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Project Research

Theme | CityScope

City Science researchers are developing a slew of tangible and digital platforms dedicated to solving spatial design and urban planning cha…

in City Science · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Markus Elkatsha · Kent Larson +7 more
#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +20 more
Project Research

Theme | Mobility On-Demand

Urban populations around the world are rapidly growing. To improve livability, urban residents must reduce dependency on fossil fuels and p…

in City Science · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Abhishek Agarwal · Kent Larson +8 more
#robotics #design #artificial intelligence +11 more
Project Research

RealTalk for Change Boston

A revolutionary new piece of civic infrastructure for more inclusive public input.Real Talk for Change is a collaboration between MIT’s Cen…

in Social Machines · MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Sinclair Target · Wonjune Kang +14 more
#artificial intelligence #civic media #civic technology +5 more
Project Research

Understanding the 15 Minute City

City Science researchers are engaging in an exploratory process to understand, develop, and model a platform with a focus on the 15-minute …

in City Science · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Space Exploration Initiative
Diego Antonelli · Pietro Dicosta +7 more
#design #human-computer interaction #civic technology +1 more
Project Research

OpenCBDC

ResearchTechnical Paper | Executive Summary | GitHubAboutIntroductionOpenCBDC is an open source project to engage in co…

in Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Thaddeus Dryja · Alexander Jung +4 more
#banking and finance #civic technology #economy +2 more
Project Research

The Shipt Calculator: Crowdsourcing Gig Worker Pay Data to Audit Algorithmic Management

The increasing prevalence of large-scale labor aggregation platforms, worker analytics, and algorithmic decision-making by management raise…

in Human Dynamics · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Dan Calacci
#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +6 more
Project Research

Dreaming through Code

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

in Future Sketches · Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Cecilé Sadler · Chelsi Cocking
#civic technology #learning + teaching #computer science +2 more
Project Research

Community Dialogue Data Trust (CODIDT)

The Community Dialogue Data Trust (CODIDT) is an interactive digital platform designed to empower participants in facilitated dialogues wit…

in MIT Center for Constructive Communication · Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society
Leonard Vibbi
#design #civic technology #data
Project Research

Conformable Ultrasound Breast Patch (cUSBr-Patch) for Deep Tissue Scanning and Imaging

Ultrasound is widely used for tissue imaging such as breast cancer diagnosis; however, fundamental challenges limit…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Wenya Du · Lin Zhang +3 more
#bioengineering #civic technology #health +7 more
Project Research

City Science Lab @ Hamburg

MIT City Science is working with HafenCity University to develop CityScope for the neighborhood of Rothenburgsort in Hamburg, Germany. The …

in City Science
Kent Larson · Margaret Church +3 more
#computer vision #augmented reality #civic technology +3 more
Project Research

Regional Technology Co-Creation and Transfer Ecosystems in Latin America

🚨Application to the 2022 Co-Design Experience here bit.ly/codesign2022 🚨Historically, technology transfer has been associate…

in Space Enabled
Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar · Danielle Wood
#design #civic technology #technology +1 more
Project Research

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 im…

in City Science
Carson Smuts · Gabriela Bila Advincula +8 more
#design #architecture #art +3 more
Project Research

Persuasive Electric Vehicle (PEV)

An Alternative Autonomous Revolution System design for emerging urban contexts and societal aspirationsThe Persuasive Electric Vehicle…

in City Science
Abhishek Agarwal · Yi-Cheng Jiang +6 more
#design #architecture #civic technology +7 more
Project Research

Income, Race, Bikes

Is the placement of bike-share docks equitable?This interactive map explores the question visually.The map shows the addition of bike-share…

in City Science
Kent Larson · Alex Berke
#design #civic technology #cartography +2 more
Project Research

Private Location Data for the Public Good and Urban Understanding

There is a continuous and ubiquitous collection of precise, timestamped, geolocation data from apps and devices, being amassed by private f…

in City Science
Alex Berke · Esteban Moro Egido +2 more
#civic technology #privacy #security +2 more
Project Research

The Power of Without

The Power of WITHOUT is a research theme in the City Science group. The theme proposes that heavy infrastructure solutions are not financia…

in City Science
Leticia Izquierdo Garcia · Kent Larson +5 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +18 more
Project Research

Participatory Sensemaking

How might we collect rich and complex data from community dialogues, analyze and make sense of that data? How might we design outputs …

in Social Machines · MIT Center for Constructive Communication
Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou · Maggie Hughes
#design #civic technology #communications
Project Research

The Atlas of Inequality

Segregation is hurting our societies and especially our cities. But economic inequality isn't just limited to neighborhoods. The restaurant…

in Human Dynamics
Esteban Moro Egido · Alex 'Sandy' Pentland +2 more
#design #human-computer interaction #civic technology +9 more
Project Research

Curriculum: Power + AI

Check out the project site here. The pursuit of justice in AI requires more than just tweaking the numbers. It requires us to “study up”—t…

Chelsea Barabas
#artificial intelligence #civic technology
Project Research

Resilience Across Scales

Resilience Across Scales is a research theme that encompasses the work of a few Media Lab Principal Investigators and their research groups…

in City Science
Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar · Cristina Panzarini +3 more
#design #architecture #civic technology +1 more
Project Research

[bike] swarm

As bikes navigate city streets after dark, they are often equipped with lights. The lights make the bikes visible to cars or other bikers, …

in City Science
Alex Berke · Kent Larson +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #architecture +16 more
Project Research

Gigbox: a research and development toolkit centering workers in the gig economy

Delivery workers, ridehail drivers, and other gig workers are increasingly controlled through algorithmic decision-making, fueled by data a…

in Human Dynamics
Dan Calacci
#design #human-computer interaction #civic technology +3 more
Project Research

Corporate surveillance of the commons + Amazon Ring

As of August 2020, Ring has active partnerships with over 1400 law enforcement agencies across the US. These partnerships allow law enforce…

in Human Dynamics
Dan Calacci
#design #human-computer interaction #civic technology +7 more
Project Research

Algorithmic Justice League

www.ajl.orgAn unseen force is rising—helping to determine who is hired, granted a loan, or even how long someone spends in prison. This for…

Ethan Zuckerman · Joy Buolamwini
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #civic media +11 more
Project Research

ChampScope

Virtual CityScope Champs-Élysées is an interactive and immersive platform that explores the future of Paris’ most important street.

in City Science
Ariel Noyman · Arnaud Grignard +3 more
#architecture #civic technology #transportation +1 more
Project Research

RelatiVotey

Many people think their vote doesn't count—that a single vote would not change an election's outcome—and they stay home on Election Day. Ho…

in Viral Communications
Andrew Lippman
#civic media #civic technology #data visualization
Project Research

CityScope PlayGround: MIT East Campus

This project depicts the design, deployment and operation of a Tangible Regulation Platform, a physical-technological apparatus made for th…

in City Science
Kent Larson · Ariel Noyman +1 more
#computer vision #architecture #augmented reality +5 more
Project Research

CityMatrix

An Urban Decision-Support System Augmented by Artificial IntelligenceThe decision-making process in urban design and urban planning is outd…

in City Science
Yan Zhang · Kent Larson +2 more
#architecture #artificial intelligence #civic technology +8 more

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