The MIT Media Lab applies an unorthodox research approach to envision the impact of emerging technologies on everyday life—technologies that promise to fundamentally transform our most basic notions of human capabilities.Learn more
Stories and Fables - June 18, 2012 Panel: Ethan Zuckerman-ModeratorLaura Amico-Homicide Watch DCMichael Poffenberger-resolve.orgKeith Oatley-University of TorontoBenjamen Walker-WFMUSam Gregory-WitnessRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media ...
As media makers and members of the public, we increasingly have access to rich data sets that contain information about our communities, our politics and our government. Our panelists explore their strategies for finding and sharing stories embedded within sets of ...
Welcome and Introduction by Joi Ito, Ethan Zuckerman, and John BrackenRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Media Lab researchers Steven Keating and Neri Oxman demonstrate some of their work around 3-D printing.
A brief discussion by César Hidalgo, the Asahi Broadcast Corporation Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences.
Ryan Chin is a Research Specialist and PhD Candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research in urban mobility systems addresses the energy and mobility problems of 21st century cities such as energy efficiency, congestion, urban land-use, and carbon emissions leading to ...
The Camera Culture group presents Bokodes, tiny imperceptible barcodes that can be read by a standard camera positioned up to four meters away to decode identity, and six-degree-of-freedom pose (angle and distance). Detailed info at: http://web.media.mit.edu/~ankit/bokode/
In a visit to the MIT campus on May 14, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with President L. Rafael Reif and Media Lab director Joichi Ito, faculty members and students, and a group of young MIT entrepreneurs.
April 5, 2012 - Civic Media LunchCaroline Woolard speaks about her work with SolidarityNYC, OurGoods and Trade School, two barter economies for cultural production. OurGoods.org connects artists, designers, and craftspeople to trade skills, spaces, and objects to ...
Associate Media Lab Director Andy Lippman challenges us to recognize common flaws plaguing all our institutions as a first step toward meaningful redesign.
ZUMIX is an East Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building our community through music and the arts. A core belief is that music is the most powerful means of developing adolescent self-identity. Our award-winning music and creative technology programming is designed to equip ...
In this age of streaming data and 24/7 connectivity, the options for civic engagement are many. But what does it really mean to be an effective citizen? Is there an app? Tom Steinberg is founder of mySociety.org, a UK-based consultancy that's become one of the ...
The Comm.unity platform enables mobile devices to discover and communicate with each other in close proximity.
New communications technologies are revolutionizing our experience of news and information. How can professional reporters and editors assure that quality journalism will be recognized and valued in our brave new digital world?
Emerging digital technologies are opening powerful new ways to create and even to reconceptualize the documentary film. How will handheld video cameras and ubiquitous open-source computing change the nature of documentaries?
Ryan Chin is a Research Specialist and PhD Candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research in urban mobility systems addresses the energy and mobility problems of 21st century cities such as energy efficiency, congestion, urban land-use, and carbon emissions leading to ...
An overview video for the project I've been working on for two years under Professor Tod Machover.
Tod Machover discusses the premiere of his new opera "Death and the Powers."
"Death and the Powers" seeks to expand the traditional definition of opera through the use of technology — but in a way that enhances the human presence on stage and therefore strengthens the bond between audience and performers.
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