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Project Research

Peristaltic Suit

​Prolonged exposure to microgravity is known to cause various acute health risks, including muscle atrophy, bone loss, cardiovascular decon…

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Ali Shtarbanov +2 more
#robotics #data #wearable computing +6 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 thir…

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

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

Theme | Sleep + Dreams

We  build technologies that interface with the sleeping mind. We track different sleep-stages using brain activity, muscle tensio…

in Fluid Interfaces · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez +5 more
#design #wearable computing #interfaces +3 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

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

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

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

Microgravity Extrusion

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

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw · Sean Auffinger +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 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 Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning

This research presents the results of a study with 134 participants to explore the effects of learning from an AI-generated virtual in…

in Fluid Interfaces
Valdemar Danry · Joanne Leong +3 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #extended intelligence +2 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

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

Essence

The sense of smell is perhaps the most pervasive of all senses, but it is also one of the least understood and least exploited in HCI. We p…

in Advancing Wellbeing · Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #fashion #perception +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

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

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

Thinking Cap

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…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#kids #learning + teaching #wearable computing +3 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 m…

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

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

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

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

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

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 syst…

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

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
Project Research

Theme | Wearable Biotech Enhancement

Lab on Body, Synthetic Biology, and Bio-Digital Systems for Health and Human Enhancement

in Fluid Interfaces
Oscar Rosello · Pat Pataranutaporn +5 more
#health #synthetic biology #wearable computing +3 more
Project Research

AttentivU: Towards Improved Wellbeing in the Car

Several research projects have recently explored the use of physiological sensors such as electroencephalography (EEG - brain activity) or …

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes +3 more
#wearable computing #wellbeing
Project Research

Accessibility of the microgravity research ecosystem

For decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has operated as a bastion of international cooperation and a unique testbed for microgra…

in Space Enabled
Danielle Wood · Christine Joseph
#environment #health #politics +8 more
Project Research

Improving wellbeing prediction performance using temporal machine learning models

This project aims to improve the prediction accuracy of wellbeing (stress, mood, and health levels) using temporal machine learning models.…

in Affective Computing
Terumi Umematsu · Akane Sano +2 more
#machine learning #affective computing #wellbeing
Project Research

SNAPSHOT Study

The SNAPSHOT study seeks to measure Sleep, Networks, Affect, Performance, Stress, and Health using Objective Techniques. It is an NIH-funde…

in Advancing Wellbeing · Affective Computing
Akane Sano · Sara Taylor +9 more
#health #wearable computing #machine learning +2 more
Project Research

BrightBeat: Effortlessly influencing breathing for cultivating calmness and focus

The relationship between breathing and self-reported stress is bidirectional. Respiration pattern is an indicator of stress, but it can als…

in Advancing Wellbeing · Affective Computing
Asma Ghandeharioun · Rosalind W. Picard
#health #wearable computing #affective computing +2 more
Project Research

SkinBot: A wearable, skin-climbing robot

We introduce SkinBot: a lightweight robot that moves over the skin's surface with a two-legged suction-based locomotion mechanism and captu…

in Responsive Environments · Affective Computing
Artem Dementyev · Joseph A. Paradiso +2 more
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +3 more
Project Research

HeartBit

HeartBit is an interface designed for haptic heart rate biofeedback. A handheld heart beats alongside your own, mirroring the size, weight,…

in Fluid Interfaces
Oscar Rosello
#augmented reality #consumer electronics #health +4 more
Project Research

TurboTrack: 3D backscatter localization for fine-grained robotics

TurboTrack is a 3D localization system for fine-grained robotic tasks, with unique capability to localize backscatter nodes with sub-centim…

in Signal Kinetics
Yunfei Ma · Fadel Adib +1 more
#robotics #environment #health +8 more
Project Research

In-Vivo Networking: Powering and communicating with tiny battery-free devices inside the body

In-Vivo Networking (IVN) is the new technology that can wirelessly power and communicate with tiny devices implanted deep within the h…

in Signal Kinetics
#robotics #environment #health +5 more
Project Research

RFIQ: Food quality and safety detection using wireless stickers

​We have developed a wireless system that leverages the inexpensive RFID tags already on hundreds of billions of products to sense potentia…

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Unsoo Ha +2 more
#artificial intelligence #food #health +8 more
Project Research

Emotion/wellbeing x skincare cosmetics

The project aims to investigate the relationships between emotion, wellbeing, skin, and skincare cosmetics. In our first study, we mea…

in Affective Computing
Akane Sano
#wellbeing

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