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Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +55 more
Research
Fluid Interfaces

Designing systems for cognitive enhancement

#robotics #design #virtual reality +59 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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AlterEgo

AlterEgo is a  non-invasive, wearable, peripheral neural interface that allows humans to converse in natural language with mach...

in Fluid Interfaces
Arnav Kapur · Eric Wadkins +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +8 more
Research
Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +51 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Affective Computing

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

#robotics #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +39 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis

The human ankle provides a significant amount of net positive work during the stance period of walking, especially at moderate to fast wa...

in Biomechatronics · Center for Extreme Bionics
Hugh Herr · Matthew Carney
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +12 more
Project Research

Flexible dry electrodes for EMG acquisition within prosthetic sockets

Acquisition of surface electromyography (sEMG) from a person with an amputated lower extremity (LE) during prosthesis-assisted walking re...

in Biomechatronics
Seong Ho Yeon · Tsung-Han Hsieh +5 more
#robotics #human-machine interaction #wearable computing +5 more
Project Research

Essence Wearables: Biometric Olfactory Interfaces for Day and Night

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, audito...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +18 more
Project Research

Living Bits

Living Bits : Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Living Microorganisms in Human-Computer InteractionThere are trillions of livi...

in Fluid Interfaces
David S. Kong · Pat Pataranutaporn +2 more
#design #human-computer interaction #bioengineering +6 more
Project Research

Chill.out

Temperature influences our perception and cognition both consciously and subconsciously. These effects are rooted in our bodily experienc...

in Fluid Interfaces
Tomas Vega Galvez · Pattie Maes
#human augmentation
Project Research

Byte.it

Discreet Teeth Gestures for Mobile Device InteractionByte.it is a miniaturized, discreet interface that uses teeth gestures for hands-fre...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Tomas Vega Galvez
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +2 more
Project Research

Wearable Wisdom

Wearable Wisdom: An Intelligent Audio-Based System for Mediating Wisdom and AdviceHaving good mentors and role models is important for pe...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pat Pataranutaporn · Tomas Vega Galvez +1 more
#human-computer interaction #extended intelligence #wearable computing +4 more
Project Research

Personalized Machine Learning for Future Health

​The view on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) diagnosis has shifted towards a more dynamic process in which clinical and pathological markers evo...

in Affective Computing
Ognjen (Oggi) Rudovic · Rosalind W. Picard
#human-machine interaction #pharmaceuticals #machine learning +2 more
Post Research

Zero Gravity Flight 2019

This mission included participation from several departments at MIT and outside collaborators from across the globe.

Aug. 13, 2019
in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +6 more
Project Research

Personalized Machine Learning for Autism Therapy

EngageME: Personalized machine learning and humanoid robots for measuring affect and engagement of children with autismEngageME is a proj...

in Affective Computing
Ognjen (Oggi) Rudovic · Rosalind W. Picard
#robotics #human-computer interaction #health +9 more
Publication Research

Personalized Machine Learning for Robot Perception of Affect and Engagement in Autism Therapy

Rudovic, O., Lee, J., Dai, M., Schuller, B. , Picard, R. W., " Personalized machine learning for robot perception of affect and engagement in autism therapy," Science Robotics, June 2018.

Academic Paper, June 2018
in Affective Computing
#human-machine interaction #social science #machine learning +4 more
Project Research

Mnemo

Mnemo is an integrated system to support human biographical memory. Mnemo is directed to serve people with impaired memory (e.g. Alz...

in Fluid Interfaces
Neo (Mostafa) Mohsenvand
#human-machine interaction #human augmentation
Article Research

This man’s quest to understand memory starts with obsessive bodycam recording and brain-wave tracking

By-products include striking short films that speed up and slow down along in response to body signals.

via MIT Technology Review · July 17, 2018
in Fluid Interfaces
#human-machine interaction #human augmentation
Publication Research

Morphology Extension Kit: A Modular Robotic Platform for Physically Reconfigurable Wearables.

Sang-won Leigh, et al. "Morphology Extension Kit: A Modular Robotic Platform for Physically Reconfigurable Wearables." TEI 18, pp 11-18, March 3, 2018.

Academic Paper, March 2018
in Fluid Interfaces
#human-machine interaction #wearable computing #human augmentation

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