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It's time for next-generation remote collaboration

With large-scale gatherings being put on-hold, it's proving time for digital engagement tech.
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New approach to sustainable building takes shape in Boston

A five-story mixed-use structure in Roxbury represents a new kind of net-zero-energy building, made from wood.
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The artist-engineer in VR

At Sundance New Frontiers 2020, Xin Liu and Qinya (Jenny) Guo debuted Living Distance, a VR piece about the journey of Liu’s wisdom tooth.
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5 questions on data and accountability with Julia Angwin

Read an interview with Angwin and Catherine D'Ignazio on machine bias, data privacy, and the role of journalism in creating accountability.
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This compostable packaging can tell you when your food is going bad

Who needs best-by labels when your package is sensing the food inside it?
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Out of the lab and into the world

E14 Venture Summit celebrates the diversity of spinoff companies from the Media Lab.
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A holographic meeting platform for collaborating from anywhere

"There's got to be a better way to share space and work together remotely—but computers or phones may not be the right tools."
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Can a screen-free robot teach coding—and build character?

Alum Marina Bers on Seymour Papert, STEM, Kibo, and Scratch Jr.
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Finding the blank spots in big data

Artists and designers are working to address a major problem for marginalized communities in the data economy.
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How to solve climate change and make life more awesome

We already have all the tools we need to fix climate change. We just need to use them.
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Parental leave isn’t just policy at my company—it’s a huge part of our culture, and here’s how

Alum Ben Waber talks about how the spinoff Humanyze has worked to create a culture that supports employees in taking parental leave.
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Stanford increasing access to 3D modeling through touch-based display

Researchers in alum Sean Follmer’s lab at Stanford are developing a touch-based display to make computer-aided design tools more accessible.
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E14 Fund helps Media Lab community deploy startups

“First and foremost we’re a community-builder,” says Habib Haddad, a managing partner of the venture fund.
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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 interfa…
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Time-folded optics

Rethinking photography optics in the time dimensionWhat if we could design optics in time instead of space?
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Somerville startup at the heart of Times Square attraction

1,000 clear plastic tiles assembled into a 10-by-12-foot circular installation with a heart-shaped cutout in the middle
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Robotic interiors

Smart furniture transforms spaces in tiny apartments into bedrooms, work spaces, or closets.
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Electronic Publishing

How to distill meaning from complex everyday experiences.
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CityHome

We demonstrate how the CityHome, which has a very small footprint, can function as an apartment two to three times that size. This is achie…
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Aesthetics + Computation

How new forms and contexts can advance the process of constructing digital expressions.
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