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Tomas Vega Galvez

Former Research Assistant
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Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers

The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.
Article Research

Make Magazine: Make Your Own Dream Incubator

First things first. Make sure you have your PCB, solder, soldering iron, flux pen, and electronic components ready to go.
Article Research

How Under 30 company Augmental is creating tongue-controlled mouse pads–with just over $1 million in funding

Augmental co-founders have been recognized in the Social Impact category of the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Post Research

Augmental wins Best Pitch at CES 2024

Media Lab spinoff Augmental was recognized for their work on the MouthPad^, a smart oral splint.
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DayDreamNight

Produced in collaboration between CAST Visiting Artist Carsten Höller and MIT’s Fluid Interfaces group.
Article Research

Want to be more creative? Try dream-hacking while you sleep

The Washington Post reports on research from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group & Harvard Medical School that naps could aid creativity.
Article Research

Want to control your electronics with your tongue? This company is making that happen

Media Lab alum Tomás Vega talks to ZDNet about MouthPad, a Bluetooth-enabled mouthpiece that enables hands-free control of digital devices.
Article Research

MIT graduate develops hands-free tongue-controlled computer interface

7NEWS talks to Fluid Interfaces alum Tomás Vega and his Augmental co-founder Corten Singer about their bluetooth-enabled mouthpiece.
Post Research

MouthPad^ recognized at Cannes Lions Awards 2023

The MouthPad^ received the Grand Prix prize in the Innovation category and Silver in the Health + Wellness category.
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MouthPad^ honored at Core77 Design Awards 2023

The MouthPad^ has been honored as the Winner of the Emerging Technologies Award and as a Runner Up for the Design for Social Impact Award!
Article Research

That moment when you’re nodding off is a sweet spot for creativity

A new study finds people are more creative after waking from the earliest stage of sleep, especially when guided to dream about a topic.
Article Research

Meet mouthpad^, a mouthpiece with trackpad that fully controls devices using tongue

Spinoff Augmental announces The MouthPad^, a custom-fit 3D-printed mouthpiece that lets users control digital devices hands-free.
Article Research

Startup Creates Mouthpiece for Controlling Devices with Your Tongue

The device converts the user's tongue position and pressure into cursor actions by processing signals through a machine-learning algorithm.
Post Research

Augmental Tech among 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees

Fluid Interfaces alum Tomás Vega and his Augmental Tech co-founder Corten Singer were recognized in the Social Impact category.
Article Research

How do you control your dreams? MIT scientists think they've figured it out

Dormio is the result of several year's worth of research conducted by the Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces group.
Article Research

A wearable sleep-tracker designed by an MIT team could give people the power to shape their own dreams

Vega and his colleagues tested Dormio on group of 50 people this summer. Read about their results.
Article Research

Dream-shaping tech from MIT channels suggestions into your dreams

Guided dreaming could be used to boost creativity or to confront sources of stress and trauma.
Article Research

A new way to control experimentation with dreams

Device not only helps record dream reports, but also guides dreams toward particular themes.
Post Research

Member Collaboration—Open Lab: Home Sprint with Google Arts & Culture

A 48-hour creative exchange between more than 40 artists and creative technologists.
June 24, 2020
Post Research

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Congratulations to all who graduated during the 2019-2020 academic year!
Post Research

Media Lab research at CHI 2019

The following Media Lab groups and projects are represented at CHI 2019
Article Research

These sleep engineers could help you hack your dreams

A group at MIT’s Media Lab known as the “Dream Team” thinks you can harness your unconscious mind with tech you can wear to bed.
Article Research

Can artificial intelligence create art?

Click looks at whether AI could ever create an artistic masterpiece.