art
health
artificial intelligence
human-machine interaction
learning
robotics
design
technology
architecture
consumer electronics
kids
music
wearable computing
politics
data
bioengineering
human-computer interaction
networks
entertainment
machine learning
sensors
economy
cognition
social science
environment
history
space
archives
storytelling
wellbeing
interfaces
computer science
covid19
engineering
prosthetics
developing countries
ethics
civic technology
biology
privacy
social robotics
alumni
public health
social media
communications
augmented reality
creativity
civic media
urban planning
imaging
synthetic biology
industry
community
computer vision
virtual reality
neurobiology
affective computing
energy
biomechanics
biotechnology
transportation
food
data visualization
government
social change
data science
startup
ocean
zero gravity
materials
social networks
blockchain
medicine
genetics
manufacturing
3d printing
climate change
prosthetic design
agriculture
racial justice
gaming
banking and finance
fabrication
women
behavioral science
construction
diversity
fashion
electrical engineering
cryptocurrency
cognitive science
security
systems
neural interfacing and control
bionics
performance
open source
crowdsourcing
marginalized communities
microfabrication
civic action
microbiology
ecology
internet of things
human augmentation
collective intelligence
extended intelligence
makers
wiesner
autonomous vehicles
language learning
natural language processing
perception
interactive
nonverbal behavior
mapping
physics
visualization
mechanical engineering
physiology
nanoscience
chemistry
primary healthcare
water
clinical science
holography
long-term interaction
gesture interface
sports and fitness
rfid
networking
trust
point of care
voice
orthotic design
event
hacking
autism research
mechatronics
soft-tissue biomechanics
member company
pharmaceuticals
open access
clinical trials
assistive technology
code
trade
biomedical imaging
exhibit
academia
member event
real estate
publishing
gender studies
randomized experiment
gis
metamaterials
cartography
installation
As we know from our ‘maker’ classes and workshops, different capabilities and approaches can yield remarkable projects. Let’s facilitate a …
The Gender Shades project pilots an intersectional approach to inclusive product testing for AI.Algorithmic Bias PersistsGender Shades is a…
3 Voices is an artistic research project that looks beyond conventional approaches of listening to music, and instead probes at the deeper …
By Rachel Bellisle
With advances in virtual reality (VR) and physiological sensing technology, even more immersive computer-mediated communication through lif…
Overview: How will we build the coming generations of Space Architecture—the modules, space ships, and space stations that will enscon…
When imagining human life in space, how will we express our humanity and creativity in an alien environment? Can the art we make both refle…
Spanning from the early Musical Telegraph and Electronic Sackbut, to the late EMS Synthi AKS and Moog Synthesizers, electronic music and mu…
Storytelling is a fundamental way in which human beings understand the world. Imagine watching a movie telling the story of your life, how …
With(in) is a multi-stage project that includes an exhibit, installation, qualitative exploration, and visual storytelling.This is a s…
On Earth, morning, noon, and night have their own specific meanings. The feeling of a second or a minute passing by, the shortening of the …
SpaceHuman is a soft robotics device designed to facilitate the exploration of environments with reduced gravity in a view of democratizati…
How will new mobility patterns shape the built environment?
Our body and mind relate in ways which are extraordinarily enigmatic and seemingly incomprehensible. Recent findings exemplify this by show…
“A Counting,” an art project from the Poetic Justice group, invites people to call in and count to 100 in their native language.
Article by cinematographer and visual artist Sean Webley
How do new mobility patterns interfere relationships?
How new mobility patterns influence what carry and possess?
Prototyping and testing space of Two Mobility Futures 0∞.
Nina does daily sketches on Twitter @ninasketches or at the website for her 2021 sketches , where you can see them in all their glory.You c…
Between Worlds was a day-long learning event that explored new methods of teaching art and design in today's hybrid and digital world.
Drawing++ Workshop: using drawing as a means of understanding computationIn this workshop participants explore computational concepts …
An annual celebration of learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.
For the project T-Voks: The Singing and Speaking Theremin. Congratulations!
MM-RT is a tabletop tangible musical interface that employs electromagnetic actuators and small permanent magnets to physically induce soun…
The 'Who' that I live from is a choice that I make. This essay looks critically at this choice, by diving into the QUESTion "Who am I?"
Aguahoja II builds upon the platform technology of its predecessor, enabling large-scale multi-material 3D printing with abundant, organic …
Aguahoja III expands the capabilities of a broad library of sustainable, organic 3D materials with generative patterns that countervail str…
Neri Oxman talks about the Nature x Humanity exhibit at SFMOMA, which features current and past research from the Mediated Matter group
A collection of tutorials to introduce computer protocols for sharing data between computers and over the internet, for artistic purposes…
Optically transparent and structurally sound, glass has played a significant role in the evolution of product and architectural design acro…
Ancient yet modern, enclosing yet invisible, glass was first created in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt 4,500 years ago. Precise recipes for…
The Wanderers were unveiled as part of the exhibition: ‘The Sixth Element: Exploring the Natural Beauty of 3D Printing' on display a…
Gemini—an acoustical “twin chaise"—spans multiple scales of the human existence extending from the warmth of the womb to the stretches of…
Vespers is a collection of masks exploring what it means to design (with) life. From the relic of the death mask to a contemporary living d…
Biodiversity on planet Earth is under momentous threat, with extinction rates estimated between 100 and 1,000 times their pre-human level. …
Rapid prototyping platforms such as 3D printers used for digital fabrication are today able to manufacture custom objects for specific task…
Alum and research affiliate Xiao Xiao talks to “I Am a Scientist” about her work, which merges science with art.
Ekene Ijeoma spoke at the Museum of Modern Art’s R&D Salon 37: Breath, alongside others. Watch the recording here.
Check out this list of cyberart projects compiled by The Boston Globe, which includes work by alum Alexander Reben and Prof. Ekene Ijeoma.
Developed in collaboration with dancer Loni Landon, Tapis Magique is a pressure-sensitive, knitted electronic textile carpet.
Zach Lieberman talks to arts curator Roddy Schrock about creative coding, his career path, the work of his group at the Media Lab, and more.
SynopsisThe class will cover a wide range of perspectives on deepfakes, from their historical ancestors through their philosophical underpi…
Discussion at MIT explores ways the music industry can help in the battle to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
Xiao Xiao, an alum and research affiliate of the Tangible Media group, recognized for her project T-Voks: The Singing and Speaking Theremin
InspirationSleep is a forgotten country of the mind. A vast majority of our technologies are built for our waking state, even though a thir…
Afsar, Ozgun Kilic, et al. "Choreographic Interfaces: Wearable Approaches to Movement Learning in Creative Processes." ACM CHI'21 Workshop HAA'21.
An exploration of how advances in deep learning and generative models can be used to help us synthesize our ideas.
By Chelsi Cocking and Manaswi MishraCode Cypher, hosted by CAST Visiting Artist and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco and Pr…
The Power of WITHOUT is a research theme in the City Science group. The theme proposes that heavy infrastructure solutions are not financia…
The LA Times talks to Fluid Interfaces alum Xin Liu about her art project Living Distance.
OmniFiber is a reconfigurable fiber technology for movement-based interactions based on thin fluidic fiber actuators with closed-loop strai…
DropletIO proposes aqueous droplets as a programmable material for biology, art, and design. The DropletIO system can actuate and sense mac…
Episode No. 501 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Ekene Ijeoma and Chloë Bass.
Pataranutaporn, Pat, Valdemar Danry, and Pattie Maes. "Machinoia, Machine of Multiple Me: Integrating with Past, Future and Alternative Selves." Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2021.
In recent years, there has been an increase in low-cost and open-source electronic and chemical sensors that hobbyists, concerned citizens,…
The superpose installation mediates continuously changing wave phenomena within a space that are visible, audible, and react to the presenc…
M. E. Carney, T. Shu, R. Stolyarov, J. F. Duval and H. M. Herr, "Design and Preliminary Results of a Reaction Force Series Elastic Actuator for Bionic Knee and Ankle Prostheses," in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 542-553, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TMRB.2021.3098921.
Gravity Proof is a performance and mission to prepare and cook bread in space. Inspired by ancient recipes and archaeological bread re…
Opera of the Future PhD candidate Nicole L'Huillier discusses her multimedia artwork with WBUR.
Professor Ijeoma, spoke with Evan Moffitt from Frieze about his recent group exhibition at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha.
Novel Antenna-Based Controller for Musical ExpressionTune Field is a 3-dimensional tangible interface that combines and alters previously e…
E-maki is a collection of ancient, painted scrolls accompanied by a cross-reality app that give contextual information and interactive expe…
The design of next-generation bionic ankles and knees aims to improve bionic actuators on all metrics: range of motion, power density, band…
In this new show, AI artist Harshit Agrawal uses machine intelligence to talk about social justice and empathy.
Death and the Powers is a groundbreaking opera that brings a variety of technological, conceptual, and aesthetic innovations to the th…
Read (in Japanese) about "Machinoia: Machine of Multiple Me,” an art project created by Fluid Interfaces student Pat Pataranutaporn.