MIT Media Lab Press Mentions: A Complete Roundup
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‘Coding Kids’: Natasha Singer on Big Tech’s power in public schools
Mitchel Resnick said jobs aren’t the main reason he wants kids to learn to code. Instead, he sees it as “more like learning to write.”
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crafted from anti-bird spikes and 3D-printed scaffolds, nests reveal a posthuman architecture
MIT-LUMA Lab’s Bird+House, developed by Hiroshi Ishii, Lucy Li and Hye Jun Youn, creates 3D-printed nesting structures for barn swallows.
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Born in the Same Lab, Now in the Same Business: E Ink Invests in Soofa
E Ink invests in MIT spinoff Soofa to power outdoor smart displays. Learn how solar digital signage transforms cities!
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Self-assembling magnetic tiles could build the space habitats of the future
One of the innovations being tested is TESSERAE: magnetic, self-assembling tiles, invented by Ariel Ekblaw while pursuing her PhD at the MIT
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Pushing the longevity frontier
MIT Media Lab Professor Hugh Herr M.S. ’93 showed what replacement looks like when the replacement part is a machine.
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Claude helped plan risky bird flu research. What did the AI add?
MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvelt Downplays Danger After Claude AI Assists Risky Bird Flu Research.
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Making machines that can listen
Media Lab alum Paris Smaragdis develops computer systems that can hear and interpret the world around them.
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These muscle-reading wearables let you use voice input without speaking a word
The tech is based on AlterEgo from the MIT Media Lab.
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Microsoft AI Chief warns claiming AI has rights could make it believe that's true
A separate MIT Media Lab report found that the Reddit community r/MyBoyfriendisAI draws more than 85,000 weekly visitors.
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MIT develops implantable ultrasound device to improve drug delivery to the brain
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed an implantable device designed to improve how drugs spread through brain tissue.
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How an orchestra’s experiment with AI can make for a better democracy
BSO premiered Tod Machover's "already and not yet." It handles democracy not as a done deal, but a series of scary questions.
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The real reason nothing gets built in San Francisco
City Science Lab San Francisco estimates that such infill housing could yield 25,000 or more units in the next few years.
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Magnetic sensors track muscle movement, for better prosthetic limb control
MIT researchers have shown that they can accurately track muscle movement using tiny magnetic beads implanted in the muscle.
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Made by MIT
Clocky, Makey Makey, Guitar Hero, and Scratch began as Media Lab experiments that asked what ordinary objects could do.
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Implantable device uses ultrasound to improve drug delivery to the brain
MIT researchers have now designed an implantable drug-delivery device that they hope could help prevent recurrence of glioblastoma.
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At The Volatile Crossing Of Formal Music And AI, Machover Vision Arises
Tod Machover's concerto "already and not yet" premiered with the Boston Symphony, with AI as a real-time musical partner in live performance
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As AI fears rise, a composer puts it on stage at Symphony Hall
In a new classical work premiering Thursday with the BSO an AI system listens to the players and adds improvised music of its own.
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Star Trek Comes Home: Roddenberry Foundation and MIT Media Lab Explore Futures Together
The Roddenberry Foundation and MIT Media Lab launch a new collaboration rooted in exploration, diversity, and optimistic futures.
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President Sally Kornbluth on the Next 40 Years of Invention
MIT President Sally Kornbluth reflects on 40 years of Media Lab history and challenges creators to build tech for human flourishing.
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AI takes the stage with BSO musicians in Tod Machover’s wild world premiere
Tod Machover is premiering one of the most challenging experiments of his career: an interactive composition he wrote for the BSO and AI.
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Scientists Say AI Can Plant False Memories—and It’s Slowly Decaying Your Mind
Pattie Maes told The Washington Post about new findings from her yearslong investigation into how AI affects human cognition.
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Tod Machover’s new symphony plays with AI while reflecting on democracy
By Peter DizikesInnovation, reflection, and celebration will blend at the Boston Symphony Orchestra this week, where MIT composer Tod Machover’s inventive new work “already and not yet” will see its world premiere on Thursday.Machover, one of the world’s most prominent composers, has incorporated m…
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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.