Work for a Member company and need a Member Portal account? Register here with your company email address.
artificial intelligence
art
health
design
human-machine interaction
robotics
technology
learning + teaching
human-computer interaction
architecture
consumer electronics
music
wearable computing
kids
bioengineering
data
sensors
environment
machine learning
politics
space
networks
cognition
wellbeing
social science
entertainment
economy
computer science
creativity
history
storytelling
alumni
interfaces
covid19
ethics
engineering
civic technology
developing countries
prosthetics
community
privacy
communications
biology
computer vision
virtual reality
augmented reality
social robotics
imaging
neurobiology
social media
urban planning
public health
industry
biotechnology
climate change
synthetic biology
social networks
energy
food
medicine
affective computing
transportation
biomechanics
data visualization
fabrication
government
behavioral science
social change
materials
cognitive science
women
ocean
sustainability
data science
startup
zero gravity
agriculture
manufacturing
blockchain
gaming
healthcare
human augmentation
genetics
diversity
banking and finance
prosthetic design
ecology
electrical engineering
racial justice
neural interfacing and control
3d printing
cryptocurrency
mental health
fashion
civic action
sleep
bionics
security
microfabrication
member company
natural language processing
construction
language learning
performance
autonomous vehicles
open source
social justice
systems
visualization
interactive
mechanical engineering
microbiology
marginalized communities
perception
nanoscience
internet of things
cities
water
textiles
collective intelligence
womens health
chemistry
code
mapping
clinical science
physiology
physics
nonverbal behavior
voice
algorithms
assistive technology
culture
biomedical imaging
law
sports and fitness
rfid
wireless
long-term interaction
hacking
trust
gender studies
orthotic design
networking
cells
pharmaceuticals
digital currency
mechatronics
soft-tissue biomechanics
open access
autism research
business
science
exhibit
news
real estate
internet
decision-making
misinformation
journalism
asl
Using Dormio, a project from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces research group, poet Will Dowd set out to pioneer a new reading experience.
A new study suggests that experiencing aesthetic chills, or goosebumps, during stimuli like music and films can lead to increased emotions.
Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks
Situated VR: Towards a Congruent Hybrid RealityThe vision of Extended Reality (XR) systems is living in a hybrid reality or "Metaverse" wh…
Transforming data into knowledge
MIT uses affective computing in efforts to improve human mental health.
ML Learning
Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies
Seli is an assistant professor at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and also an artist. He uses Dormio to tap into hypnagogia.
SPRING is a custom-built hardware and software platform for children with neuro-differences. The system automates data acquisition, optimiz…
Perchance to dream engineer: on new research into our sleeping minds
In the April issue, Michael W. Clune writes about the profound insights offered by the Dormio: "Can technology shape our dreams?"
Advertisers are beginning to explore ways to market products to people while they sleep. A group of scientists talked to NPR about the risks
"We can see the waves forming a tsunami that will come, but most people are just sleeping on a beach unaware"
OverviewWe have created a new customizable, multi-user research-through-play platform designed to facilitate social skill development for c…
This is the actual stuff of nightmares.
Sleep and dream researchers are urging for an advance tightening of advertising law to nip all this in the bud before it starts in earnest.
After Coors sought to steer unconscious minds to thoughts of beer, scientists have called for curbs on ‘targeted dream incubation.’
Interpreting human electroencephalogram (EEG) is a challenging task and requires years of medical training. We present a framework for lear…
Researchers in the Fluid Interfaces group and elsewhere are hoping to learn more about how and why dreams are generated, and their effects.
Skip Norm is a new and flexible building block for Deep Learning that serves as a skip connection and normalization block simultaneously. I…
Revealing insights into the human condition and repairing brain disorders via novel tools for mapping and fixing brain computations
Complex biological systems such as brain circuits are extended 3-D structures made out of nanoscale building blocks such as proteins, RNAs,…
How radical new collaborations will catalyze a revolution in health.
When we form memories, not everything that we perceive is noticed; not everything that we notice is remembered. Humans are excellent at f…
Creating long-term interpersonal interaction and shared experiences with social robots Many of our current projects explore the use of…
CE 2.0
Advancing Wellbeing
How to build intelligent music systems out of interacting audio-processing agents.
Digital Synesthesia looks to evolve the idea of human-computer interfacing and give way for human-world interacting. It aims to find a way …
A conversation between Ed Boyden and Tyler Cowen on optogenetics and expansion microscopy to storytelling and the nature of consciousness.
Cognimates is a platform where parents and children (7-10 years old) participate in creative programming activities in which they lea…
Luminaries in computing and cognition discuss their journeys and share their insights.
When the body senses itself internally and localizes its actions, it provides the basis for a material sense of self-existence. At th…
People express and communicate their mental states–such as emotions, thoughts, and desires–through facial expressions, vocal nuances, gestu…
For the interested reader:If you'd like to learn more about the topics covered in my post, Making new (robot) friends: Understanding …
How to distill meaning from complex everyday experiences.
Understanding children's relationships with social robots
Why was Einstein’s brain so good at some things and not others? Why is yours?
Light enables our visual perception. It is the most common medium for displaying digital information. Light regulates our circadian rhythms…
How we can understand human behavior (rationality, semi-rationality, bounded rationality, and just plain irrationality) in day-to-day behaviors, and in particular in electronic environments.
How to redefine and expand the conceptual framework and language of learning by creating new technologies and spheres of practice.
How to bring the programmability of the digital world to the physical world.
How to detect the activity of biological molecules with micro- and nanofabricated devices.