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Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #social networks #computer vision +51 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek

Inventing disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and creating new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis

#robotics #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +22 more
Accepting Applicants
Archived
Project Research

Paper Dreams

Paper Dreams explores how human creativity can be supported by artificial intelligence.Prior research on AI and creativity has primarily fo…

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal
#design #art #artificial intelligence +8 more
Archived
Post Research

MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2023 Brings Dreams to Life

Ruihan Zhang, a student in the Molecular Machines group, was lead organizer of this event in collaboration with MIT Film Makers Association

Feb. 15, 2023
in Tangible Media · Molecular Machines · Fluid Interfaces
#art #artificial intelligence #entertainment +5 more
Project Research

AttentivU

There are currently  UROP openings for this project. AttentivU is  a  device, in the  form factor of a pair of gla…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #augmented reality #health +8 more
Research
Opera of the Future

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

#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +59 more
Accepting Applicants
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 +59 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Molecular Machines

Engineering at the limits of complexity with molecular-scale parts

#robotics #art #artificial intelligence +30 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Personal Robots

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

#robotics #design #virtual reality +66 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Nanoscale mapping of bio-molecular building blocks of brain

For more details and recent updates visit:  https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/For understanding the brain structure, it is neces…

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
Deblina Sarkar
#synthetic biology #biology #cognitive science +1 more
Article Research

New Study Highlights Opportunities for Artificial Emotional Intelligence

MIT uses affective computing in efforts to improve human mental health.

via Psychology Today · Aug. 24, 2022
in Affective Computing
#artificial intelligence #cognition #health +3 more
Article Research

Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues

Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.

via MIT News · Aug. 29, 2022
in Synthetic Neurobiology · Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
#synthetic biology #biology #cognitive science +1 more
Research
Social Machines

Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks

#design #social networks #computer vision +50 more
Accepting Applicants
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Research
Object-Based Media

Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies

#robotics #design #virtual reality +52 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

MIT Integrated Learning Initiative project focuses on focus

AttentivU smart glasses designed to help wearers tune into a task and tune out the world.

via MIT Spectrum · May 31, 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#neurobiology #wearable computing #sensors +2 more
Article Research

The Science Behind Creativity

Seli is an assistant professor at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and also an artist. He uses Dormio to tap into hypnagogia.

via American Psychological Association · April 1, 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #creativity #cognitive science
Article Research

Podcast: Night Shifts

Perchance to dream engineer: on new research into our sleeping minds

via Harper's Magazine · March 15, 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #creativity #cognitive science
Article Research

Night Shifts

In the April issue, Michael W. Clune writes about the profound insights offered by the Dormio: "Can technology shape our dreams?"

via Harper's Magazine · March 16, 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #creativity #cognitive science
Article Research

The consequences of hacking our dreams

Advertisers are beginning to explore ways to market products to people while they sleep. A group of scientists talked to NPR about the risks

via NPR's All Things Considered · Nov. 27, 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #ethics #creativity +2 more
Project Research

Dormio: Interfacing with Dreams

InspirationSleep is a forgotten country of the mind. A vast majority of our technologies are built for our waking state, even though a thir…

in Civic Media · Fluid Interfaces · Personal Robots
Eyal Perry · Adam Haar Horowitz +5 more
#human-computer interaction #art #artificial intelligence +16 more
Article Research

Inside your dreamscape

Dream-hacking techniques can help us create, heal and have fun. They could also become tools of commercial manipulation.

via Aeon · Nov. 23, 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #ethics #creativity +3 more
Article Research

Are advertisers coming for your dreams?

"We can see the waves forming a tsunami that will come, but most people are just sleeping on a beach unaware"

via Science Magazine · June 11, 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #learning #creativity +2 more
Project Research

Thinking Cap

Find out more about the new version of the system, "The Thinking Cap 2.0" here.Peoples' mindsets, meaning their beliefs about their own int…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#kids #learning #wearable computing +3 more
Article Research

For multimedia artist Nicole L'Huillier, sound is a portal for change

Opera of the Future PhD candidate Nicole L'Huillier discusses her multimedia artwork with WBUR.

via WBUR · Sept. 20, 2021
in Opera of the Future
#art #music #technology +1 more
Article Research

Advertisers are hijacking your dreams, scientists say

This is the actual stuff of nightmares.

via Popular Mechanics · July 8, 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #learning #creativity +2 more
Article Research

Companies are ready to experiment with advertising in your dreams, and experts are sounding the alarm

Sleep and dream researchers are urging for an advance tightening of advertising law to nip all this in the bud before it starts in earnest.

via Relevant · July 6, 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #learning #creativity +2 more
Article Research

Neuroscientists warn advertisers are trying to 'weaponize sleep' by plugging into your dreams

“The potential for misuse of these technologies is as ominous as it is obvious.”

via The Hill · July 6, 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #learning #creativity +2 more
Article Research

Nightmare scenario: Alarm as advertisers seek to plug into our dreams

After Coors sought to steer unconscious minds to thoughts of beer, scientists have called for curbs on ‘targeted dream incubation.’

via The Guardian · July 5, 2021
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #learning #creativity +2 more
Project Research

The Thinking Cap 2.0: Fostering growth mindset of children by means of electroencephalography and perceived magic

In this work we suggest to harness the power of knowledge-seeking positive experiences, engagement, and curiosity that objects perceived as…

in Fluid Interfaces
Nataliya Kos'myna
#cognitive science
Project Research

Targeted Dream Incubation

What Is TDI?Targeted Dream Incubation is a method for guiding dreams towards specific themes. It is a proposal both magnetic and unlik…

in Fluid Interfaces
Ishaan Grover · Tomas Vega Galvez +5 more
#cognition #learning #wearable computing +5 more
Article Research

Scientists engineer dreams to understand the sleeping brain

Researchers in the Fluid Interfaces group and elsewhere are hoping to learn more about how and why dreams are generated, and their effects.

via The Scientist · Dec. 1, 2020
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognition #learning #creativity +1 more
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.

via Mic · Oct. 1, 2020
in Fluid Interfaces
#wearable computing #creativity #technology +1 more
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.

via Business Insider · Oct. 1, 2020
in Fluid Interfaces
#wearable computing #creativity #technology +1 more
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.

via Live Science · Sept. 25, 2020
in Fluid Interfaces
#wearable computing #creativity #technology +1 more
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Research
Synthetic Neurobiology

Revealing insights into the human condition and repairing brain disorders via novel tools for mapping and fixing brain computations

#art #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +25 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Project Research

Tools for recording high-speed brain dynamics

The brain is a three-dimensional, densely-wired circuit that computes via large sets of widely distributed neurons interacting at fast time…

in Synthetic Neurobiology
Edward Boyden
#robotics #bioengineering #health +5 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Tools for mapping the molecular architecture and wiring of the brain

Complex biological systems such as brain circuits are extended 3-D structures made out of nanoscale building blocks such as proteins, RNAs,…

in Synthetic Neurobiology
Edward Boyden
#art #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +13 more
Archived
Article Research

A new way to control experimentation with dreams

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

via MIT News · July 21, 2020
in Fluid Interfaces
#wearable computing #creativity #technology +1 more
Article Research

A focused approach to imaging neural activity in the brain

New molecule for imaging calcium in neurons reduces crosstalk from neighboring neurons.

via MIT News · June 26, 2020
in Synthetic Neurobiology
#neurobiology #imaging #cognitive science +1 more
Publication Research

The Thinking Cap 2.0: Preliminary Study on Fostering Growth Mindset of Children by means of Electroencephalography and Perceived Magic

Nataliya Kosmyna, Alexandra Gross and Pattie Maes. “The Thinking Cap 2.0”: Preliminary Study on Fostering Growth Mindset of Children by means of Electroencephalography and Perceived Magic using Artifacts from Fictional Sci-Fi Universes. In Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 761–767.

Academic Paper, June 2020
in Fluid Interfaces
#cognitive science
Article Research

New method visualizes groups of neurons as they compute

Fluorescent probe could allow scientists to watch circuits within the brain and link their activity to specific behaviors.

via MIT News · Oct. 9, 2019
in Synthetic Neurobiology
#bioengineering #neurobiology #imaging +1 more
Article Research

Students push to speed up artificial intelligence adoption in Latin America

To help the region catch up, students organize summit to bring Latin policymakers and researchers to MIT.

via MIT News · Nov. 19, 2019
in Object-Based Media · Personal Robots · Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #politics #social science +5 more

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