Dr. Susan Blumenthal Featured in "End of the Cycle", a Documentary on Endometriosis
WHx Honorary Chair Susan Blumenthal and MIT's Linda Griffith appear in End of the Cycle, a documentary about endometriosis. Watch now.
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Researchers Launch AI Nutrition Labels, A New Tool Measuring AI’s Impact on Human Wellbeing
ImpactBench measures AI's impact on human health and wellbeing. MIT Media Lab's framework evaluates 807 metrics across 26 benchmarks.
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Behnaz Farahi creates Ocean of Dreams video installation for MIT Future Fest
Critical Matter Group have projected sounds and video of the ocean alongside crowd-sourced messages into a public square.
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The MIT Media Lab at Future Fest 2026
Discover MIT Media Lab at MIT Future Fest with panels, performances, lectures, and installations exploring emerging technologies.
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Designing a More Human Future for Banking
TD Bank and MIT Media Lab reimagine banking through human-centered AI design—technology that augments human judgment, not replaces it.
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Three MIT Media Lab researchers named to MIT Technology Review's 2026 Innovators Under 35
Shayne Longpre, Ayush Chopra, and Ariel Ekblaw — named to MIT Technology Review's 2026 Innovators Under 35.
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In 1979, Researchers Here Said "Put That There." OpenAI Just Called It the Future.
In 1979, MIT Media Lab researchers created 'Put That There' — a voice-and-gesture interface that just inspired OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra launch.
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MEDIA ALERT: Media Lab Research Joins the Stage — Jordan Rudess + jam_bot: A Human-AI Musical Dialogue
MIT Media Lab's AI music agent jam_bot performs live with Jordan Rudess and the MIT Chamber Chorus at MIT Future Fest, October 3, 2026.
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Ila Kumar: Innovating with communities
The PhD student works to give young people an active role in shaping digital technologies that can support their own well-being.
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Fall 2026 Media Arts and Sciences Course List
Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the Fall 2026 semester
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A home for responsible optimists
Read more about where the Media Lab has been, and where it’s going, in MIT Technology Review.
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Boston and Boston Public Schools Launch Inaugural Cohort of BPS AI Educator Ambassadors
Boston Public Schools trains 25 AI Educator Ambassadors with Day of AI curriculum from MIT's RAISE to graduate every student AI literate.
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Robotic rescue missions are sparking a spaceflight revolution
Danielle Wood argues the "launch and leave" model of space design is unsustainable; future missions must plan for cleanup.
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3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design
MIT Media Lab Assistant Professor developing neural transparency tools to help users understand how AI will behave before deployment.
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We still don’t know how people are really using AI
"No single company report tells the whole story,” says Shayne Longpre, a recent PhD graduate from the MIT Media Lab.
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Membership at the MIT Media Lab
Join MIT Media Lab’s membership program to access cutting-edge research, talent, and innovation shaping tomorrow’s technologies.
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What Listeners Feel vs. What They Say: Rethinking Emotional Impact in AI-Generated Music
Human-composed music elicits stronger emotions than AI-generated music, MIT Media Lab finds—even when listeners say they prefer AI
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Milestone Promotions for Four MIT Media Lab Faculty
MIT Media Lab celebrates four faculty promotions, July 2026: Dagdeviren, Esvelt, and Wood granted tenure; Fadel Adib to Full Professor
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Startup helps retailers track their products in real-time
Cartesian, an MIT Media Lab startup, uses RFID to track retail inventory in real-time, now deployed in 700+ stores across 55 countries.
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Canan Dagdeviren inducted into 2026 class of AIMBE College of Fellows
Canan Dagdeviren is inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows for her pioneering work in wearable ultrasound technologies.
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MIT Media Lab Researchers Turn Everyday LiDAR Into an Around-the-Corner Camera
MIT Media Lab turns consumer LiDAR into an around-the-corner camera, imaging hidden 3D objects for under $100 with no special calibration.
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The Sound of Healing: An MIT Media Lab Instrument Helps Stroke Patients Recover Through Music
MIT Media Lab's Alexandra Rieger created the Chord, an AI-powered instrument that helps stroke patients recover through music and movement.
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Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2026!
We're so proud of everything you've accomplished here, and can't wait to see what you do next!
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MIT Media Lab Awarded $1M Grant to Launch First Cloud Laboratory for Learning
MIT Media Lab wins $1M grant to launch the first Cloud Laboratory for Learning, making hands-on biotech education accessible to all online.
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Welcoming NEC to the Media Lab
MIT Media Lab welcomes NEC as a new member to advance human-centered AI, innovation, and real-world impact.
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Composer and Music Tech Pioneer Tod Machover to Receive George Peabody Medal for Groundbreaking Contributions to Music + Music Technology
Tod Machover will receive the George Peabody Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins.
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MIT Media Lab Working to Advance Women's Health
Jessica Rosenworcel explains how MIT Media Lab and WHx use AI, sensors, and wearables to advance women’s health care.
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MIT Media Lab working to advance wearable tech
In a Bloomberg Businessweek interview, Pattie Maes, head of the Fluid Interfaces group, said AI should augment cognition, not replace it.
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Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions
With this new technique, a robot could more accurately detect hidden objects or understand an indoor scene using reflected Wi-Fi signals.
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Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life
A new biohybrid system developed at MIT is the first living implant that uses rewired nerves to revive paralyzed organs.
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‘We May Have a Crisis on Our Hands’: The Unregulated Rise of Emotionally Intelligent AI
Rosalind Picard, head of Affective Computing group, comments on the growing emotional role of AI—and the risks it brings.
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Meet the 2026 LEGO Papert Fellows
Congratulations to Ayat, Eitan, and Ila on receiving this fellowship!
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International Women’s Day 2026: Advancing Women’s Health
International Women’s Day: MIT Media Lab’s WHx program explores how technology and research can improve women’s health worldwide.
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A new type of electrically driven artificial muscle fiber
MIT researchers develop electrically driven artificial muscle fiber for soft robotics and prosthetics: compact, powerful, efficient systems
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How Joseph Paradiso’s sensing innovations bridge the arts, medicine, and ecology
Joseph Paradiso’s sensing research at MIT Media Lab bridges art, medicine, and ecology through wearable sensors and environmental monitoring
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WHx
WHx Program: Unlocking women's health through transformative technologies
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From Veritasium: What If You Keep Slowing Down?
Camera Culture research uses single-pixel imaging to capture light in motion at trillion-frame-per-second speeds, revealing the invisible.
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The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century (so far), picked by the world’s top thinkers
Dream engineering, pioneered at the MIT Media Lab, is named the most powerful idea of the 21st century by BBC Science Focus experts.
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2025 Impact Report
Explore the MIT Media Lab 2025 Impact Report—advancing AI, creativity, sensing, and sustainability in the Lab’s 40th year.
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A portable ultrasound sensor may enable earlier detection of breast cancer
MIT Media Lab researchers developed a portable ultrasound sensor for earlier breast cancer detection, expanding access to screening.
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Lifelong Kindergarten Podcast
Join MIT Professor Mitchel Resnick of the Lifelong Kindergarten research group to explore new technologies, activities, and strategies for …
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Media Lab Community Awards and Recognitions
View recent awards and recognitions received by members of the Media Lab community in the modules attached here.