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Fluid Interfaces

Designing Systems for Cognitive Support

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

AI-generated characters are here, they’re just not evenly distributed

The Fluid Interfaces group + NTT DATA hosted Virtual Beings + Being Virtual, a workshop exploring positive uses of AI-generated characters

via Forbes · April 15, 2022
in Fluid Interfaces
#virtual reality #artificial intelligence #member company +1 more
Research
Camera Culture

Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection

#computer vision #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +40 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Pandemic Response Catalyst Conversations

The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT Media Lab’s Community Biotechnology Initiative, and MilliporeSigma—the lif...

in Community Biotechnology
David S. Kong · Desiree Dudley
#health #member company #technology +3 more
Post Research

Recordings: Pandemic Response Catalyst Conversations

Part of a collaboration between the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, the Lab’s Community Biotechnology Initiative, and MilliporeSigma

Aug. 3, 2021
in Community Biotechnology
#member company #public health #covid19
Research
Community Biotechnology

Community Biotechnology

#design #human-computer interaction #art +22 more
Article Research

Comprehensive report on pandemic response solutions developed by 180 leading experts

Online platform harnesses collective intelligence to accelerate recovery from Covid-19 and prepare for future disease outbreaks.

via MIT News · March 30, 2021
in Community Biotechnology
#member company #public health #covid19
Article Research

FIGUR8 and Toppan Create Service for Upper-Body Misalignment Visualization

Spinoff Figur8 and member company Toppan Printing have developed a new service using musculoskeletal sensors to assess body misalignment.

via SPORTTECHIE · Feb. 25, 2021
in Media Lab Spinoffs
#health #wearable computing #sensors +2 more
Article Research

Innovative face masks and medical-grade gowns to combat Covid-19 and future pandemics

Three most promising PPE solutions selected by expert judges on MIT Pandemic Response CoLab.

via MIT News · Nov. 9, 2020
in Community Biotechnology
#health #member company #wellbeing +1 more
Project Research

Pandemic Response CoLab

Pandemic Response CoLab will help individuals and groups work together to solve practical problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic. By l...

in Community Biotechnology
Berenice Estrada · Desiree Dudley +1 more
#health #member company #wellbeing +1 more
Project Research

Pandemic Supermind Activation

The Pandemic Supermind Activation brings together leaders in the biosciences and beyond, harnessing the power of ...

in Community Biotechnology
Desiree Dudley · David S. Kong
#member company #public health #covid19
Article Research

A history of LEGO Education, Part 3: Mindstorms over matter

The Brothers Brick looks back at the history of LEGO Education's collaboration with the Media Lab to launch LEGO Mindstorms in 1998.

via The Brothers Brick · Feb. 3, 2020
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#robotics #learning #member company
Article Research

E14 Fund helps Media Lab community deploy startups

“First and foremost we’re a community-builder,” says Habib Haddad, a managing partner of the venture fund.

via MIT News · July 25, 2019
in Director's Office · Media Lab Spinoffs
#member company #community #alumni +1 more
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Project Research

Zensei: Embedded, Multi-Electrode Bioimpedance Sensing for Implicit, Ubiquitous User Recognition

We introduce Zensei, an implicit sensing system that leverages bio-sensing, signal processing, and machine learning to classify uninstrum...

in Camera Culture
Munehiko Sato · Rohan Puri +2 more
#human-machine interaction #interfaces #member company +1 more
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Publication Research

Zensei: Embedded, Multi-electrode Bioimpedance Sensing for Implicit, Ubiquitous User Recognition

Munehiko Sato, Rohan S. Puri, Alex Olwal, Yosuke Ushigome, Lukas Franciszkiewicz, Deepak Chandra, Ivan Poupyrev, and Ramesh Raskar. 2017. Zensei: Embedded, Multi-electrode Bioimpedance Sensing for Implicit, Ubiquitous User Recognition. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3972-3985.

Academic Paper, May 2017
in Camera Culture
#human-machine interaction #interfaces #member company +1 more

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