkarsh Sarawgi · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +4 more
Project Research

Wearable Sanitizer: Open-source, On-body Sanitizer

Regular disinfection of hands and frequently touched surfaces is a critical factor in preventing the spread of infectious diseases and di...

in Fluid Interfaces · Responsive Environments
Pat Pataranutaporn · Ali Shtarbanov +4 more
#human-computer interaction #consumer electronics #open source +3 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

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 mask...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +6 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 +14 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., tone of voice,...

in Fluid Interfaces
Camilo Rojas · Gaurav Patekar +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #wearable computing +1 more
Project Research

Deep Reality: An underwater VR experience to promote relaxation by unconscious HR, EDA, and brain activity biofeedback

We present an interactive virtual reality (VR) experience that uses biometric information for reflection and relaxation. We mon...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez · Anna Fuste +1 more
#virtual reality #human-computer interaction #augmented reality
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 +10 more
Project Research

Helping Emergency Care Physicians Diagnose Sepsis and Bacterial Infections with Machine Learning and Vision

General overview:Sepsis, a life-threatening complication of bacterial infection, leads to millions of worldwide deaths requires significa...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#computer vision #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +7 more
Project Research

Doze: On-skin Scent Diffusion and Drug Delivery Patch

Doze is an IoT enabled platform for personalized scent diffusion and on-skin drug delivery. Leveraging a hydrogel technology, the Doze sy...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono
#human-computer interaction #bioengineering #consumer electronics +7 more
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 th...

in Civic Media · Fluid Interfaces · Personal Robots
Adam Haar Horowitz · Ishaan Grover +4 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +15 more
Project Research

[bike] swarm

As bikes navigate city streets after dark, they are often equipped with lights. The lights make the bikes visible to cars or other bikers...

in City Science
Alex Berke · Kent Larson +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +16 more
Project Research

Viral Vote

Climate change and the domino effect it creates will require coordination at scales we haven’t seen and new forms of organization to addr...

in Viral Communications
Andrew Lippman · Daniel Marquez
#human-computer interaction #civic technology #consumer electronics +4 more
Project Research

Let's Chance: Playful Probabilistic Programming for Children

Probabilistic thinking has been one of the most powerful ideas in the history of science, and it is rapidly gaining even more relevance a...

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Manuj Dhariwal · Shruti Dhariwal
#human-computer interaction #art #interfaces +2 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

Venous Materials: Towards interactive, fluidic mechanisms

By Hila Mor, Yu Tianyu, Ken Nakagaki, Benjamin Harvey Miller, Yichen Jia, Hiroshi IshiiThe Venous Materials project envisions a new way t...

in Tangible Media
Hila Mor · Hiroshi Ishii +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #manufacturing +4 more
Project Research

parkinsAI

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

in Fluid Interfaces
Utkarsh Sarawgi · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +3 more
Project Research

Living Bits

Living Bits : Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Living Microorganisms in Human-Computer InteractionThere are trillions of livi...

in Fluid Interfaces
David S. Kong · Pat Pataranutaporn +2 more
#design #human-computer interaction #bioengineering +6 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 s...

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

Material Functionalization

When materials sciences meet HCI and e-textiles, for custom sensors and actuatorsIn this project we explore the process of polymerization...

in Responsive Environments
Cedric Honnet · Paul Strohmeier +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #wearable computing +2 more
Project Research

Theme | Assistive Technology

Today’s assistive communication devices are far from perfect. Using state of the art small, wearable sensors and powerful machine learnin...

in Fluid Interfaces · Affective Computing
Pattie Maes · Utkarsh Sarawgi +3 more
#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +4 more
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SoundSignaling

Drawing inspiration from the notion of cognitive incongruence associated with Stroop's famous experiment, from musical principles, and fr...

in Responsive Environments
Ishwarya Ananthabhotla
#human-computer interaction #environment #music
Project Research

SpaceHuman

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 · Manuel Muccillo +2 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +6 more
Project Research

KnittedKeyboard

Knitting is an established textile manufacturing technique that has been pervasive in the garment and technical fabrics industry. In comp...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Joseph A. Paradiso
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +9 more
Project Research

SensorNets

SensorNets: Towards Reconfigurable Multifunctional Fine-grained  Soft and Stretchable Electronic Skins.SensorNets is a bio...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Elena Chong Loo +2 more
#design #human-computer interaction #augmented reality +6 more
Project Research

PCBPT

The PCB debugging could be tricky sometimes. Normally we should check which signal we want to measure in the schematic and switch to PCB ...

in Responsive Environments
Fangzheng Liu
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 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
Valentina Sumini · Clement Duhart +4 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +10 more
Project Research

Byte.it

Discreet Teeth Gestures for Mobile Device InteractionByte.it is a miniaturized, discreet interface that uses teeth gestures for hands-fre...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Tomas Vega Galvez
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +2 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

Mediated Atmosphere

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

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

DoppelLab: Experiencing multimodal sensor data

Homes and offices are being filled with sensor networks to answer specific queries and solve pre-determined problems, but no comprehensiv...

Joseph A. Paradiso · Brian Mayton +1 more
#human-computer interaction #learning #music +3 more
Project Research

Wearable Wisdom

Wearable Wisdom: An Intelligent Audio-Based System for Mediating Wisdom and AdviceHaving good mentors and role models is important for pe...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pat Pataranutaporn · Tomas Vega Galvez +1 more
#human-computer interaction #extended intelligence #wearable computing +4 more
Project Research

Crowdsourcing the detection and evaluation of misinformation

This strand of work seeks to develop new interventions to reduce the spread of information, and deploy those interventions towards a crow...

in Human Dynamics
Ziv Epstein
#human-computer interaction
Project Research

Empathic GPS

Emotional arousal influences focus, attention, and decision-making, which are critical when driving. To help promote an optimal arousal l...

Neska Elhaouij · Sebastian Zepf +2 more
#human-computer interaction
Project Research

Sunny

Sunny is a Facebook messenger chatbot by Monique Davey, Jaya Narain, and Tina Quach that promotes wellbeing by strengthening connections ...

Jaya Narain · Tina Quach
#human-computer interaction
Project Research

SoapCam

SoapCam is a WIP Human Computer Interaction system that motivates proper hand washing routines."Hand hygiene is the most important measur...

Ariel Noyman
#human-computer interaction #public health #gesture interface +1 more
Project Research

Proxymix: Influence of spatial configuration on human collaboration

Proxymix is a visualization tool to understand the influence of spatial configuration on human collaboration. This agent-based model at t...

in City Science
Arnaud Grignard · Nicolas Ayoub +2 more
#human-computer interaction #architecture #behavioral science +1 more
Project Research

JoyBranch

The Joy Branch project explores different user interfaces to allow parrots to shape their sonic environment.  Animal agency—con...

in Opera of the Future
David Su · Gabriel Miller +1 more
#human-computer interaction
Project Research

The Deep Image of the City

How do you image a city that doesn't exist? DeepScope is a novel platform for interactive, real-time, and setup-less urban design vi...

in City Science
Ariel Noyman · Kent Larson
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +4 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

CityScope Volpe

CityScope Volpe is demonstrating most of the urban planning, analysis, and prediction features developed for the CityScope project. The s...

in City Science
Markus Elkatsha · Yan Zhang +3 more
#human-computer interaction #architecture #transportation +2 more
Project Research

Evergreen Blues

Evergreen Blues is a suite of interactive songs that together provide a collaborative musical narrative experience in the form of a multi...

in Opera of the Future
David Su
#human-computer interaction #gaming #music +1 more
Project Research

The Clubhouse Network

The Clubhouse provides a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people from underserved communities around the ...

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick · Natalie Rusk +6 more
#human-computer interaction #learning #technology +2 more
Project Research

Bubble: Wearable assistive grasping augmentation based on soft inflatables

Bubble is a pneumatically actuated wearable system that enables people with handdisabilities to use their own hands to grasp objects with...

in Object-Based Media
Ali Shtarbanov
#human-computer interaction
Project Research

MoveU

MoveU is a wearable vestibular stimulation device for providing proprioceptive haptic feedback in virtual reality (VR).  The device ...

in Fluid Interfaces
Misha Sra · Abhinandan Jain +1 more
#human-computer interaction #wearable computing #interfaces
Project Research

Engagement with Voice-User Interface Agents

Voice-user interfaces (VUIs), such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, are increasingly becoming present in domestic environments. ...

in Personal Robots
Anastasia Ostrowski · Hae Won Park +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #social robotics +1 more
Project Research

Guitar Machine II

Exploring robotic sound generation mixed with human movements on the guitar. Guitar Machine II is a robotic guitar that responds to human...

in Fluid Interfaces
Sang-won Leigh
#robotics #human-computer interaction #music
Project Research

Elowan: A plant-robot hybrid

Elowan is a cybernetic lifeform, a plant in direct dialogue with a machine. Using its own internal electrical signals, the plant is inter...

in Fluid Interfaces
Harpreet Sareen · Pattie Maes
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +7 more
Project Research

Seasons Change Together

Seasons Change Together is a collaborative song construction experience for multiple simultaneous participants. It represents a firs...

in Opera of the Future
David Su
#human-computer interaction #gaming #music +1 more
Project Research

Cyborg Botany: Augmented plants as sensors, displays, and actuators

Plants can sense the environment, other living entities and regenerate, actuate or grow in response. Our interaction and communicati...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Harpreet Sareen
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +4 more
Project Research

Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon 2018

A Case for Breastfeeding InnovationBreastfeeding saves lives.If women globally were able to meet the WHO's public health goal to exclusiv...

in Civic Media · Center for Civic Media
Alexis Hope · Catherine D'Ignazio
#human-computer interaction #hacking #health +5 more
Project Research

Tools to investigate societal impacts of robots and AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents in an embodied form, such as Jibo, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home, are increasingly becoming part of o...

in Personal Robots
Anastasia Ostrowski · Hae Won Park +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +3 more
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