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Project Research

Community Dialogue Data Trust (CODIDT)

The Community Dialogue Data Trust (CODIDT) is an interactive digital platform designed to empower participants in facilitated dialogues wit…

in MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Leonard Vibbi
#design #civic technology #data
Project Research

Teddy

Teddy is a cutting edge data collection platform available for both Android and iOS that lets you collect data from study participants in a…

in Affective Computing · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Rosalind W. Picard · Craig Ferguson
#design #data #affective computing
Project Research

Cloud Light – Designing with signed distance functions (SDFs)

Cloud Light is a lighting object that draws inspiration from signed distance function geometries and  nature. It functions as a lamp a…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design
Project Research

Refraction - Using computation to illustrate with light

This project explores a computational method to use light as a medium for illustration. I experiment with a process to transform pixels int…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #manufacturing
Archived
Project Research

Prismo - Transformable floor lamp based on prismatic structure

Prismo lamp is designed and constructed based on a classical example of the prismatic structure. It takes advantage of the periodic and spa…

in Tangible Media · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Liu Yang
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 more
Archived
Project Research

Enhancing well-being through low-frequency resonance: a parametric analysis of space geometry

Resonance at low frequencies strongly influences a room's perception of sound, which can enhance or deteriorate the acoustic experience. Pr…

in Signal Kinetics · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Ahmed Allam
#design #architecture #environment
Project Research

Machine learning approach to design acoustic experiences

Machine learning in acoustics is an emerging field with great potential yet to be explored. Previous research includes predicting acoustic …

in Signal Kinetics · Opera of the Future · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Ahmed Allam · Nikhil Singh
#design #architecture #artificial intelligence +1 more
Project Research

Closer Worlds

Computer-mediated forms of communication (i.e., social media, texting) have quickly become the predominant way that we keep in touch w…

in MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Affective Computing · Opera of the Future +1 more
Cassandra Lee · Rosalind W. Picard +2 more
#design #gaming
Publication Research

Conformable Ultrasound Face Patch for Cavitation Enhanced Transdermal Cosmeceutical Delivery

Yu, C., Shah, A., Amiri, N., Marcus, C., Nayeem, M. O. G., Karami, A. M., Dagdeviren, C.†, Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300066, 2023. [Invited Paper for Rising Stars Special Series]

Academic Paper, April 2023
in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
#design #health
Project Research

Computational Knitting Patterns

​This project explores a few computational approaches to use the shape of a knitted garment as input for its pattern.This experiment combin…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Vera van de Seyp
#design #art #fashion
Project Research

Co-Design of Social Robots with Older Adults

Social robots equipped with AI and designed with users’ social, emotional, and relational interactions in mind are increasingly being highl…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Anastasia Ostrowski · Cynthia Breazeal +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 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 our…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Anastasia Ostrowski · Hae Won Park +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +5 more
Project Research

Design Justice Workshops

In a series of design workshops, the HRI Equitable Design framework from previous work (see Ostrowski et al. 2022) was expanded to a worksh…

in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Cynthia Breazeal · Anastasia Ostrowski
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 more
Archived
Project Research

Simulating Motion with Computation

​This project hosts a few experiments of 2D visualization of 3D moving processes.  All of the experiments relate to repeating, machine…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Vera van de Seyp
#design #art #computer science
Archived
Project Research

Sculpting Sunlight

The first in a series of sculptures that capture natural light patterns over time using computer vision.Investigating stories and experienc…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #computer vision #architecture +1 more
Archived
Project Research

SkeleText: Skeletonization of Typefaces

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…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Vera van de Seyp
#design #art #computer science
Archived
Course Research

Decoders 2.0: Microfabricated Decoders

StyleFlexible; Individual projects (teamwork can also be possible upon the wish of students).To pass, you must: (i) attend at least 3/…

MAS.808 · with Canan Dagdeviren
in Conformable Decoders
#design #bioengineering #healthcare +1 more
Article Research

John Maeda: A Life of Tech, Design and Computational Thinking

Former Media Lab Professor John Maeda talks to Danielle Newnham about computational thinking and what it takes to cultivate curiosity.

via Danielle Newnham Podcast · Oct. 26, 2022
in Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#design #human-computer interaction #human-machine interaction +1 more
Article Research

Crafting the technology of the future: Irmandy Wicaksono

Media Lab PhD student Irmandy Wicaksono talks to Society of Craft about his work, which blends engineering with fabric arts.

via Society of Arts + Crafts · April 6, 2023
in Responsive Environments · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #human-computer interaction #art +6 more
Article Research

Making movement visible

Media Lab alum Nell Breyer discusses her new work, “Where Lines Converge,” previously on view in Manhattan’s Central Synagogue.

via Arts at MIT · April 10, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #architecture #art +1 more
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Viral Communications

People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop

#design #virtual reality #computer vision +45 more
Accepting Applicants
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MIT Center for Constructive Communication

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +40 more
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +72 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #design #social networks +57 more
Accepting Applicants
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Sculpting Evolution

Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering

#robotics #design #social networks +41 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Could self-driving bikes change how we use cities?

Kent Larson, head of the Media Lab’s City Science group, and PhD student Naroa Coretti Sánchez talk about the group's work and philosophy.

via BBC Click · June 1, 2022
in City Science · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds
#robotics #design #energy +7 more
Article Research

Irmandy Wicaksono on the Create The Future podcast

Irmandy Wicaksono from the Media Lab's Response Environments group discusses innovations and ancient wisdoms to be found in arts & crafts.

via Create The Future · Feb. 17, 2023
in Responsive Environments · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #art #wearable computing +3 more
Article Research

Generative AI for makers: AI has truly arrived — and it’s here to help you make and craft

Personal Robots alum Stefania Druga and editor Keith Hammond explore the ways that crafters and makers can use generative AI techniques.

via MAKE: Magazine · Feb. 8, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #architecture #art +4 more
Project Research

TRANSFORM

TRANSFORM fuses technology and design to celebrate its transformation from still furniture to a dynamic machine driven by a stream of data …

in Terrestrial Sensing · Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Daniel Leithinger
#design #human-computer interaction #sensors +2 more
Project Research

inFORM

Shape displays can be used to render both 3D physical content and user interface elements. We propose to use shape displays in three differ…

in Terrestrial Sensing · Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Alex Olwal +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #sensors +2 more
Article Research

Ekene Ijeoma has removed all bad design from his life (except for streets)

Professor Ekene Ijeoma talks to Curbed about art, design, and how he uses technology to speak to social and political issues.

via Curbed · Feb. 8, 2023
in Poetic Justice · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #art #politics +2 more
Article Research

Inside two MIT students’ historic BattleBots runs

PhD students Lucy Du and Ginger Schmidt are crushing the competition — and gender barriers — in the world of televised robot combat.

via MIT News · Feb. 8, 2023
in Biomechatronics · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#robotics #design #mechanical engineering +1 more
Post Research

MAS.S64 City Sci-fi : student projects Spring 2023

Final projects created in MAS.S64 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities.Students were prompted to …

May 23, 2023
in City Science
#design #architecture #art
Research
Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +76 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Gallery Research

Illuminate

Gallery of images of the interactive art installation: Illuminate.Artwork by Chelsi Alise Cocking of the Future Sketches group. Photography…

by Chelsi Cocking · July 31, 2023
in Future Sketches
#design #human-computer interaction #art +1 more
Post Research

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor without Tenure (tenure-track) faculty search: Transformative Design

We seek candidates who have a bold vision for how design can help solve some of the societal and environmental problems we are facing.

Jan. 10, 2023
in Program in Media Arts and Sciences
#design
Project Research

City Science Lab @ Guadalajara

The City Science Lab@Guadalajara is a collaboration with the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), a network composed of 15 campuses within the…

in City Science
Leticia Izquierdo Garcia · Maitane Iruretagoyena +5 more
#design #human-computer interaction #agriculture +1 more
Post Research

City Science Lab @ Shanghai to continue cooperation with MIT City Science and the City Science Network

Representatives from the City Science Lab @ Shanghai (Tongji University) visited the MIT Media Lab to sign a continuation of their cooperat…

July 26, 2023
in City Science
#robotics #design #transportation +3 more
Post Research

President of the University of Guadalajara talks hyper-technology and social responsibility in higher education

On June 8, 2023, a delegation from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) visited the MIT Media Lab to meet with faculty and researchers rega…

July 12, 2023
in City Science
#design #human-computer interaction #agriculture +1 more
Publication Research

Latent Lab: Large Language Models for Knowledge Exploration

Academic Paper, June 2023
in Viral Communications
#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +1 more
Archived
Research
Social Machines

Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks

#design #social networks #computer vision +50 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Tangible Media

Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people

#robotics #design #virtual reality +63 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #virtual reality +72 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Festival of Learning

An annual celebration of learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.

in Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio · Lifelong Kindergarten
Katherine McConachie · J. Philipp Schmidt +4 more
#design #art #learning + teaching
Archived
Research
Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

#robotics #design #agriculture +11 more
Archived
Project Research

Scratch Mondays

Scratch Mondays is an initiative  to share the Scratch Day spirit to schools in Brazil. After having a big Scratch Day event in 2018 i…

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Carolina Rodeghiero · Leo Burd
#design #kids #community
Archived
Course Research

MAS.S64 - City Sci-fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities

This class is a hands-on workshop on fiction narrative and movie making.

MAS.S64 · with Kent Larson, Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor, Gabriela Bila Advincula
in City Science
#design #architecture #art +1 more
Project Research

Regional Technology Co-Creation and Transfer Ecosystems in Latin America

🚨Application to the 2022 Co-Design Experience here bit.ly/codesign2022 🚨Historically, technology transfer has been associate…

in Space Enabled
Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar · Danielle Wood
#design #civic technology #technology +1 more
Post Research

Design for the Future: Workshop. A Spring 2023 Class

Save the date for an end-of-year performance from the Spring 2023 class on the evening of Friday, May 19 in MIT Building E14 6th Floor: see…

Dec. 2, 2022
in Space Enabled
#design
Article Research

The Research Powering Humanity’s First Space Civilization with Ariel Ekblaw

On StarTalk, Dr. Ariel Ekblaw talks about her work with the Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) and the Aurelia Institute.

via Youtube · April 22, 2023
in Space Exploration Initiative · Media Lab Spinoffs
#design #space
Project Research

Grain Prism

The Grain Prism is a hybrid musical instrument that combines granular synthesis and live audio recordings. Presented in a capacitive touch …

in City Science
Don Derek Haddad · Gabriela Bila Advincula
#design #art #music +1 more
Research
Opera of the Future

Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +67 more
Accepting Applicants
Archived
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, auditory…

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

Cocoon: Speculative Dream Engineering

Cocoon is our vision of a programmable dream machine from the future. This device would be enabled by the synthesis of many devices under d…

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez · Adam Haar Horowitz +1 more
#design #wearable computing #interfaces +1 more
Archived
Publication Research

Frisson: Leveraging Metasomatic Interactions for Generating Aesthetic Chills

Jain, A., Schoeller, F., Zhang, E., & Maes, P. (2022, November). Frisson: Leveraging Metasomatic Interactions for Generating Aesthetic Chills. In Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (pp. 148-158).

Academic Paper, Nov. 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +1 more
Publication Research

Modulating Interoceptive Signals for Influencing the Conscious Experience

Academic Paper, March 2023
in Fluid Interfaces
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +2 more
Publication Research

Adaptive Virtual Neuroarchitecture

Jain, A., Maes, P., Sra, M. (2023). Adaptive Virtual Neuroarchitecture. In: Simeone, A., Weyers, B., Bialkova, S., Lindeman, R.W. (eds) Everyday Virtual and Augmented Reality. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05804-2_9

Chapter, Feb. 2023
in Fluid Interfaces
#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +1 more
Archived
Project Research

ScratchJr

ScratchJr makes coding accessible to younger children (ages 5-7), enabling them to program their own interactive stories, games, and animat…

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Chris Garrity · Andrew Sliwinski +3 more
#robotics #design #kids +4 more
Archived
Project Research

Two Mobility Futures 0∞

Two Mobility Futures 0∞ is a research project that encompasses storytelling, a democratic decision making platform, a city model, and an im…

in City Science
Carson Smuts · Gabriela Bila Advincula +8 more
#design #architecture #art +3 more
Research
Beyond the Cradle

Beyond the Cradle

#robotics #design #architecture +10 more
Archived
Project Research

Paper Dreams

Paper Dreams explores how human creativity can be supported by artificial intelligence.Prior research on AI and creativity has primarily fo…

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal
#design #art #artificial intelligence +8 more
Archived
Article Research

Assistive tech gains at CES in Las Vegas

Spinoff Xander, founded by alum Alex Westner, provides real-time captions to help users with hearing loss follow in-person conversations.

via Wall Street Journal · Jan. 6, 2023
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#design #augmented reality #technology +1 more
Article Research

Why are we sending a plastic-eating enzyme to space?

A collaboration with researchers from the Space Exploration Initiative is investigating biological processes to upcycle plastics.

via Mashable · Jan. 26, 2023
in Space Exploration Initiative
#design #environment #space +1 more
Article Research

Learning Beautiful brings MIT’s “mind and hand” ethos to early childhood education

Spinoff Learning Beautiful develops education materials that encourage kids to explore computer science concepts through physical learning.

via MIT News · June 20, 2023
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#design #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
Project Research

Persuasive Electric Vehicle (PEV)

An Alternative Autonomous Revolution System design for emerging urban contexts and societal aspirationsThe Persuasive Electric Vehicle…

in City Science
Abhishek Agarwal · Yi-Cheng Jiang +6 more
#design #architecture #civic technology +7 more
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