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Can we sonfiy calming breathing and passively influence a state of calm?Deep breathing has been scientifically proven to affect the heart, …
The view on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) diagnosis has shifted towards a more dynamic process in which clinical and pathological markers evolv…
Storytelling is a fundamental way in which human beings understand the world. Imagine watching a movie telling the story of your life, how …
In collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, we are conducting a clinical trial exploring objective methods for assessing depressi…
We show that using thin slices (< 1 minute) of facial expression and body language data, we can train a deep neural network to predict w…
EngageME: Personalized machine learning and humanoid robots for measuring affect and engagement of children with autismEngageME is a projec…
We are conducting EEG studies to identify the musical features and musical interaction patterns that universally impact measures of arousal…
SPRING is a custom-built hardware and software platform for children with neuro-differences. The system automates data acquisition, optimiz…
Using OmniFiber technology, we fabricated a type of undergarment that singers can wear to monitor and play back the movement of respiratory…
New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.
Our traditional manufacturing, fabrication, and electronics have been centered around synthetic and completely artificial techniques. Comin…
Alum Harpreet Sareen writes about how humans might form a type of symbiosis with the plant kingdom in the future.
Alum Shriya Srinivasan, Dr. Matthew Carty, climber Jim Ewing, and others join STAT and Nova PBS for a conversation about the Augmented film.
"Augmented" is a Nova PBS documentary episode that premiers Wednesday, 2/23, featuring Biomechatronics group head Hugh Herr.
Augmented is a Nova PBS documentary produced by STAT News, which follows the development of a new amputation procedure and bionic prostheses
SynopsisThe class will cover a wide range of perspectives on deepfakes, from their historical ancestors through their philosophical underpi…
DropletIO proposes aqueous droplets as a programmable material for biology, art, and design. The DropletIO system can actuate and sense mac…
Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception,…
What is ELSA?ELSA is an AI-powered chatbot that acts as an empathetic companion, encouraging users to talk about their day through a form o…
Three-dimensional Digital Image Correlation (3D-DIC) is a non-contact optical-numerical technique for evaluating the dynamic mechanica…
Nerve-Muscle Graft Chamber and micro-channel arrays tor interface to peripheral nerves for prosthesis control. This research effort co…
Optogenetic techniques have recently been applied to peripheral nerves as a scientific tool with the translatable goal…
Although there have been great advances in the control of lower extremity prostheses, transitioning between terrains such as ramps or stair…
The human ankle provides a significant amount of net positive work during the stance period of walking, especially at moderate to fast walk…
Recent advances in artificial limbs have resulted in the provision of powered ankle and knee function for lower extremity amputees and powe…
Amputation, muscle weakness, and nerve damage can make it difficult to perform simple daily tasks. In this project, we are developing a mi…
System uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis.
TuringBox is a platform that makes it easier for social and behavioral scientists to study Artificial Intelligence algorithms. It…
Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence
A large portion of the chemical and biological processes underlying our everyday experience remains imperceptible to us. Be it the contents…
Dimensions of human movement that are absent from the eye, such as pressures, muscular tensions, and external features, are represent…
AlterEgo is a non-invasive, wearable, peripheral neural interface that allows humans to converse in natural language with machin…
Acquisition of surface electromyography (sEMG) from a person with an amputated lower extremity (LE) during prosthesis-assisted walking rema…
DIVE is a web-based data exploration system that lets non-technical users create stories from their data without writing code. DIVE co…
How radical new collaborations will catalyze a revolution in health.
Machines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly mediate our social, cultural, economic, and …
Should workers worry about automation and AI?Many workers, policy makers, and researchers are asking themselves exactly this question. But …
Since Alan Turing envisioned Artificial Intelligence (AI), a major driving force behind technical progress has been competition with human …
We propose a novel shape-changing interface that consists of a single line. Lines have several interesting characteristics from the perspec…
State-of-the art liquid handling systems are generally pump-driven systems connected with valves and tubes. These systems are manually ass…
Printflatables is a design and fabrication system for human-scale, functional and dynamic inflatable objects. The user begins with specifyi…
Developed as part of the Playful Words research project at the MIT Media Lab's Laboratory for Social Machines, Learning Loops aims to make …
The OpenAg™ Personal Food Computer is a tabletop-sized, controlled environment agriculture technology platform that uses robotic systems to…
How can we add the missing "T" and "E" in preschool STEAM education?
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."The Marauder's Map from the Harry Potter universe uses UltraWide Band transmitters and receiver …
Could a social robot collaboratively exchange stories with children as a peer and help improve their linguistic and storytelling skills? We…
“I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk round it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting”…
Bernal, Guillermo, Lily Zhou, Haripriya Mehta, and Pattie Maes. NeurIPS Workshop on Machine Learning for Creativity and Design, December 14, 2019.
In nature, hair has numerous functions such as providing warmth, adhesion, locomotion, sensing, and a sense of touch, as well as its well-k…
Unconventional mixing of research fields introduces a new method to study human behavior using social robots.
Emotionally supportive robots improve overall team functioning!
A social robot modifies its behavior to change what you think about it!
CE 2.0
This is a joint proposal from graduate students Vik Parthiban (Media Lab) and Andrew Spielberg (MIT CSAIL, Distributed Robotics Laboratory)…
S. S. Srinivasan, M. J. Carty, P. W. Calvaresi, T. R. Clites, B. E. Maimon, C. R. Taylor, A. N. Zorzos, H. Herr, On prosthetic control : A regenerative agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, 2, eaan2971 (2017).
Advancing Wellbeing
How to build intelligent music systems out of interacting audio-processing agents.
Elowan is a cybernetic lifeform, a plant in direct dialogue with a machine. Using its own internal electrical signals, the plant is interfa…
Most countries are projected to see the number of people ages 65 and older surpass the population under the age of 15 by 2050. The limitati…
CIFAR Fellows Hugo Larochelle and Matthew Jackson argue for a new scientific discipline to study the broad effects of AI.
Rahwan, Iyad, Manuel Cebrian, Nick Obradovich, Josh Bongard, Jean-François Bonnefon, Cynthia Breazeal, Jacob W. Crandall, et al. “Machine Behaviour.” Nature 568, no. 7753 (April 2019): 477. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1138-y.
A new paper frames the emerging interdisciplinary field of machine behavior