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Project Research

Connected Coral

Connected Coral integrates physical and digital elements in a visualization of the environmental impacts on reefs. This complex projectio...

in Object-Based Media · Open Ocean
Katy Croff Bell · Emily Salvador +1 more
#art #augmented reality #interfaces +1 more
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FabricKeyboard

Multimodal textile sensate media as an expressive and deformable musical interfaceIn the area of intelligent textiles, we are exploring a...

in Responsive Environments
Joseph A. Paradiso · Irmandy Wicaksono
#design #fashion #music +2 more
Project Research

Grain Prism

The Grain Prism is a hybrid musical instrument that combines granular synthesis and live audio recordings. Presented in a capacitive touc...

in City Science
Don Derek Haddad · Gabriela Bila Advincula
#design #art #music +1 more
Project Research

Cilllia: 3D-printed micro pillar structures for surface texture, actuation, and sensing

In nature, hair has numerous functions such as providing warmth, adhesion, locomotion, sensing, and a sense of touch, as well as its well...

in Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Jifei Ou +1 more
#design #environment #fashion +4 more
Project Research

RGBox

The RGBox is an experimental game to teach fundamentals of additive color mixing theory. As opposed to the behavior of pigments that...

in City Science
Gabriela Bila Advincula
#learning #interfaces
Publication Research

Essence: Olfactory Interfaces for Unconscious Influence of Mood and Cognitive Performance

Judith Amores and Pattie Maes. 2017. Essence: Olfactory Interfaces for Unconscious Influence of Mood and Cognitive Performance. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17). ACM, Denver, CO, USA. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3026004

Academic Paper, May 2017
in Fluid Interfaces
#design #fashion #perception +3 more
Project Research

MoveU

MoveU is a wearable vestibular stimulation device for providing proprioceptive haptic feedback in virtual reality (VR).  The device ...

in Fluid Interfaces
Misha Sra · Abhinandan Jain +1 more
#human-computer interaction #wearable computing #interfaces
Project Research

Emotion Navigation

Before automobiles were invented and widely adopted, animals like horses were the most common mode of transportation. While this change b...

in Affective Computing
Neska Elhaouij · Rosalind W. Picard +10 more
#interfaces #affective computing #autonomous vehicles
Project Research

Bird: a 3D Cursor for 3D Interaction in Virtual Reality

Bird is a hand-controlled pointing system that translates a user's finger movements and positions into the motion of a 3D pointer in a vi...

in Object-Based Media
Aubrey Simonson
#virtual reality #interfaces
Project Research

Designing robots in mixed reality

This is a joint proposal from graduate students Vik Parthiban (Media Lab) and Andrew Spielberg (MIT CSAIL, Distributed Robotics Laborator...

in Object-Based Media
Vik Parth
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +3 more
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Article Research

World Changing Ideas 2019: All the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions

AttentivU and AlterEgo received honorable mentions in the Experimental category.

via Fast Company · Aug. 4, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#human-computer interaction #interfaces
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Advancing Wellbeing

Advancing Wellbeing

#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +25 more
Article Research

Q&A with Nataliya Kos’myna

Nataliya Kos’myna is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the MIT Media Lab, helping MITili evaluate the real-time biofeedback of learners

via MIT Integrated Learning Initiative · Aug. 7, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #learning #interfaces
Post Research

Tangible influence: A stroll through Hiroshi Ishii’s living legacy

Celebrating Hiroshi Ishii's mentorship and groundbreaking research

June 18, 2019
in Tangible Media
#design #human-computer interaction #interfaces
Article Research

Augmented reality changing the factory landscape from PTC's room with a view

Valentin Heun describes his work with the PTC Reality Lab to transform factory operations by using augmented reality.

via Forbes · June 25, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#augmented reality #interfaces #fabrication
Article Research

Watch this device translate silent thoughts into speech

For people who can’t speak out loud due to illness or injury, AlterEgo might return their ability to communicate in real time.

via Fast Company · May 16, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#communications #wearable computing #interfaces +1 more
Article Research

Could plants be the future of interface design?

Core77 reports on the Fluid Interfaces group’s work in cyborg botany.

via Core77 · June 18, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#robotics #interfaces #biology +1 more
Project Research

Elowan: A plant-robot hybrid

Elowan is a cybernetic lifeform, a plant in direct dialogue with a machine. Using its own internal electrical signals, the plant is inter...

in Fluid Interfaces
Harpreet Sareen · Pattie Maes
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +7 more
Project Research

Cyborg Botany: Augmented plants as sensors, displays, and actuators

Plants can sense the environment, other living entities and regenerate, actuate or grow in response. Our interaction and communicati...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Harpreet Sareen
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +4 more
Project Research

Neural interface technology for advanced prosthetic limbs

Recent advances in artificial limbs have resulted in the provision of powered ankle and knee function for lower extremity amputees and po...

in Biomechatronics · Center for Extreme Bionics
Hugh Herr · Shriya Srinivasan +7 more
#robotics #bioengineering #health +9 more
Project Research

EMMA: An emotionally intelligent personal assistant for improving wellbeing

The delivery of mental health interventions via ubiquitous devices has shown a lot of promise. A natural conversational interface that al...

in Affective Computing
Asma Ghandeharioun
#health #interfaces
Project Research

Experiential Lighting: New user interfaces for lighting control

The vision of pervasive computing is now mainstream. These connected devices permeate every aspect of our lives. Yet, we remain tethered ...

in Responsive Environments
Joseph A. Paradiso · Nan Zhao +1 more
#energy #human-machine interaction #sensors +1 more
Project Research

HeartBit

HeartBit is an interface designed for haptic heart rate biofeedback. A handheld heart beats alongside your own, mirroring the size, weigh...

in Fluid Interfaces
Oscar Rosello
#augmented reality #consumer electronics #health +4 more
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News Graph

This project aims to show a different picture of the data behind the news, looking at how we analyze, represent, and interact with it.&nb...

in Viral Communications · Ultimate Media
Andrew Lippman · Yasmine (Jasmin) Rubinovitz
#data #networks #interfaces +1 more
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Conversational Characters: AI agents for entertainment

We want to create immersive, personalized, and scalable digital experiences. In order to do that, we need to fundamentally rethink the wa...

in Object-Based Media
#artificial intelligence #entertainment #gaming +4 more
Article Research

Inside Professor Nanayakkara’s futuristic Augmented Human Lab

What can seamless human-computer interfaces do for humanity?

via Smithsonian.com · April 15, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#interfaces #technology
Publication Research

reMi: Translating Ambient Sounds of Moment into Tangible and Shareable Memories through Animated Paper

Kyung Yun Choi, Darle Shinsato, Shane Zhang, Ken Nakagaki, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2018. reMi: Translating Ambient Sounds of Moment into Tangible and Shareable Memories through Animated Paper. In The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Adjunct Proceedings (UIST '18 Adjunct). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 84-86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3266037.3266109

Poster, Oct. 2018
in Tangible Media
#art #interfaces
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reMi

Translating ambient sounds of moment into tangible and shareable memories through animated paperWe present a tangible memory notebook—reM...

in Tangible Media
Kyung Yun Choi
#art #consumer electronics #interfaces
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Thesis Research

Talking Machines: Democratizing the Design of Voice-Based Agents for the Home

Thesis, June 2018
in Personal Robots
#robotics #design #consumer electronics +2 more
Project Research

Learning to dance in VR

Virtual reality can help realize mediated social experiences where we interact as richly with those around the world as we do with those ...

in Fluid Interfaces
Misha Sra
#virtual reality #learning #interfaces
Article Research

The Leafy Green Cyborgs Are Coming

While plants at first glance look like static things, they are in fact very busy transmitting bio-electrochemical signals.

via Popular Mechanics · Dec. 6, 2018
in Fluid Interfaces
#design #interfaces
Publication Research

PhysioHMD: a conformable, modular toolkit for collecting physiological data from head-mounted displays

Bernal, Guillermo, et al. "PhysioHMD: a conformable, modular toolkit for collecting physiological data from head-mounted displays." Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. ACM, 2018.

Proceedings, Oct. 2018
in Fluid Interfaces
#bioengineering #interfaces
Post Research

A calm house is a smart house

Receptive Skins envisions a living building that silently interacts with air and temperature

Aug. 13, 2018
in City Science
#architecture #interfaces
Project Research

EmotionalBeasts

With advances in virtual reality (VR) and physiological sensing technology, even more immersive computer-mediated communication through l...

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal
#virtual reality #art #sensors +2 more
Publication Research

Emotional Beasts: Visually Expressing Emotions through Avatars in VR

Bernal, Guillermo, and Pattie Maes. "Emotional Beasts: Visually Expressing Emotions through Avatars in VR." Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2017.

Academic Paper, May 2017
in Fluid Interfaces
#virtual reality #interfaces #affective computing
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Project Research

A-pops

A design project done in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and the Laboratorio para la Ciudad (Laboratory for the City), Mexico City's...

in ML Learning · Lifelong Kindergarten
Guillermo Bernal · Jennifer Groff +2 more
#kids #learning #interfaces +1 more
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RFind: Extreme localization for billions of items

Presenting RFind, a new technology that allows us to locate almost any object with extreme accuracy by transforming low-cost, battery-fre...

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Yunfei Ma +1 more
#artificial intelligence #augmented reality #human-machine interaction +6 more
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Panorama

An interface for smashing filter bubbles, Panorama is built to allow open, transparent, and collaborative exploration of news from a...

in Viral Communications
Andrew Lippman · Yasmine (Jasmin) Rubinovitz
#design #crowdsourcing #data +4 more
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Project Research

CityMatrix

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

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

Apops: Pilot Installation, Mexico City, December 2017

APOPS was presented at the Connected Learning Summit at the MIT Media Lab in Aug 2018. The slides from that presentation can be found below.

Oct. 17, 2018
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#learning #interfaces #social science
Archived
Project Research

Reality Editor 2.0

The Reality Editor is a web browser for the physical world: Point your phone or tablet at a physical object and an interface pops up with...

in Fluid Interfaces
Benjamin Reynolds · Pattie Maes +1 more
#augmented reality #interfaces #internet of things
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Project Research

LuminAR

LuminAR reinvents the traditional incandescent bulb and desk lamp, evolving them into a new category of robotic, digital information devi...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Natan Linder +1 more
#robotics #human-computer interaction #interfaces
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Living Mobile

Enhancing mobile life through improved user interactions

#design #human-computer interaction #art +16 more
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Project Research

WordSense

As more powerful and spatially aware Augmented Reality devices become available, we can leverage the user’s context to embed reality with...

in Fluid Interfaces · ML Learning
Pattie Maes · Christian David Vazquez Machado
#virtual reality #augmented reality #learning +2 more
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Project Research

Talking Machines: Democratizing the design of voice-based agents for the home

Embodied voice-based agents, such as Amazon’s Echo, Google Home, and Jibo, are becoming increasingly present in the home environment. For...

in Personal Robots
Anastasia Ostrowski · Nikhita Singh +2 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +7 more
Post Research

FingerReader selected for a Golden Pin Concept Design Award

FingerReader, a wearable interface that uses audio and haptic feedback to enhance the reading experience, was selected for a 2017 Go...

Dec. 8, 2017
in Fluid Interfaces
#consumer electronics #interfaces
Project Research

Receptive Skins: The Breathing Wall

In architecture, the building skin is the primary interface for mediating the environment of the external with the internal. But today, t...

in City Science
Chrisoula Kapelonis · Kent Larson
#architecture #human-machine interaction #sensors +1 more
Article Research

Creativity and collaboration: Revisiting Cybernetic Serendipity

Creativity and Collaboration: Revisiting Cybernetic Serendipity, set out to underline the close connections between art and technology.

via Studio International · April 17, 2018
in Tangible Media · Fluid Interfaces
#human-machine interaction #interfaces #3d printing
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Memento

Memento is a home-based reminder system that allows users to associate customized voice reminders with specific activities in their daily...

in City Science
Kent Larson · Stephen S. Intille
#architecture #interfaces #behavioral science
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Mission Wildlife

Mission Wildlife is a research collaboration between San Diego Zoo Global and the MIT Center for Civic Media to explore the pot...

Ethan Zuckerman · Poseidon Ho +1 more
#augmented reality #civic media #civic technology +9 more
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Personalized Interaction for Language Learning

The process by which children learn native languages is markedly different from the process of learning a second, or non-native, language...

in Personal Robots
Huili Chen · Samuel Spaulding +2 more
#interfaces #social science #social robotics
Article Research

Human microchipping is here, and it’s about to rock your skin’s world

“A few years ago, I was flipping through a fashion magazine and saw that Beyoncé had these cool metallic temporary tattoos."

via Allure · March 26, 2018
in Living Mobile
#art #interfaces
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Project Research

Reality Editor

The Reality Editor is a new kind of tool for empowering you to connect and manipulate the functionality of physical objects. Just point t...

in Fluid Interfaces
James Hobin · Pattie Maes +2 more
#augmented reality #consumer electronics #interfaces +1 more
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inFORM

Shape displays can be used to render both 3D physical content and user interface elements. We propose to use shape displays in three diff...

in Terrestrial Sensing · Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Alex Olwal +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #interfaces
Project Research

GUI3D

GUI3D Template is a generic implementation of the GUI components that anyone might want for a 3D simulation in Processing 3. Compone...

J. Ira Winder
#gaming #human-machine interaction #open source +2 more
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Intrepid

Every 98 seconds, a person in the United States is sexually abused. Every 16 hours, a woman in the United States is murdered by her ...

in Living Mobile
Manisha Mohan · Ethan Zuckerman +1 more
#consumer electronics #developing countries #human-machine interaction +5 more
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Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon

In September 2014, 150 parents, engineers, designers, and healthcare practitioners gathered at the MIT Media Lab for the "Make the Breast...

in Civic Media
Ethan Zuckerman · Catherine D'Ignazio +4 more
#civic technology #consumer electronics #politics +2 more
Article Research

DuoSkin selected as a finalist in the 2017 World Technology Awards

DuoSkin was one of four finalists in the Design category of the 2017 World Technology Awards.

via 2017 World Technology Awards · Jan. 25, 2018
in Living Mobile
#fashion #wearable computing #interfaces
Project Research

inFlux

We present a stiffness-changing interface based on a magneto-rheological (MR) fluid. The device consists of a material surface with ...

in Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Harpreet Sareen +3 more
#interfaces
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RePose

Sleep is perhaps the most critical human activity for well-being, but seldom receives the priority it deserves. We get less rest than we ...

in Advancing Wellbeing · Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Daniel Fitzgerald
#robotics #design #virtual reality +6 more
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Social Robots in Space: Initial Explorations

Can we enable social connectivity between astronauts and people on Earth through an embodied agent?Astronauts actively communicate with t...

in Personal Robots · Space Exploration Initiative
Ishaan Grover · Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar +2 more
#human-machine interaction #interfaces #social robotics +2 more
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Publication Research

Mission Wildlife: An Augmented Reality Approach to Engaging People About Threats to Endangered Species at a Zoo

Ho, P. H., Miller, G. A., Wang M. Y., Haleftiras, N., Zuckerman, E. 2017. Mission Wildlife: An Augmented Reality Approach to Engaging People About Threats to Endangered Species at a Zoo. In proceedings of Unobtrusive User Experiences with Technology in Nature (NatureCHI'17) at the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI'17).

Proceedings, Sept. 2017
in Civic Media
#augmented reality #civic technology #crowdsourcing +5 more
Project Research

Organic Primitives

A large portion of the chemical and biological processes underlying our everyday experience remains imperceptible to us. Be it the conten...

in Mediated Matter
Viirj Kan · Yasuaki Kakehi
#human-machine interaction #interfaces
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