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Project Us

“Us” aims to help people develop their sense of empathy. It uses machine learning to analyze interlocutors’ signals (e.g., choice of words,…

in Fluid Interfaces
Camilo Rojas · Shreya Kulkarni +2 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #banking and finance +6 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
Dan Calacci
#social networks #data #economy +2 more
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 enscon…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw
#robotics #design #agriculture +12 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
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
#civic technology #economy #urban planning +5 more
Project Research

The EBIFA robot (Everything Beautiful Is Far Away)

EBIFA (Everything Beautiful Is Far Away) is a crystalline robotic device that carried a tooth to outer space. EBIFA's form and fu…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Gershon Dublon · Xin Liu
#robotics #architecture #art +6 more
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
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

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
#networks #privacy #security +2 more
Project Research

Floral Cosmonauts: Self-assembling silver dendrite networks in microgravity

Biological neuronal networks are highly complex and interconnected with superior information processing capabilities. Such networks have pr…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Harpreet Sareen
#design #manufacturing #space +3 more
Project Research

Telepresent Drawings in Space

This project asks, how can we transmit experiences across space and time? The launching point of the project is to create a drawing that co…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Anne Liu
#agriculture #architecture #art +4 more
Project Research

Orbit Weaver

Gravity anchors all existence on Earth.It pulls a chaotic world to one single point in every moment of life. Even though gravity is everywh…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Xin Liu
#design #agriculture #architecture +8 more

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