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
LuminAR reinvents the traditional incandescent bulb and desk lamp, evolving them into a new category of robotic, digital information devices.
Two MIT undergraduates cut their teeth on some futuristic research at the Media Lab.
MaKey MaKey, created by Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum of the MIT Media Lab, is a simple invention kit that allows users to turn everyday objects into touchpads.
An introduction to the first-year learning community at the MIT Media Lab
A brief discussion by César Hidalgo, the Asahi Broadcast Corporation Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences.
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Mediated Matter research integrates computational form-finding strategies with biologically inspired fabrication in order to enhance the relation between natural and man-made environments.
Walkthrough of "Metropath(ologies)", an installation by the Sociable Media Group at the MIT museum
You can check a person's vital signs — pulse, respiration and blood pressure — manually or by attaching sensors to the body. But a student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program is working in the MIT Media Lab on a system that coul
Boxie is a mobile interactive robotic camera built with the goal of actively capturing stories about its environment and the people within it.
The Camera Culture group at the Media Lab has created CORNAR: Looking around Corners with Femtophotography. With CORNAR, femtosecond imaging technology provides a way to see beyond the line of sight, allowing us to see what's around the corner.
Berkmen discusses her research with Professors Utkan Demirci and Ed Boyden in developing 3-D brain tissue constructs.
The researchers discussed their robot, the Milli-Motein, which is not only one of the world's smallest robots, but if can also reconfigure itself in a matter of seconds
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 ...
How much force will be exerted by Derrick Williams or Chase Budinger during the NBA All-Star Game's Slam Dunk Contest? Researchers at the MIT Media Lab were called in to find a way to measure the dunks' impacts for Saturday's contest.
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Healthcare that Heals Itself — John Moore
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Open Innovation and Creativity Panel. Moderator, Joi Ito; Panelists: Larry Lessig, John Seely Brown, Yochai Benkler, Chris DiBona
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