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FuseBot is a robotic system that can efficiently find and retrieve both RFID tagged and untagged target objects in line-of-sight, non-line-…
3D reconstruction from a single-view is challenging because of the ambiguity from monocular cues and lack of information about occluded reg…
This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.
The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.
In the 1990s, Professor Pattie Maes, head of the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group, helped pioneer the concept of software agents.
Have you ever needed a single-line font rather than an outline of a typeface? For instance in the use of digital fabrication processes such…
Illuminate was featured in the AI, Metaverse + Virtual: Best Installation or Experience category.
Master’s student Chelsi Cocking combines her love for computer science and design in her research and outreach efforts at the Media Lab.
Illuminate has been nominated for a 2024 SXSW Innovation Award in the Student Innovation category. Illuminate is an in…
What would it be like if we could see our movement? Illuminate (2023, Chelsi Alise Cocking) is an interactive art installation in whic…
MIT scientists address issues to bringing 2D magnetic materials into practical use, setting the stage for more energy-efficient computers
Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, auditory…
Abstract— Millions suffer from sleep disorders, and sleep clinics and research institutions seek improved sleep study methods. This paper p…
This project hosts a few experiments of 2D visualization of 3D moving processes. All of the experiments relate to repeating, machine…
The researchers precisely controlled an ultrathin magnet at room temperature, which could enable faster processors and computer memories.
MORF FORM is a knitted animation piece on display at the Future Sketches room at ARTECHOUSE in Miami Beach.
FrameGrabber is a simple, browser-based tool that lets the user upload an animation and convert it to a grid of stills.
Future Sketches installed a group exhibition as part of Zach Lieberman's Future Sketches / Code Poems show at Artechouse, which opened duri…
By Chelsi Cocking and Manaswi MishraCode Cypher, hosted by CAST Visiting Artist and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco and Pr…
36 Days Of Type is an initiative that invites creatives to create their version of the letters and numbers of the Latin alphabet, one…
In a study published in Nature Medicine, alum Matt Groh, Prof. Rosalind Picard, and colleagues found assistance from an AI model can help.
Groh, M., Badri, O., Daneshjou, R. et al. Deep learning-aided decision support for diagnosis of skin disease across skin tones. Nat Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02728-3
Addressing Bias in Physician-Machine PartnershipsThis research program addresses how AI assistance can enhance physician decision-making on…
Swarms of robots will revolutionize many applications, from targeted material delivery to farming. However, the characteristics that make t…
Gallery of images of the interactive art installation: Illuminate.Artwork by Chelsi Alise Cocking of the Future Sketches group. Photography…
Can computer graphics algorithms be taught through drawing?In this prototypical activity book, we present the steps of four computer graphi…
AbstractAs conversational agents powered by large language models become more human-like, users are starting to view them as companions rat…
Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, which influences their interactions with the bot.
In this new adjacent implementation of Photorythms as an interactive art installation, members of the public are invited to sit in front o…
Media filter bubbles sacrifice shared reality amongst US citizens. We aim to burst these echo chambers by presenting short, automatically s…
The 27 finalists will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.
Photorythms: a computational art-based inquiry of portrait photographyPhotorythms investigates whether computational methods such as facial…
The Clubhouse provides a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people from underserved communities around the wo…
Overview: How will we build the coming generations of Space Architecture—the modules, space ships, and space stations that will enscon…
Three-dimensional Digital Knitting of Intelligent Textile Sensor for Activity Recognition and Biomechanical MonitoringWe present an ap…
Drawing++ Workshop: using drawing as a means of understanding computationIn this workshop participants explore computational concepts …
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…
Dreaming through Code Designing creative learning workshops for local organizations committed to introducing technology to kids in a n…
Press: - MIT News: Using reflections to see the world from new points of view- TechXplore, EuropaPress, La Nacion …
“The work I’m doing is deeply rooted in the belief that you can plant seeds in people,” says graduate student Cecilé Sadler.
Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks
Six teams conducting research in AI, data science, + machine learning receive funding for projects with potential commercial applications.
Global participation in MIT RAISE’s free K-12 program more than doubles in its second year.
Media Lab PhD students Manuj Dhariwal + Shruti Dhariwal introduce a new paradigm of creative collaboration in digital learning environments
Launched in 2007, the Scratch Online Community enables children, primarily between the ages of 8 and 16, to share interactive media such as…
A new computer vision system turns any shiny object into a camera of sorts, enabling an observer to see around corners or beyond obstruction
ScratchJr makes coding accessible to younger children (ages 5-7), enabling them to program their own interactive stories, games, and animat…
Paper Dreams explores how human creativity can be supported by artificial intelligence.Prior research on AI and creativity has primarily fo…
Fadel Adib uses wireless technologies to sense the world in new ways, addressing sweeping problems such as food insecurity + climate change
The Economist reports on the future of brain-computer interfaces, including work being done by researcher Nataliya Kosmyna.
Transforming data into knowledge
Jorg Scholvin talks to MIT News about his range of experiences at MIT, including current work as an assistant director at MIT.nano.
Media Lab spinoff Brelyon has raised $15 million in Series A financing to accelerate development of headset-free immersive displays.
Be inspired by Rohit Prasad, SVP and Head Scientist, Alexa AI, Amazon, Tye Brady, Chief Technologist, Amazon Robotics, Dilip Kumar, VP, Phy…
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General overview:Sepsis, a life-threatening complication of bacterial infection, leads to millions of worldwide deaths requires significant…
General OverviewStaining of tissues sections using chemical and biological dyes has been used for over a century for visualizing various ti…
Staining of tissues sections using chemical and biological dyes has been used for over a century for visualizing various tissue types and m…
Research studies led by Dr. Shah, in collaboration with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have develope…
Since the release of Scratch in 2007, young people around the world have programmed and shared more than 15 million Scratch projects . The …
The Scratch Team invited young people from around the world to create Scratch projects designed specifically to be played in zero grav…
The MIT Scratch Team is exploring ways to make it easier for newcomers to get started creating with coding. We are designing "microworlds"—…
Alex Berke and Dan Calacci. 2022. Privacy Limitations of Interest-based Advertising on The Web: A Post-mortem Empirical Analysis of Google’s FLoC. In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS ’22), November 7–11, 2022, Los Angeles, CA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3548606.3560626
On KCRW's Life Examined, Rosalind Picard talks about the potential for technology to help people understand emotions and improve wellbeing.
This robotic system uses radio frequency signals, computer vision, and complex reasoning to efficiently find items hidden under a pile.
ML Learning
Reimagining human cooperation in the age of social media and artificial intelligence
Creating technology for social change