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At MIT, musicians make new tools for new tunes

Students at MIT Music Technology use design to push the frontier of digital instruments and software for human expression and empowerment.
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Alum Daniel Pillis wins Best Presentation at the Generative AI for Design Workshop 2025

This presentation explored the application of real time stable diffusion to improve the efficiency of virtual production workflows.
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MicroPET: Investigation of Biodegradation of PET Plastics in Spaceflight

MicroPET is an autonomous payload for enzymatic reactions and microbial cultivation with fully programmable serial passaging and sampl…
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Why AI hardware needs to be open

An iPhone for AI would be a big mistake. Here’s what we need to build instead.
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AI can’t really be your ‘companion.’ We need new words for things like that.

The difference between a copilot and a ‘c0pilot.’
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TED: How to build in space for life on Earth

At TED2025, alum Ariel Ekblaw unveiled TESSERAE—self-assembling space habitats using magnetized tiles to build in microgravity.
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Research spotlight: Eran Egozy on blending music and technology

Media Lab alum talks about founding MIT’s new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program.
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Earth and Planetary Mission Control at Venice Biennale 2025

Exhibition: The Next Earth: Computation, Crisis, Cosmology Location: Palazzo Diedo, Venezia | May 10 – November 23, 2025Earth and Planetary…
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Climate Intelligence

Climate Intelligence focuses on the integration of cutting-edge technologies and systems thinking to address critical climate challenges.&n…
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Bridging Earth and space, and art and science, with global voices

Prof. Craig Carter’s precision design for a student-led project now on the moon encodes messages from around the world on a silicon wafer
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Randi Williams ’16: AI technologist and education advocate headlines 2025 URCAD

The story of an MIT Media Lab alumna who is making AI education accessible to youth and using technology to empower diverse learners.
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Earth Mission Control (EMC)

Advanced Data Visualizations for Climate IntelligenceMarked by heightened awareness and global concern over the climate crisis, the MI…
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Ask an Engineer: Will we ever run out of music? As long as someone is listening, the beat will go on.

Media Lab alum Eran Egozy tells MIT Engineering that the potential for new musical creations is, for all practical purposes, infinite.
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Urban Mining & Regenerative E-Waste Ecosystems

How can we establish nurturing and circular relationships for informal settlements and allow regenerative ecosystems to envision urban…
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VocalCords: Exploring Tactile Interaction with the Singing Voice

The close relationship between touch, gesture, and sound plays a critical role in expressive musical performance. Many acoustic instruments…
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Scratch

Scratch is the world's most popular coding community for kids. Millions of kids around the world are using Scratch to program their ow…
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MIT engineers prepare to send three payloads to the moon

Data from the devices will help future astronauts navigate the moon’s south polar region and search for frozen water.
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Creating smart buildings with privacy-first sensors

Butlr, founded by former Media Lab researchers, uses insights from thermal sensors to make buildings safe and efficient.
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MM-RT

MM-RT is a tabletop tangible musical interface that employs electromagnetic actuators and small permanent magnets to physically induce soun…
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The Entrepreneur’s Attorney: A penchant for the cutting edge

Alum Brent Britton, now an intellectual property attorney, talks to Boston University School of Law.
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The Interview: Carsten Höller + Adam Haar

Alum Adam Haar and artist Carsten Höller talk about the Dream Hotel—a collaboration that began with Höller’s 2021 MIT CAST residency.
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3 Questions: Catherine D’Ignazio on data science and a quest for justice

Catherine D’Ignazio, a Media Lab alum and current professor in the MIT Department of Urban Studies + Planning, talks about her new book.
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A Dream Hotel with Carsten Höller

We are working with MIT CAST Visiting Artist Carsten Höller to build prototypes for a Dream Hotel museum exhibition which will translate ex…
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Alum Ben Fry receives digital technology award

He is among six MIT faculty and instructors who have received this award.
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A data designer driven to collaborate with communities

Media Lab alum + MIT DUSP Prof Catherine D’Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data—and why we lack it for many things
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Dr. Joy Buolamwini receives Octavia Butler Award in Computer Science

Dr. Buolamwini will receive this award at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Marian Muthui: The unstoppable force assembling Kenya’s first electric buses

Alum Marian Muthui is the New Product Introduction Programme Manager at BasiGo Kenya, where her team assembled Kenya's first electric buses.
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Startup’s displays engineer light to create immersive experiences without the headsets

“We are adding a new layer of control between the world of computers and what your eyes see,” says Barmak Heshmat, co-founder of Brelyon
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A whale’s tale from artist Andy Cavatorta

Media Lab alum Andy Cavatorta talks to Slice of MIT about his kinetic sculpture "Whale," on display at MIT Museum.
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Poetic Justice

Exploring new forms of social justice through art
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AstroAnt

"Autonomous operations are critical for the success, safety, and crew survival of NASA deep space missions beyond low Earth orbit, includin…
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Q&A: Ramesh Srinivasan talks new podcast ‘Utopias,’ future of media technology

Media Lab alum Ramesh Srinivasan, now a professor at UCLA, talks to the Daily Bruin about his new podcast, Utopias.
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Capturing the Moon: Assessing virtual reality for remote Lunar geological fieldwork

Cody Paige, MIT AeroAstro Contributors: Ferrous Ward, MIT AeroAstro; Don Derek Haddad, ResEnv; Jess Todd, MIT…
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Professor Sandy Pentland and alum Catherine D'Ignazio receive inaugural SERC seed grants

These grants aim to inspire MIT researchers to make a meaningful contribution to responsible technology development and deployment.
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These mobile games are for the birds

Alum Rébecca Kleinberger (Opera of the Future) considers ways of building games that work for birds' unique needs.
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Putting AI into the hands of people with problems to solve

Spinoff company Pienso has developed a user-friendly AI builder that empowers domain experts to build solutions without writing code.
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Featured Video: Researchers discuss queer visibility in academia

In “Scientific InQueery,” LGBTQ+ MIT faculty and graduate students describe finding community and living their authentic lives.
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Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers

The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.
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Illuminate named 2024 Webby Award honoree

Illuminate was featured in the AI, Metaverse + Virtual: Best Installation or Experience category.
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I know how the caged bird jams

Media Lab alum Rébecca Kleinberger, who’s now a professor at Northeastern University, talks about her work on sonic enrichment in zoos.
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At the Venice Biennale, the German Pavilion Undergoes a Transformation

Nicole L'Huillier, an alum of the Opera of the Future group, is collaborating on a sound installation at this year's Venice Biennale.
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Illuminate

What would it be like if we could see our movement? Illuminate (2023, Chelsi Alise Cocking) is an interactive art installation in whic…
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Xin Liu wins inaugural K11 Artist Prize

Liu was selected from eight shortlisted artists for her work bridging art and science.
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Media Lab Spinoffs make Fast Company's 2024 World's Most Innovative Companies list

The following spinoffs were recognized in different industry sectors.
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Max Addae wins first place in the 2024 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition

Addae received the award for VocalCords, which was developed as part of his master's thesis at the Media Lab.
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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…
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Praneeth Vepakomma named as ADIA Lab research fellow

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Lab aims to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration and solve large-scale, complex problems.
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Sonic enrichment at the zoo

This project is a collaboration between the MIT Media Lab and the San Diego Zoo to design and build interactive sonic enrichment systems fo…
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Everything is music to instrument inventor Akito van Troyer’s ears

Alum Akito van Troyer, who's now an associate professor at Berklee College of Music, talks about finding the music in everyday objects.
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What leaders need to know about spatial computing

The Harvard Business Review dives into a technology that Media Lab alum Simon Greenwold named in his 2003 master's thesis.
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How Under 30 company Augmental is creating tongue-controlled mouse pads–with just over $1 million in funding

Augmental co-founders have been recognized in the Social Impact category of the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
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Making the invisible visible

If you’ve ever touched a plasma globe— those glowing orbs full of electrical fire—you’ve experienced the work of Media Lab alum Bill Parker.
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Solve Challenge Finals 2023: Action in service to the world

Alum David Sengeh, now Chief Minister for the Republic of Sierra Leone, joined others for a fireside chat at the MIT Solve Challenge Finals.
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Friday Five: Alexis Hope talks about sexual health, bacteria in design + more

For Design Milk’s Friday Five, Media Lab alum Alexis Hope shares the work of five of her favorite designers.
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How to Grow (Almost) Anything - A New Model for Global Synthetic Biology Education

A Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) tools hold the…
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Media Lab alums among honorees for Mozilla's Rise 25 Awards

Media Lab alums, Rob Morris (Affective Computing) and J. Nathan Matias (Civic Media), are among 25 honorees for Mozilla's Rise 25 awards.
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JoyBranch

The Joy Branch project explores different user interfaces to allow parrots to shape their sonic environment.  Animal agency—contr…
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Rébecca Kleinberger, From DJ Macaw to Video-Flocking: Leveraging audio technology for animal’s social and cognitive enrichment

Alum Rébecca Kleinberger discusses her work at the intersection of new technology, animal-computer interaction, and the sonic environment.
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Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen: Curing cancer and human telepathy

Media Lab alum and former professor Mary Lou Jepsen talks to Danielle Newnham about her journey and inspirations.
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Arwa Michelle Mboya awarded 2023 Black Immersive Creators Grant

Media Lab alum, Arwa Michelle Mboya, wins Black Immersive Creators Grant for her "immersive Pole Show."
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One man's inspiring journey to lift his country out of poverty

Media Lab alum David Sengeh, now the Minister of Education for Sierra Leone, talks about efforts to transform their educational system.
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Build your skills with MIT’s women engineers

Explore MIT Open Learning resources, including interviews with Media Lab Director Dava Newman, Professor Cynthia Breazeal, and more.
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The EBIFA robot (Everything Beautiful Is Far Away)

EBIFA (Everything Beautiful Is Far Away) is a crystalline robotic device that carried a tooth to outer space. EBIFA's form and fu…
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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…
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TESSERAE: Self-Assembling Space Architecture

Overview: How will we build the coming generations of Space Architecture—the modules, space ships, and space stations that will enscon…
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A clean alternative to one of the world’s most common ingredients

MIT spinoff C16 Biosciences, whose founders met in the Media Lab's Revolutionary Ventures course, has developed an alternative to palm oil,
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Making movement visible

Media Lab alum Nell Breyer discusses her new work, “Where Lines Converge,” previously on view in Manhattan’s Central Synagogue.
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Want to control your electronics with your tongue? This company is making that happen

Media Lab alum Tomás Vega talks to ZDNet about MouthPad, a Bluetooth-enabled mouthpiece that enables hands-free control of digital devices.
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MIT graduate develops hands-free tongue-controlled computer interface

7NEWS talks to Fluid Interfaces alum Tomás Vega and his Augmental co-founder Corten Singer about their bluetooth-enabled mouthpiece.
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What Pringles and audio filters can teach us about our brains

In a study presented at CHI 2023, Media Lab alumni used Pringles & audio filters to explore the intersection of sound, flavor, & perception.
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Rosalind Picard and Mary Lou Jepsen among 2022 Forbes 50 Over 50 honorees

Rosalind Picard and Media Lab alum, Mary Lou Jepsen, make the 2022 Forbes 50 Over 50: Entrepreneurs list.