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Zero Gravity Flight 2025

Founded in 2016 and now in our ninth year, we set our sights on space. The Space Exploration Initiative has since grown to 5…

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MIT Media Lab + Castrol Collaborate on Space Research

This collaboration highlights Castrol’s ongoing commitment to driving innovation and pushing the boundaries of space exploration.

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Research Group Overviews

Learn more about all of the research groups, centers, and initiatives at the MIT Media Lab.

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ML Research Theme: Future Worlds

We’ll create transformative technologies, experiences, and systems that address the dual challenge of climate change and energy.

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ML Research Theme: Decentralized Society

We believe that decentralized technologies offer a promising solution to the challenges we face in various sectors.

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ML Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

There is an opportunity to revolutionize and improve mental + physical wellbeing using digital technologies and human-computer interactions.

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ML Research Theme: Life with AI

The Media Lab is focused on people and AI, especially how novel AI technologies and applications can improve the human experience.

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ML Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating creativity on a broad scale requires expertise that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

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Advancing Wellbeing

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MLVoices

MLVoices is an ongoing occasional series featuring community members talking about their ideas, their work, their passions, and their lives.

July 23, 2020
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ML Focus series

Sept. 17, 2020
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Fall 2020 OoLE: Big Picture Sessions

Each of these discussions was dedicated to a timely, urgent topic.

Oct. 30, 2020
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Safe Paths

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All Hands on Deck

To fully explore and understand the ocean, we need "all hands on deck."

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The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence

June 19, 2018
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#TBT

Oct. 7, 1971
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Labcast

LabCAST was the Media Lab's original video feature series. It ran from 2007–2016, highlighting dozens of research projects and initiatives.

May 3, 2007
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Thesis Defenses

April 12, 2001
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Sensibles Research Symposium

Oct. 20, 1999
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MLTalks

The MLTalks series brings leading voices from a wide range of fields into the Media Lab for thought-provoking conversations, whic…

Oct. 6, 2011
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E14 Dedication and Symposium

March 3, 2010
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Rebecca Lin

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People Overtrust AI-Generated Medical Advice despite Low Accuracy

This article presents a comprehensive analysis of how artificial intelligence (AI)–generated medical responses are perceived and evaluated …

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Tod Machover’s Schoenberg in Hollywood goes to…..Hollywood!

Tod Machover’s opera Schoenberg in Hollywood comes to the UCLA Nimoy Theater on May 18, 19, 20 + 22 for its West Coast premiere.

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Targeted Nakamoto: A Bitcoin Protocol to Balance Network Security and Energy Consumption

In a Proof-of-Work blockchain such as Bitcoin mining hashrate is increasing in the block reward. An increase in hashrate reduces network &n…

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Targeted Nakamoto: A Bitcoin Protocol to Balance Network Security and Energy Consumption

Aronoff, Daniel. (2024). Targeted Nakamoto: A Bitcoin Protocol to Balance Network Security and Energy Consumption. arXiv:2405.15089 [cs.CR]. https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15089

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Zero Gravity Flight 2024

Founded in 2016 and now in our eighth year, we set our sights on space. The Space Exploration Initiative has since grown to …

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Deviation Game Exploratorium Exhibition

Deviation Game—a co-op party game for two to six players, co-developed by Media Lab researcher Kye Shimizu alongside collaborator…

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Space Architecture for DOMUS

Space Architecture: a Domus column by Valentina SuminiSpace architecture is rapidly evolving, merging design, engineering, and human factor…

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Media Lab Community Awards and Recognitions 2025

View recent awards and recognitions received by members of the Media Lab community in the modules here.

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Media Lab researchers awarded grants from MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium

Media Lab researchers awarded MGAIC grants for exploring AI decision-making and human-AI musical collaboration.

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Media Lab Community Awards and Recognitions 2024

View recent awards and recognitions received by members of the Media Lab community in the modules here.

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Media Lab Community Awards and Recognitions 2023

View recent awards and recognitions received by members of the Media Lab community in the modules here.

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MIT team Awarded MIT Portugal Grant for Sustainable Textile Innovation

Svetlana Boriskina, Ikra Shuvo, Duo Xu, Xianglin Ji, and Raul Fangueiro win MIT Portugal grant for sustainable textile research.

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MIT team awarded 2024 J-WAFS seed grant

Dr. Boriskina and PhD student Ikra Shuvo receive J-WAFS grant to develop energy-efficient atmospheric water harvesting technology.

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MIT research team wins Global-X Challenge

Svetlana Boriskina and Ikra Shuvo win Global-X Challenge for smart textiles enabling sensing, protection, and energy harvesting

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Media Arts & Sciences Alumni Mentorship Program

Launched in Fall 2023, the MAS Alumni Mentorship is returning for its second year to connect the past and the present. The virtual program …

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Zach Lieberman receives Digital Art Award 2025

Zachary Lieberman receives 2025 Digital Art Award for his pioneering creative coding and innovation in new media art.

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Ayah Bdeir receives The Lasting Impact Award from TEI Conference 2025

Ayah Bdeir has received the TEI Conference’s Lasting Impact Award for her 2009 paper “Electronics as Material.”

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Marisa Uribe

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Nick Marmor

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Malinda Lu

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Nidhish Sagar

Former Graduate Student (EECS)

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Tay Goodwin

Former Administrative Assistant

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Talia Berry

Former Administrative Assistant

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Lisa Maxwell

Former Venue and Events Planning Assistant

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Matthew Nay

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Maria Gonzalez

Graduate Student

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Geva Patz

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Ari Aadler