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WaterBot is a persuasive water conservation device that presents �just-in-time" context-sensitive feedback to users. Its goal is to motivat…
MCam is an Internet-enabled camera disguised as a milk container. It allows users with cell phones or PDAs to remotely snap a picture of th…
The talking trivet and oven mitt are digital enhancements of common household objects. By communicating important messages about a food's t…
This research demonstrates how a person's visual pattern on a computer screen can identify his or her task or question. This is based on re…
Project Voyager uses wirelessly networked devices to create Personal Shopping Assistants that deliver compelling Web services to customers …
The need for low-cost sensors and ID tags is ongoing. Our work explores how ID and sensor information can be encoded in the electromagnetic…
Scents Sense attempts to incorporate the recent developments in the field of electronic smell into the home. As the heart of the home, the …
inStink explores what happens when we can manipulate smell by computer as easily as we currently manipulate sound and video. We have built …
Honey I'm Home is the simplest smell output device possible: a one-bit system that can be used for any purpose. We present it as a presence…
Dollars & Scents explores ways to display abstract information using scent. A device is installed above the lower-lobby rotating door that …
How can the kitchen of the future help you instead of replace you? That's the idea behind the CounterActive recipe counter. It may look l…
We wish to address two aspects of vending machine design. The first is the paying system and thus the role of the machine in the market. Th…
Current datebook programs such as Palm Desktop or Microsoft Outlook will give you a single audiovisual reminder a set period of time before…
The Media Matrix project draws on ideas from distributed, embedded, and parallel computing in order to address the creation and management …
These tables are aware of their height and of neighboring tables and respond accordingly. When they are lowered, the high-resolution surfac…
Robocrop combines sensors, networking, and plants to create a modular desktop gardening system, in which gardeners can have as much informa…
To change radically the physical shape and feeling of technology, designers must also be able to change the materials from which it is made…
Mr. Java is the Media Lab's wired coffee machine, which keeps track of usage patterns and user preferences. The focus of this project is to…
Mr. Java is an intelligent coffee machine: it recognizes you, learns your preferences, and feeds you both the bits and the atoms you desire…
Instead of ordering produce or groceries through the Web, is there a radically different future built on distributed food production? Worki…
Knowledge exists not only in our minds but in the world around us. The field of tangible user interfaces aims to release knowledge inside …