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Project Research

3DKnITS: Three-dimensional Knitted Intelligent Textile Sensor

Three-dimensional Digital Knitting of Intelligent Textile Sensor for Activity Recognition and Biomechanical MonitoringWe present an ...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Joseph A. Paradiso
#design #human-computer interaction #entertainment +9 more
Project Research

Dreaming through Code

Dreaming through Code Designing creative learning workshops for local organizations committed to introducing technology to kids in a...

in Future Sketches · Lifelong Kindergarten
Cecilé Sadler · Chelsi Cocking
#civic technology #learning #computer science +2 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

FuseBot: RF-Visual Mechanical Search

FuseBot is a robotic system that can efficiently find and retrieve both RFID tagged and untagged target objects in line-of-sight, non-lin...

Tara Boroushaki · Laura Dodds +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #sensors +1 more
Project Research

Namaph

The City Science group uses simulations and visualizations to explain to stakeholders, including citizens, the various "what if" scenario...

in City Science
Yasushi Sakai · Kosuke Katano +1 more
Project Research

Theme | Reasoning & Decision Making

One of the functions we are interested in supporting people with is decision making. We develop systems for supporting behavior change an...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes
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
Project Research

Stochastic Self-Assembly via Magnetically Programmed Materials

By Martin NisserThe ability to deploy large space structures is key to enabling long-duration and long-distance space missions, supportin...

in Space Exploration Initiative
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Microsoft Azure Kinect for a Lunar Environment

The Microsoft Azure Kinect is a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) time-of-flight (ToF) depth camera which can provide high resolution near-...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sean Auffinger
Project Research

A Conversation with the Sun

​A Conversation with the Sun is an artistic exploration by acclaimed Thai auteur and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul in collaborati...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pat Pataranutaporn
#artificial intelligence
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
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
Project Research

Design Justice Auditing

​We take as a starting point for our work the recent scholarship by Sasha Costanza-Chock, Design Justice, in which she defines justice as...

in Personal Robots
Raechel Walker · Anastasia Ostrowski +1 more
#design #social science #social change +1 more
Project Research

Essence

The sense of smell is perhaps the most pervasive of all senses, but it is also one of the least understood and least exploited in HCI. We...

in Advancing Wellbeing · Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #fashion #perception +3 more
Project Research

Circuit Robots: Mass manufacturing of self-actuating robots

Integrating sensors and actuators using flexible electronicsCurrently, the manufacturing of self-actuating and self-sensing robots requir...

in Responsive Environments · Tangible Media
Artem Dementyev · Joseph A. Paradiso +2 more
#robotics
Project Research

Circuit Storybook

An interactive picture book that explores storytelling techniques through paper-based circuitry. Sensors, lights, and microcontrollers em...

in Responsive Environments
Kevin Slavin · Joseph A. Paradiso +1 more
Project Research

Incentivizing cooperation using social pressure

Cooperation in a large society of self-interested individuals is notoriously difficult to achieve when the externality of one individual'...

in Connection Science · Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Dhaval Adjodah +1 more
Project Research

Leveraging leadership expertise more effectively in organizations

We believe that the narrative of only listening to experts or trusting the wisdom of the crowd blindly is flawed. Instead we have develop...

in Connection Science · Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Dhaval Adjodah
Project Research

Mobile Territorial Lab

The Mobile Territorial Lab (MTL) aims at creating a "living" laboratory integrated in the real life of the Trento territory in Italy, ope...

in Connection Science · Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · David Shrier
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Open Badges

We present Open Badges, an open-source framework and toolkit for measuring and shaping face-to-face social interactions using either cust...

in Connection Science · Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Akshay Mohan +1 more
Project Research

Photographic Inverse Kinematics

( Or, How to Pretend You Can Dance)

in Future Sketches
Lingdong Huang
Project Research

Srcsnap — Screenshot-Driven Version Tracking

 Do you work with graphics? Do you often find that an earlier version of your sketch looked more appealing? But then there's no way ...

in Future Sketches
Lingdong Huang
Project Research

A Polynomial Surface Resembling the Future Sketches Logo

(Or, How to Find an Equation for Every Picture)

in Future Sketches
Lingdong Huang
Project Research

Semi-Realistic Rotary Experiences

 Semi-Realistic Rotary Experiences is a set of six simulations of real life scenarios involving the gesture of rotating th...

Lingdong Huang
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MAS.552 Modeling Zero-Carbon Cities - Students projects - Fall 2021

Climate change presents an existential threat to human civilization, and the IPCC report of August 2021 sounds like “a death knell for co...

in City Science
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Designing healing-centered technology to support foster youth

In this project, we are exploring ways to design technology that promotes healing and care for young people who have experienced foster c...

in Affective Computing
Ila Kumar · Craig Ferguson +1 more
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Spinner

By Michael Luu

in Space Exploration Initiative
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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
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Autonomous micro-mobility simulation study

What will be the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems? Will autonomy make the micro-mobility systems even more attractive?&...

in City Science
Inigo Martinez Lopez · Naroa Coretti Sánchez +1 more
#robotics #data #energy +5 more
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Testing Virtual Reality Use for Spaceflight

The objective of this project is to experimentally asses the impact of gravity reference frame on the experience of Virtual Reality (VR)...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Project Research

Capturing the Moon

By Cody Paige & M. Regina A. Moreno

in Space Exploration Initiative
Maria Regina Apodaca Moreno
Project Research

Space Grip Shoe

Project Overview The Space Grip Shoe (SGS) is an iconic concept presented across the history of space fiction, from 2001: A Space Od...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Don Derek Haddad
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Navajo Star Traveler

By Alvin Donel Harvey 

in Space Exploration Initiative
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The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit

By Rachel Bellisle

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
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Physical Instinct In Microgravity

By Michelle LinIn microgravity, the proprioceptive system undergoes adaptations due to the lack of constant gravitational cues [1]. Photo...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Shu-Yu Lin
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Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology Framework

One of the six research methods used by the Space Enabled research group is creating models of complex systems by drawing on techniques f...

in Space Enabled
Jack Reid
#social science #engineering
Project Research

MAS.552 Modeling low-carbon entrepreneurial cities - Students projects - Spring 2022

Climate change presents an existential threat to human civilization, and the IPCC report of August 2021 sounds “a death knell for coal an...

in City Science
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
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MicroPET : Investigation of Biodegradation of PET Plastics in Spaceflight

MicroPET aims to identify how microorganisms can efficiently degrade plastic waste and produce higher-value plastic materials, a process ...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Xin Liu · Pat Pataranutaporn +4 more
#bioengineering #space
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TerMITes

MIT Environmental SensorsTerMITes are a wireless environmental sensor platform that enables designers and researchers with the necessary ...

in City Science
Kent Larson · Carson Smuts +2 more
#artificial intelligence #sensors
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Microgravity Research Flights with the Space Exploration Intiative

The Space Exploration Initiative charters an annual ZERO-G parabolic flight for 14-15 projects and 25 researchers across MIT Media Lab, s...

in Space Exploration Initiative
#space #zero gravity
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Computing for a Purpose

Facilitating opportunities for non-dominant youth to learn how to use technology as a tool to engage civically and create positive change...

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Jaleesa Trapp · Cecilé Sadler
#learning #computer science
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Fashion in Space | Interactive Clothing: The Future of Fashion in Sci-Fi Context

By Xinyi Yang

in Space Exploration Initiative
Project Research

Bouncy Castles in Space: Dodging Blast Ejecta Using Rapid Pressurisation

By Aleksy Dojnow

in Space Exploration Initiative
Project Research

Reinventing the Spindle—A First Experiment in Gravitational Craft

By Ebru Kurbak

in Space Exploration Initiative
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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

Personalized Performance-Optimization Platform (AttentivU - P-POP)

​The environmental conditions of prolonged spaceflight pose significant psychological risks for astronauts. In particular, crews of futur...

in Fluid Interfaces · Space Exploration Initiative
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#environment #health #sensors +6 more
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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
Project Research

OctoPlay

The Lifelong Kindergarten group is designing OctoPlay, a new mobile phone app that enables children around the world to create with code....

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Natalie Rusk · Kreg Hanning +8 more
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Robot Companion for Better Wellbeing

Globally, depression affects more than 264 million people of all ages, and is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Several interactiv...

in Personal Robots
Sooyeon Jeong · Sharifa Alghowinem +2 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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KALM: BCI Systems for Managing Anxiety and Stress

The KALM project consists of a multimodal dataset and a wearable system for managing anxiety.  With this set of tools we aim to make...

in Fluid Interfaces
Angela Vujic · Pattie Maes +1 more
#human-computer interaction #cognition
Project Research

Cardiac Arrest: Evaluating the Role of Biosignals in Gameplay Strategies and Players' Physiological Synchrony in Social Deception

Social deduction or deception games are games in which a player or team of players actively deceives other players who are trying to disc...

in Tangible Media · Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · Neska Elhaouij +1 more
Project Research

(Dis)Appearables

by Ken Nakagaki, Jordan L Tappa, Yi Zheng*, Joanne Leong, Jack Forman, Sven Koenig*, and Hiroshi Ishii*Collaborators at the Uni...

in Tangible Media
Ken Nakagaki · Joanne Leong +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction
Project Research

Acuation: Real-Time Acupoint Stimulation To Mediate The Urge To Smoke

Acu.ation is an intervention that aims to mediate the urge to smoke by pairing a wearable device that delivers transcutaneous electric ac...

in Affective Computing
Ila Kumar
Project Research

Zero Gravity Cuisine

in Space Exploration Initiative
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Yale-MIT Collaboration: UltraSpace

Space architecture projects for the Mechanical Artifact: Ultra Space course in partnership with the Center for Collaborative Arts and Med...

in Space Exploration Initiative
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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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Chameleon

Chameleon is a wall mounted sensor system that uses machine learning to classify building activity.We present the system as an alternativ...

in City Science
Andres Rico · Carson Smuts +1 more
#artificial intelligence #sensors
Project Research

Brain Switch

The Brain Switch is a real-time, closed-loop brain-computer system allowing for real-time correspondence of simple user needs to a careta...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Nataliya Kos'myna
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

Patchbots: Milli-fluidic Soft Robots Towards On-body Locomoting Swarm UIs

Patchbots are sheet-form robots that are programmable on-the-fly by direct manipulation through bodily movements. The integrate...

in Tangible Media
Ozgun Kilic Afsar · Hila Mor +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +2 more
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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
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Space Sustainability Rating

The Space Sustainability RatingThe Space Sustainability Rating design team—comprised of the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agen...

in Space Enabled
Danielle Wood · Minoo Rathnasabapathy
#environment #health #politics +7 more
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Research Area | Application, Interpretability and Clinical Translation of Deep Learning Algorithms for Medical Images

Research studies led by Dr. Shah in his laboratory have created new paradigms for using low-cost images captured using simple optica...

in Health 0.0
Pratik Shah
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #health +8 more
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