We build software that shapes our cities. More specifically, (1) we create micro-institutions in physical space, (2) we design social pr…
looks at broadcasting in a broader way, as all aspects of the media business�from content capture to delivery�become digital, and as a new …
is focused on developing a digitally connected, self-aware kitchen with knowledge and memory of its activities. The program explores new fo…
explores how computation and communication can enrich the lives of older persons now and in the decades ahead. It focuses on making the thi…
is about making things, and about the future of how things are made, from nano- to macroscale. It has two basic goals: first, to involve me…
explores ways that the digital revolution will transform the world of toys and play: old toys will become smarter; new toys will become pos…
is focused on understanding devices, technology, and humans as they interface in a market setting; the new forms that transactions may take…
looks at cars in the digital world. It explores the implications and applications of human-machine interface research, advances in personal…
combines research in the areas of nanotechnology, biosensors, body networks and smart homes to give consumers the tools to take control of …
explores how micro- and nanoscale fabrication technologies offer fundamentally new ways to probe, to understand, and ultimately to control …
looks beyond low-cost tags to ask how billions of inexpensive communicating objects can be tied together into coherent systems.
The Future Storytelling working group at the Media Lab is rethinking storytelling for the 21st century. The group takes a new and dynamic a…
Cultural Resonation is the underlying philosophy and energy that informs all aspects of our work. Code Next (CN) is a Media Lab collaborati…
The Emerging Worlds SIG is focused on emerging opportunities to address pressing challenges, and leapfrog existing solutions. Emerging Worl…
The Consumer Electronics Laboratory provides a unique research environment to explore ideas, make things, and innovate in new directions f…
The Autism & Communication Technology Initiative utilizes the unique features of the Media Lab to foster the development of innovative …
Most of us are awash in consumer electronics (CE) devices: from cellphones, to TVs, to dishwashers. They provide us with information, enter…
Living Labs is a new program that brings end users into the process of inventing a better future. The goal is to understand the adoption, u…
The Future Storytelling working group at the Media Lab is rethinking storytelling for the 21st century. The group takes a new and dynamic a…
Instead of building on a reactive health-care system centered around treating disease rather than preventing it, the Lab's Social Health Li…
Our lives have been transformed by networks that combine people and computers in new ways. They have revolutionized the nature of the econo…
Visual Media is going through fundamental changes. It has irretrievability lost its lock on the audience but has gained unprecedented oppor…
The deeply symbiotic relationship between our planet and ourselves is increasingly mediated by technology. Ubiquitous, networked sensing ha…
We want to increase the value of computing for the times when we are away from conventional screen and keyboard computers. To this end, we …
The Software Agents group investigates a new paradigm for software that acts like an assistant to a user of an interactive interface rather…
Our research is exploring a "constructionist" approach to the development of personal and community publishing tools in order to help incre…