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Cities WITHOUT—City Science Summit 2019

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Designing humanity’s future in space

The Space Exploration Initiative’s latest research flight explores work and play in zero gravity

Nov. 27, 2019
in Space Exploration Initiative
#space #technology #zero gravity
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Zach Lieberman joins MIT Media Lab

New adjunct associate professor combines fine arts and coding.

via MIT News · Nov. 25, 2019
in Future Sketches
#design #art #computer science +1 more
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Algorithm may improve brain-controlled prostheses and exoskeletons

An improved method for magnet tracking enables high-speed wireless tracking through various materials.

via MIT News · Nov. 18, 2019
in Biomechatronics
#biomechanics #neural interfacing and control
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Students push to speed up artificial intelligence adoption in Latin America

To help the region catch up, students organize summit to bring Latin policymakers and researchers to MIT.

via MIT News · Nov. 19, 2019
in Object-Based Media · Personal Robots · Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #politics #social science +5 more
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Jaleesa Trapp shakes things up in the classroom and in computing

The PhD student and former high school teacher aims to study the ways young people of color interact with technology.

via MIT News · Nov. 14, 2019
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#human-computer interaction #learning #technology +2 more
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Machine learning shows no difference in angina symptoms between men and women

Finding could help overturn the prevailing notion that men and women experience angina differently.

via MIT News · Nov. 6, 2019
in Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence
#health #machine learning #primary healthcare +2 more
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Swimmer with bionic legs plans to keep on swimming

Morgan Stickney is an elite swimmer who's helping pave the way for the next generation of bionic prosthetics and para-athletes.

via WGBH News · Nov. 14, 2019
in Biomechatronics
#health #technology #prosthetics +2 more
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Future Fur: A collaboration in fashion, design, and technology

Researchers have come up with an innovation that will delight the fashion industry and people concerned about animal welfare: 3D-printed fur

Nov. 13, 2019
in Tangible Media
#design #fashion #3d printing +1 more
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MIT Museum Exhibit: Making Digital Tangible

“My dream is to make bits tangible and atoms dance.”—Hiroshi Ishii

Thursday — Monday
November 7, 2019 —
August 31, 2020
Cambridge, MA
Hiroshi Ishii
#human-computer interaction
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Joy Buolamwini and Amanda Nguyen chosen for TIME 100 Next 2019

Congratulations to Joy Buolamwini and Amanda Nguyen for being recognized in the "Advocates" category.

Nov. 13, 2019
in Civic Media · Director's Fellows Program
#civic technology #politics #social change +3 more
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Cynthia Hua wins 2019 Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest

Congratulations to Cynthia Hua from the Poetic Justice group!

Nov. 13, 2019
in Poetic Justice
#art
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In-cell sequencing reveals genome’s natural geometry

A new method for sequencing the genome of an intact single cell may help researchers understand how key autism genes are regulated.

via Spectrum News · Oct. 23, 2019
in Synthetic Neurobiology
#genetics #neurobiology #technology
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Dezeen Awards names Aguahoja I design project of the year

Aguahoja I shows how nature can help us to design new materials, highlighting the relationship between nature and technology.

via Dezeen · Oct. 30, 2019
in Mediated Matter
#design #architecture #art
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Learning Creative Learning

Learning Creative Learning is an online course and community of educators, designers, technologists, and tinkerers exploring creative lea...

in ML Learning · Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick · Natalie Rusk +15 more
#design #learning #makers
Project Research

El Poema de la Fabrica Cósmica

This sonic rite consists of a listening session of the performance of the place, guided by the Para-Cantora, a sonic device that acts as ...

in Opera of the Future
Nicole L'Huillier
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Neil Gaikwad chosen for 2019 INK Fellows Program for Emerging Innovators

Neil Gaikwad, a doctoral student at the Space Enabled research group,  has been chosen for the 2019 INK Fellowship Pr...

Oct. 17, 2019
in Space Enabled
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From BeeMe to Bandersnatch: The Youniverse of science and fiction

How does it feel to be the internet?

Oct. 31, 2019
in Scalable Cooperation
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RETOS wins 2019 Solve Community-Driven Innovators Challenge

RETOS—an AI-powered web platform to facilitate, enhance, visualize, and predict connections between thousands of challenges posted by rur...

Oct. 10, 2019
in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
#civic media
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A story in images: the abortion media storm of 2019

Cindy Sherman Bishop developed a new method for image analysis to analyze the spring 2019 abortion legislation and related news coverage.

via Medium · Oct. 16, 2019
in Civic Media
#civic media #politics #ethics +1 more
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Katy Croff Bell chosen as an AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

The Ambassadors are contemporary role models who represent a diversity of STEM-related professions in the United States.

Oct. 22, 2019
in Open Ocean
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Danielle Wood inducted into International Academy of Astronautics

IAA has brought together the world's foremost experts in the disciplines of astronautics and space exploration on a regular basis

Oct. 18, 2019
in Space Enabled
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New method visualizes groups of neurons as they compute

Fluorescent probe could allow scientists to watch circuits within the brain and link their activity to specific behaviors.

via MIT News · Oct. 9, 2019
in Synthetic Neurobiology
#bioengineering #neurobiology #imaging +1 more
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Joy Buolamwini receives Carol Jenkins Award from the Women's Media Center

Joy Buolamwini was honored for her work exposing race and gender bias in commercial artificial intelligence (AI).

Oct. 22, 2019
in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
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Educators gather for first Scratch Africa Conference

Educators from across Africa are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya for the first Scratch Africa Conference.

via Scratch Africa Conference · Oct. 15, 2019
in Lifelong Kindergarten
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Income, Race, Bikes

Is the placement of bike-share docks equitable?This interactive map explores the question visually.The map shows the addition of bike-sha...

in City Science
Kent Larson · Alex Berke
#design #civic technology #cartography +2 more
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The Telemetron Orchestra

When contemplating the future of life in space, we dream not only of rockets and off-world societies, but also of art, of leisure, and fr...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Nicole L'Huillier · Thomas Sanchez Lengeling +1 more
#design #music #interfaces +3 more
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Whose deaths matter? New research on Black Lives Matter and media attention

New research published in the International Journal of Communication

Oct. 2, 2019
in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
#civic media #social media
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The Bees of Science

 An exhibition highlighting the work of students in Canan Dagdeviren's MAS 810 Decoders 1.2 class.

Friday — Friday
June 14, 2019 —
January 31, 2020
Canan Dagdeviren
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Detecting patients’ pain levels via their brain signals

System could help with diagnosing and treating noncommunicative patients.

via MIT News · Sept. 12, 2019
in Affective Computing
#artificial intelligence #health #neurobiology +3 more
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Rosalind Picard elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Rosalind Picard is nominated to the NAE for her contributions to affective and wearable computing.

Feb. 7, 2019
in Affective Computing
#wearable computing #technology
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Seeing Through Fog wins Most Influential Research at 2019 AutoSens Awards

"The research is…unique in its approach to enable seeing through dense fog for self-driving cars and augmented driving."

July 17, 2019
in Camera Culture
#imaging
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Next steps for the Media Lab

The Lab has always succeeded on the strength of its people, and through the creativity, originality, and vigor of its research.

Sept. 10, 2019
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A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration

Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data.

via MIT News · Aug. 20, 2019
in Signal Kinetics
#sensors #computer science #space +3 more
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AIR-INK wins 2019 Solve Circular Economy Challenge

Produced by Media Lab spinoff Graviky Labs, AIR-INK was developed by Fluid Interfaces alum Anirudh Sharma.

Sept. 24, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#art #environment
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Media Lab @ Daimler Lab1886

Ryan McCarthy and Phil Tinn spent a week at the headquarters of Daimler and Lab1886 in Stuttgart.

Aug. 16, 2019
in City Science
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Ed Boyden receives 2019 Lennart Nilsson Award

The award recognizes outstanding contributions within the realm of scientific photography.

Aug. 28, 2019
in Synthetic Neurobiology
#art #neurobiology
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Zero Gravity Flight 2019

This mission included participation from several departments at MIT and outside collaborators from across the globe.

Aug. 13, 2019
in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +6 more
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RadioTalk

The RadioTalk corpus includes speech recognition transcripts sampled from talk radio broadcasts in the United States between October of 2...

in Social Machines
William Brannon · Deb Roy +1 more
#civic media #politics #social science +3 more
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Alum Erhardt Graeff receives Best Dissertation Award

The Association of Internet Researchers has recognized alum Erhardt Graeff, now an assistant professor of social and computer science at ...

Aug. 21, 2019
in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
#civic media #civic technology #politics
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Member collaboration: NEC and Affective Computing researchers

Based on high precision sensing technology, NEC and the Affective Computing group are aiming to lead people towards healthier lifestyles.

Aug. 8, 2019
in Affective Computing
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Teaching at the Media Lab

To me, teaching equals sharing while learning.

Aug. 16, 2019
in Conformable Decoders
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Towards New Musics: What the future holds for sound creativity

Tod Machover and Charles Holbrow discuss how they're building the tools and platforms for a culture of living music

via NPR Music · July 26, 2019
in Opera of the Future · Responsive Environments
#artificial intelligence #music #technology
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Air Travel in Academia: Designing a carbon offsets program for the MIT Media Lab

Our planet’s warming climate presents an imminent and catastrophic challenge that will have far-reaching economic, social, and political ...

July 29, 2019
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Decoding physical patterns of our bodies via conformable devices

In an interview with Medgadget, Canan Dagdeviren talks about the mission and ethos of Conformable Decoders

via Medgadget · July 24, 2019
in Conformable Decoders
#health #neurobiology #wellbeing
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E14 Fund helps Media Lab community deploy startups

“First and foremost we’re a community-builder,” says Habib Haddad, a managing partner of the venture fund.

via MIT News · July 25, 2019
in Director's Office · Spinoffs
#member company #community #alumni +1 more
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Using AI to manage opioid use in hospital ICUs

New Harvard-MIT deep reinforcement learning algorithm optimizes pain management.

via Psychology Today · July 25, 2019
in Affective Computing
#artificial intelligence #public health #wellbeing
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Celebrating a curious mind: Steven Keating 1988-2019

Steven Keating inspired millions with his research-driven approach to battling cancer and his advocacy for open patient health data

via MIT News · July 22, 2019
in Mediated Matter
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Social robots as social catalysts: Collaborating with older adults as design research partners

When they’re valued as design research partners, older adults feel empowered to contribute to technology design.

July 12, 2019
in Personal Robots
#human-machine interaction #social robotics #social change
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BASIC: Blockchained Agent-based Simulator for Cities

Autonomous vehicles (AVs), drones, and other types of robots will revolutionize our way of traveling and understanding urban space. In or...

in Human Dynamics · City Science
Arnaud Grignard · Eduardo Castello Ferrer +3 more
#urban planning #blockchain #autonomous vehicles
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Model predicts cognitive decline due to Alzheimer’s, up to two years out

Researchers hope the system can zero in on the right patients to enroll in clinical trials, to speed discovery of drug treatments

via MIT News · Aug. 1, 2019
in Affective Computing
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Building with Bio in “How to Grow (Almost) Anything”

The class introduced students from all backgrounds to the emerging areas of biodesign, biotechnology, and synthetic biology.

June 21, 2019
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Guitar Machine

​We often imagine a future world filled with robots and artificial intelligence agents, where humans share their civilization with sentie...

July 24, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#robotics #human-computer interaction #music
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Announcing the 2019 Media Lab Director’s Fellows

NBA star, Polynesian voyager, Stockton mayor among the new cohort working to build bridges between MIT and the world.

June 28, 2019
in Director's Fellows Program
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Technical Flaws of Pretrial Risk Assessments Raise Grave Concerns

By Chelsea Barabas, Karthik Dinakar and Colin Doyle

July 17, 2019
in Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence
#artificial intelligence #social science #racial justice
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Moon Village

In 2015, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jan Wörner, introduced the concept of the “Moon Village.” Inspired by t...

in Space Exploration Initiative · Responsive Environments
Valentina Sumini · Joseph A. Paradiso
#design #architecture #space
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Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children

Interacting with a robotic teddy bear invented at MIT boosted young patients’ positive emotions, engagement, and activity level.

via MIT News · June 26, 2019
in Advancing Wellbeing · Personal Robots
#health #social robotics
Project Research

The Deep Image of the City

How do you image a city that doesn't exist? DeepScope is a novel platform for interactive, real-time, and setup-less urban design vi...

in City Science
Ariel Noyman · Kent Larson
#human-computer interaction #architecture #urban planning +2 more
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Footwear x Mental Health: A Collaboration

How do your kicks collaborate with mental health?

May 21, 2019
in Viral Communications
#health #social science
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Exhibiting at the Media Lab: Canan Dagdeviren reflects on exhibiting student work

Putting together this exhibit helped me to reflect on both my personal and academic lives.

June 17, 2019
in Conformable Decoders
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Tangible influence: A stroll through Hiroshi Ishii’s living legacy

Celebrating Hiroshi Ishii's mentorship and groundbreaking research

June 18, 2019
in Tangible Media
#design #human-computer interaction #interfaces
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Congratulations to the Class of 2019!

Congratulations to all who graduated during the 2018-2019 academic year!

June 5, 2019
in Program in Media Arts and Sciences
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How do materials choices and design decisions affect the regulatory pathway for neuroimplantable devices?

We present a review paper that analyzes how early design decisions can affect the regulatory approval process downstream.

June 20, 2019
in Conformable Decoders
#bioengineering #public health #engineering +1 more
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Getting Started with Creative Learning in your Public Library

Our PLIX Facilitation Kits are designed to make it easy for librarians to offer creative learning programs to their patrons.

June 4, 2019
in ML Learning
#learning
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Guillermo Bernal wins 2019 Schnitzer Prize

Guillermo Bernal believes virtual reality should be more expressive.

May 1, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#virtual reality
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Creating a Space Sustainability Rating

A team led by the Space Enabled group, ESA, and the World Economic Forum will address waste in Earth’s orbit

May 5, 2019
in Space Enabled
#space
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Agnes Cameron, Huili Chen, Devora Najjar, and Randi Williams honored as 2019 Graduate Women of Excellence

Congratulations to all of the honorees! We are so proud of you all.

May 3, 2019
in Personal Robots · Viral Communications · Sculpting Evolution +1 more
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Six suborbital research payloads fly on Blue Origin New Shepard

The projects on board the Media Lab's first suborbital rocket flight

May 1, 2019
in Space Exploration Initiative
#architecture #art #space +1 more
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Ed Boyden elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars.

April 30, 2019
in Synthetic Neurobiology
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Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial

The exhibition includes work from a number of Media Lab researchers and alumni.

Friday — Monday
May 10, 2019 —
January 20, 2020
Hiroshi Ishii · Pattie Maes +6 more
#environment
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