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36 Days Of Type is an initiative that invites creatives to create their version of the letters and numbers of the Latin alphabet, one…
Tongji University, Shanghai, and the MIT Media Lab's City Science group are co-developing a version of the MIT CityScope platform for …
When materials sciences meet HCI and e-textiles, for custom sensors and actuatorsIn this project we explore the process of polymerization t…
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Living in space could have significant physical and mental impacts on astronauts. Wearables have the potential to play a critical role in m…
Country-scale analysis of high-resolution mobility patterns and infection spreadThe MIT Media Lab City Science group and the Andorra Innova…
The SoCity project aims to build a non-profit DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) to bring together communities, individuals and or…
Increasing equity and affordability through fractional ownership including the creation of local economies that promote prosocial behaviors…
Where is the boundary between internal and external? This series of animations serves as the title for an exhibition of the installat…
Using 3D imaging combined with ambient noise tomography we will test advanced Earth technologies to map lava tubes on the Moon.Humanity is …
This project transforms light into physical artifacts. I developed a custom software systems to capture images of sunlight in th…
The challenge of understanding pandemics, illustrated by the recent COVID-19 outbreak, has significantly impacted global health and economi…
People die twice.First, when they die.Then when they are forgotten.Rokusuke Ei (1933-2016)
A continuation of the project Cloud Light, exhibited at Artechouse as part of Zach Lieberman's show Future Sketches / Code …
One of the six research methods used by the Space Enabled research group is creating models of complex systems by drawing on techniques fro…
SEI Zero-G Outreach OverviewThe MIT Space Exploration Initiative Prototyping our Sci-Fi Space Future: Designing & Deploying Projec…
Participate in the experiment at https://detectfakes.kellogg.northwestern.eduCheck out our publications in PNAS, a workshop at IJCAI, …
Addressing Bias in Physician-Machine PartnershipsThis research program addresses how AI assistance can enhance physician decision-making on…
This project explores a computational method to create controlled cuastics. I experiment with a process to transform pixels into caustic im…
Data-Driven Mobility Choice Modeling for Dallas TXJobs and entrepreneurship to foster informal business transformation into 'more formal' e…
Ultrasound-induced transdermal drug delivery (sonophoresis) has long lingered in the by-lanes of academic and industrial research, and has …
Science is not just about discovery; it’s an art of communication too.In this project, we are exploring how complex scientific topics can b…
The City Science Summit is an annual gathering of the City Science Network: an international community of institutions and researchers that…
The MIT City Science team will work with the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa and Mubil Fundazioa on a new collaboration to create the City Sci…
An annual celebration of learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.
City Science Lab Toronto was established in cooperation with Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. It started in 2018 and is t…
This research explores how acoustic environments can elicit awe and wonder emotions, and how such experiences can contribute to restoration…
The MIT City Science team will work with Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Beersheba on a new collaboration to create the City Science Lab @ I…
We recently introduced Ophiuchus, a novel deep learning architecture for modeling protein structures. Ophiuchus is the first…
For more details and recent updates visit: https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Electronics are ubiquitous in today’s world, with …
Space architecture projects for the Mechanical Artifact: Ultra Space course in partnership with the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media…
Emotional wellbeing is an important indicator of overall health and poor emotional wellbeing can equally adversely affect one's overal…
The social robot intelligence benchmark is a large-scale multimodal dataset comprising many diverse contexts, tasks, and environments to ev…
We propose sanitizer, a framework for secure and task-agnostic data release. While releasing datasets continues to make a big impact in var…
Do you work with graphics? Do you often find that an earlier version of your sketch looked more appealing? But then there's no way to…
The Space Sustainability RatingThe Space Sustainability Rating design team—comprised of the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agency…
For more details and recent updates visit: https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Nanoelectronics has the potential to enable radica…
Resonance at low frequencies strongly influences a room's perception of sound, which can enhance or deteriorate the acoustic experience. Pr…
We've designed a health system strengthening model to support and expand the prosthetic and orthotic sector that cares for people wit…
A massive audit of 1800+ AI text datasets, tracing their provenance and composition from origin to creation.The race to train language mode…
For more details and recent updates visit: https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/For understanding the brain structure, it is neces…
Nano-Implants for Wireless Brain Interfacing
Swarms of robots will revolutionize many applications, from targeted material delivery to farming. However, the characteristics that make t…
Technology for Women’s Health
Novel Bioelectronic Therapy for Incurable Cancer
Radical treatment for pain and neurodegenerative diseases
Ancient textiles have played a major role in the social, economic, and religious structures of communities around the world. Iconic, indige…
The Ddog project features a Spot robot from Boston Dynamics and a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) system powered by AttentivU, a pair of wi…
The Brain Switch is a real-time, closed-loop brain-computer system allowing for real-time correspondence of simple user needs to a caretake…
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OctoStudio is a free coding app available at octostudio.orgOctoStudio transforms how young people use mobile phones and tablets, enabl…
The Space Enabled Research Group is exploring the potential of using beeswax and candle wax as potential fuels for satellites in space. Bee…
Existing upper extremity prosthesis controllers have limited functionality and place high cognitive demands on users, both of which contrib…
The quality of the air we inhale affects our physical well-being, our mental performance, and our emotional state. Yet, most of us are unaw…
FibeRobo is a novel body-temperature shape-changing fiber based on liquid crystal elastomers. The development of a new fabrication techniqu…
One of the highlighted projects merging technology with the beauty and craftsmanship of fine arts, the Living Knitwork Pavilion recently re…
Facemasks are used to reduce exposure to viruses and other environmental hazards such as air pollution, and integrating wearable electronic…
Is the placement of bike-share docks equitable?This interactive map explores the question visually.The map shows the addition of bike-share…
There are currently UROP openings for this project. AttentivU is a device, in the form factor of a pair of gla…
Can computer graphics algorithms be taught through drawing?In this prototypical activity book, we present the steps of four computer graphi…
This work is recently submitted as a Full Paper to ACM CHI 2023.Corsetto is a full stack system design and platform for upper-body haptics…
Be My Guest! is currently on display at the Vantaa Art Museum, Finland until December 3, 2023 as part of their "SYSTEMS" exhibition.At the …
Have you ever needed a single-line font rather than an outline of a typeface? For instance in the use of digital fabrication processes such…
This project explores a few computational approaches to use the shape of a knitted garment as input for its pattern.This experiment combin…
The Brazilian Creative Learning Network (BCLN -- https://aprendizagemcriativa.org/) is a grassroots movement that promotes and supports the…
A Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) tools hold the…
The landscape in which society interacts with news has evolved due to the advent of the internet and modern communication platforms. Althou…
Computer-mediated forms of communication (i.e., social media, texting) have quickly become the predominant way that we keep in touch w…
A distributed sensing system for managing water resources in informal communities.