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Article Research

Making art through computation

Master’s student Chelsi Cocking combines her love for computer science and design in her research and outreach efforts at the Media Lab.

via MIT News · June 26, 2022
in Future Sketches
#art #civic technology #machine learning +3 more
Project Research

Tapis Magique: A Choreomusical Interactive Carpet

Ancient textiles have played a major role in the social, economic, and religious structures of communities around the world. Iconic, indi...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Don Derek Haddad
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +14 more
Project Research

Microgravity Hybrid Extrusion

Traditional additive manufacturing processes, especially those that make use of liquid resin as the feedstock, are constrained by the gra...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw · Sean Auffinger +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +49 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Project Research

Boundaries Drawings

These wall drawings are generated by a series of predesigned instructions that dictate their form. The instructions give both constraint ...

in Social Computing
Sepandar Kamvar · Kimberly Smith
#art
Archived
Archived
Project Research

ArtBoat

​ArtBoat is a tool for communities to make collaborative light paintings in public spaces and reimagine the future of their cities. ...

in Object-Based Media
Laura Perovich
#art #environment #sensors +1 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

SeeBoat (Thermal Fishing Bob): In-place environmental data visualization

Two of the most important traits of environmental hazards today are their invisibility and the fact that they are experienced by communit...

in Object-Based Media
Laura Perovich
#art #environment #sensors
Archived
Archived
Project Research

DuoSkin

DuoSkin is a fabrication process that enables anyone to create customized functional devices that can be attached directly to the skin. U...

in Living Mobile
Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao · Andres Calvo +1 more
#art #fashion #wearable computing +1 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Tranceflora—Amy's Glowing Silk

We collaborated with NIAS (National Institute of Agricultural Science) to genetically engineer silkworms to develop new kinds of silk for...

in Design Fiction
Sputniko!
#art #bioengineering #fashion +1 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Art Cube: the Ambulatory Art Exhibit

As we know from our ‘maker’ classes and workshops, different capabilities and approaches can yield remarkable projects. Let’s facilitate ...

in Civic Media
Cindy Bishop · Lorrie LeJeune
#art #interactive #community +2 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Gender Shades

The Gender Shades project pilots an intersectional approach to inclusive product testing for AI.Algorithmic Bias PersistsGender Shades is...

in Civic Media · Center for Civic Media
#design #computer vision #art +16 more
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Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +65 more
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City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

#robotics #design #social networks +66 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

3 Voices: A Soft-Robotic Opera Transposing Singing Experience Across the Audience

3 Voices is an artistic research project that looks beyond conventional approaches of listening to music, and instead probes at the deepe...

in Tangible Media
Ozgun Kilic Afsar
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +2 more
Project Research

The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit

By Rachel Bellisle

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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EmotionalBeasts

With advances in virtual reality (VR) and physiological sensing technology, even more immersive computer-mediated communication through l...

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal
#virtual reality #art #sensors +2 more
Archived
Project Research

TESSERAE: Self-Assembling Space Architecture

Overview: How will we build the coming generations of Space Architecture—the modules, space ships, and space stations that will ensc...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw
#robotics #design #agriculture +12 more
Project Research

Fluid Expressions - Art and Craft in Microgravity

When imagining human life in space, how will we express our humanity and creativity in an alien environment? Can the art we make both ref...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sanjana Sharma
#robotics #design #architecture +13 more
Project Research

KnittedKeyboard II

Spanning from the early Musical Telegraph and Electronic Sackbut, to the late EMS Synthi AKS and Moog Synthesizers, electronic music and ...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Mike Hao Jiang +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +11 more
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Fluid Interfaces

Designing Systems for Cognitive Support

#robotics #design #virtual reality +36 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Project Research

Personalized Animated Movies

Storytelling is a fundamental way in which human beings understand the world. Imagine watching a movie telling the story of your life, ho...

in Affective Computing
Fengjiao Peng · Rosalind W. Picard
#art #human-machine interaction #behavioral science +1 more
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Two Mobility Futures 0∞

Two Mobility Futures 0∞ is a research project that encompasses storytelling, a democratic decision making platform, a city model, and an ...

in City Science
Carson Smuts · Gabriela Bila Advincula +8 more
#design #architecture #art +2 more
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Poetic Justice

Exploring new forms of social justice through art

#robotics #design #architecture +29 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

With(in)

With(in) is a multi-stage project that includes an exhibit, installation, qualitative exploration, and visual storytelling.This is a...

in City Science
Margaret Church · Gabriela Bila Advincula +6 more
#design #architecture #art +5 more
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Beyond the Cradle

Beyond the Cradle

#robotics #design #architecture +10 more
Project Research

Zenolith - An Interplanetary Time Device

On Earth, morning, noon, and night have their own specific meanings. The feeling of a second or a minute passing by, the shortening of th...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sands Fish · Che-Wei Wang +1 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

SpaceHuman 2.0

SpaceHuman is a soft robotics device designed to facilitate the exploration of environments with reduced gravity in a view of democratiza...

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Valentina Sumini · Joseph A. Paradiso +2 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +16 more
Project Research

Photorythms

Photorythms: a computational art-based inquiry of portrait photographyPhotorythms investigates whether computational methods such as faci...

in Future Sketches
Chelsi Cocking
#design #computer vision #art +2 more
Article Research

Window 0∞

How will new mobility patterns shape the built environment?

March 21, 2022
in City Science
#architecture #art #environment
Project Research

Machinoia: Machine of Multiple Me

Our body and mind relate in ways which are extraordinarily enigmatic and seemingly incomprehensible. Recent findings exemplify this by sh...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pat Pataranutaporn · Valdemar Danry +1 more
#design #art #artificial intelligence +3 more
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Collective Learning

Transforming data into knowledge

#design #social networks #virtual reality +39 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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Viral Communications

Creating scalable technologies that evolve with user inventiveness

#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +38 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

What it means to be counted: MIT art project aims to capture Ogden’s vocal diversity

“A Counting,” an art project from the Poetic Justice group, invites people to call in and count to 100 in their native language.

via KUER public radio · March 28, 2022
in Poetic Justice
#art #data #creativity +1 more
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Lifelong Kindergarten

Engaging people in creative learning experiences

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +26 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Building a visual world

Article by cinematographer and visual artist Sean Webley 

March 23, 2022
in City Science
#design #architecture #art
Article Research

Love 0∞

How do new mobility patterns interfere relationships?

March 21, 2022
in City Science
#design #architecture #art
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +61 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Luggage 0∞

How  new mobility patterns influence what carry and possess?

March 21, 2022
in City Science
#design #art
Gallery Research

Two Mobility Futures - testing space

Prototyping and testing space of Two Mobility Futures 0∞.  

by Gabriela Bila Advincula · March 23, 2022
in City Science
#design #architecture #art
Archived
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Daily Sketches: Nina Lutz

Nina does daily sketches on Twitter @ninasketches or at the website for her 2021 sketches , where you can see them in all their glory.You...

in Future Sketches
Nina Lutz · Zach Lieberman
#design #art #computer science +1 more
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Between Worlds: How do we learn Art & Design in the Digital Age?

Between Worlds was a day-long learning event that explored new methods of teaching art and design in today's hybrid and digital world.

April 1, 2022
in Future Sketches
#design #art #learning +1 more
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Drawing++ Workshop

Drawing++ Workshop: using drawing as a means of understanding computationIn this workshop participants explore computational concept...

in Future Sketches
Zach Lieberman · Chelsi Cocking +1 more
#design #art #learning +2 more
Post Research

Xiao Xiao wins second place in the 2022 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition

For the project T-Voks: The Singing and Speaking Theremin. Congratulations!

March 25, 2022
in Object-Based Media · Opera of the Future · Tangible Media
#art #music #creativity +2 more
Project Research

MM-RT

MM-RT is a tabletop tangible musical interface that employs electromagnetic actuators and small permanent magnets to physically induce so...

in Opera of the Future
Akito Oshiro van Troyer
#art #music #creativity +2 more
Project Research

BubbleSynth: Soap to Sound

BubbleSynth translates motion tracking and blob detection data collected from floating soap bubbles into sound, by using the size, positi...

Daniel Novy
#art #music #creativity +2 more
Post Research

Who am I?—taking a dive within the self

The 'Who' that I live from is a choice that I make. This essay looks critically at this choice, by diving into the QUESTion "Who am I?"

March 24, 2022
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#art #construction
Project Research

Aguahoja II

Aguahoja II builds upon the platform technology of its predecessor, enabling large-scale multi-material 3D printing with abundant, organi...

in Mediated Matter
Nicolas Hogan · Ramon Weber +4 more
#design #art #biology +1 more
Project Research

Aguahoja III

Aguahoja III expands the capabilities of a broad library of sustainable, organic 3D materials with generative patterns that countervail s...

in Mediated Matter
Nicolas Hogan · Joao Pedro Goncalves Marins Costa +2 more
#design #architecture #art +3 more
Article Research

The Three Questions: In Conversation with Neri Oxman

Neri Oxman talks about the Nature x Humanity exhibit at SFMOMA, which features current and past research from the Mediated Matter group

via Biodesigned · Feb. 28, 2022
in Mediated Matter
#design #art #biology +1 more
Archived
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Introduction to computer networks for artists

A collection of tutorials to introduce computer protocols for sharing data between computers and over the internet, for artistic purpos...

in Future Sketches · Opera of the Future
Aaron Montoya Moraga · Zach Lieberman
#art
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Glass II

Optically transparent and structurally sound, glass has played a significant role in the evolution of product and architectural design ac...

in Mediated Matter
Chikara Inamura · Giorgia Franchin +7 more
#design #architecture #art +6 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Glass I

Ancient yet modern, enclosing yet invisible, glass was first created in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt 4,500 years ago. Precise recipes f...

in Mediated Matter
John Klein · Markus Kayser +4 more
#design #art #biology +2 more
Archived
Archived
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Wanderers

The Wanderers were unveiled as part of the exhibition: ‘The Sixth Element: Exploring the Natural Beauty of 3D Printing' on display ...

in Mediated Matter
Christoph Bader · Dominik Kolb +1 more
#design #architecture #art +3 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Gemini

Gemini—an acoustical “twin chaise"—spans multiple scales of the human existence extending from the warmth of the womb to the stretches ...

in Mediated Matter
Neri Oxman
#design #architecture #art +3 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Vespers III

Vespers is a collection of masks exploring what it means to design (with) life. From the relic of the death mask to a contemporary living...

in Mediated Matter
Neri Oxman · Christoph Bader +4 more
#design #art #artificial intelligence +5 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Totems

Biodiversity on planet Earth is under momentous threat, with extinction rates estimated between 100 and 1,000 times their pre-human level...

in Mediated Matter
Sunanda Sharma · Christoph Bader +5 more
#design #architecture #art +6 more
Archived
Project Research

Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio (in development), is a series of vocal portraits of freedom around the world. Currently, it features over 100 samples of pe...

in Poetic Justice
Nina Lutz · Justin Blinder +1 more
#art #data #creativity +5 more
Project Research

A Counting

A Counting is a series of vocal and gestural portraits of the linguistic and ethnic diversity in US cities. Currently, it features counts...

in Poetic Justice
Ekene Ijeoma
#design #art #data +6 more
Project Research

Reconfigurable space structures

Rapid prototyping platforms such as 3D printers used for digital fabrication are today able to manufacture custom objects for specific ta...

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +13 more
Research
Tangible Media

Seamlessly coupling the worlds of bits and atoms by giving dynamic physical form to digital information and computation

#robotics #design #virtual reality +50 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Xiao Xiao, PhD: Creative Technologist, MIT

Alum and research affiliate Xiao Xiao talks to “I Am a Scientist” about her work, which merges science with art.

via I Am a Scientist · Feb. 25, 2022
in Tangible Media
#art #creativity #technology +1 more
Article Research

MoMA R&D Salon 37: Breath | MoMA LIVE

Ekene Ijeoma spoke at the Museum of Modern Art’s R&D Salon 37: Breath, alongside others. Watch the recording here.

via The Museum of Modern Art · Feb. 16, 2022
in Poetic Justice
#art
Article Research

A guide to cyberarts: From bots to glitch, an annotated glossary for an age of augmented reality

Check out this list of cyberart projects compiled by The Boston Globe, which includes work by alum Alexander Reben and Prof. Ekene Ijeoma.

via The Boston Globe · Jan. 27, 2022
in Responsive Environments · Poetic Justice
#robotics #art #artificial intelligence +4 more
Post Research

Tapis Magique nominated for SXSW Innovation Awards 2022 in two categories

Developed in collaboration with dancer Loni Landon, Tapis Magique is a pressure-sensitive, knitted electronic textile carpet.

Jan. 26, 2022
in Responsive Environments
#design #human-computer interaction #art +4 more
Research
Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +54 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Opera of the Future

Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +54 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Informer Episode 10: Zach Lieberman

Zach Lieberman talks to arts curator Roddy Schrock about creative coding, his career path, the work of his group at the Media Lab, and more.

via Informer Podcast · Jan. 10, 2022
in Future Sketches
#art #gaming #creativity +1 more
Research
Sculpting Evolution

Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering

#robotics #design #social networks +40 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #virtual reality +63 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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