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Media Lab Director, Dava Newman, talks to MIT ILP about the ways the Media Lab’s mission, vision, and values shape our research. “Everything we do is human-centered design…”
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Media Lab Director Dava Newman is pictured in her office, standing beside one of the next-generation space suits, known as the BioSuit™, that she has developed with colleagues at MIT and in industry.
December 7, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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By creating realistic, simulated satellite images that show the potential impacts of flooding, the "Earth Intelligence Engine" could help communities visualize and prepare for storms. news.mit.edu/2024/new-ai-to…
A generative AI model visualizes what floods in Texas might look like in satellite imagery. The original photo, of an unflooded rural area, is on the left, and the AI generated image, showing the same area covered in brown floodwaters, is in on the right. Credit: Pre-flood images from Maxar Open Data Program via Gupta et al., CVPR Workshop Proceedings. Generated images from Lütjen et al., IEEE TGRS.
December 4, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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The "Earth Intelligence Engine" creates realistic, simulated satellite imagery from the future, combining a physics-based model with generative AI to create realistic, simulated satellite imagery from the future. news.mit.edu/2024/new-ai-...
A generative AI model visualizes what floods in Texas might look like in satellite imagery. The original photo, of an unflooded rural area, is on the left, and the AI generated image, showing the same area covered in brown floodwaters, is in on the right. Credit: Pre-flood images from Maxar Open Data Program via Gupta et al., CVPR Workshop Proceedings. Generated images from Lütjen et al., IEEE TGRS.
November 26, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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Prof. Pattie Maes, head of the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group, talks to MIT ILP about innovation, AI, and prioritizing people. “The Media Lab tends to emphasize the human and societal impact of emerging technologies,” ilp.mit.edu/read/Maes
Media Lab Professor Pattie Maes, wearing a black top, stands in front of a gray background with a black border across the bottom.
November 23, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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“PortaChrome,” a portable light system and design tool that can change the color and textures of various objects, could enable surfaces to display dynamic patterns like health data and fashion designs. news.mit.edu/2024/portabl...
Yunyi Zhu adjusts wires at her lab bench. Six insets show three objects before and after being reprogrammed: headphones, a shirt, and another shirt and arm cast. Credit: Mike Grimmett/MIT CSAIL
November 20, 2024 at 4:37 AM
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Explore The Digitalist Papers, a series of articles from experts in multiple fields that presents an array of possible futures that the AI revolution might produce. digitalistpapers.com
Front cover of "The Digitalist Papers: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy in America," featuring the names of lead faculty Erik Brynjolfsson, Alex Pentland, Nathaniel Persily, and Condoleezza Rice, and senior editor Angela Aristidou.
November 19, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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Cyber Subin, a project from @fluidinterfaces researcher Dr. Pat Pataranutaporn, explores ways of applying emerging technology to cultural preservation. fastcompany.com/91194605/heres…
Four dancers—three human, one computer-generated—on a dark stage, washed in golden light. A dancer in a dramatic pose, his arms raised, lit by a bright spotlight that casts his shadow against the screen behind him. It displays several panels of computer code related to the choreography. A human dancer, his left foot planted, his right foot raised, looks up at a large screen on which a computer-generated dancer strikes a similar pose. Four human dancers move through a choreography. A computer-generated figure on the screen behind them dances with them, surrounded by menus that display options such as "Circle & Curve" and "Synchronic Limbs."
November 15, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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The Media Lab’s Program in Media Arts and Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the areas of Cultivating Creativity, Constructionist Learning, and Human Flourishing. Applications are due December 31. Please share with your networks! media.mit.edu/posts/tenure-t…
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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Using a 3D printer from Media Lab spinoff, Evenline, which uses molten glass as a feedstock, MIT researchers have developed sturdy glass bricks to be used in building construction. bobvila.com/design/3d-prin…
Nine images, arranged in three rows of three, showing the 3D-printed glass bricks, which are shaped like figure 8s, in different configurations. Credit: Ethan Townsend A stout pyramid of glass bricks, four layers tall and approximately 15 feet across and four feet high, stands in the center of Killian Court. The Great Dome of MIT rises behind it. The grass is brown and the trees are bare. Credit: Ethan Townsend
November 14, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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In Hube Magazine, Media Lab Professor Behnaz Farahi talks about her research group, Critical Matter, and what drives her to explore the intersection of art and technology. hubemag.com/stories/machin…
A woman wears Behnaz Farahi's "Caress of the Gaze," a 3D-printed vest that resembles a garment made of feathers, or flowers. The garment reacts to viewers' gazes. A woman wears a glowing vest made up of rounded, organic forms. The piece, "Bodyscape" by Behnaz Farahi, is an interactive 3D printed fashion item with lighting that responds to the wearer's movements. A man examines an array of glowing red tubes arranged in a spherical pattern inspired by the shape of a soccer ball. The room is dark; the viewer's face is illuminated only by the red light emitted by the sculpture. Behnaz Farahi created this piece, "Mesolite," as an interactive display case that responds to the viewer. A silhouetted figure dances between two large, illuminated sheets that rise like wings to either side of the frame. Behnaz Farahi created this piece, "Breathing Wall II," as a continuation of an earlier work, "The Living, Breathing Wall."
November 14, 2024 at 3:08 AM