Take control of your phone’s sensors
A Media Lab group that has done groundbreaking work using cellphones to gauge human social interactions releases its technology to the public.
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Resnick awarded McGraw Prize in Education
Media Lab professor is one of three honored for work in digital education.
In Profile: Ramesh Raskar
After doing groundbreaking work in computational photography, the Media Lab researcher has trained his sights on inventing ‘brand new disciplines.’
New books from the School of Architecture + Planning
Addressing the environment, cities, architecture, angry people and ‘Creative Magic’
Chilean president visits MIT
Sebastián Piñera views demonstrations at the Media Lab, addresses local Chilean students.
Printing off the paper
MIT research continues to push the boundaries of the burgeoning technology of 3-D printing.
A conversation with Joichi Ito
New Media Lab director touches on his work, his hobbies, and what he's learned from swimming with sharks.
New Artificial Intelligence Hall of Fame inducts four MIT professors
IEEE Computer Society magazine honors AI pioneers in inaugural Hall of Fame.
Daniel Schmidt, neurobiology postdoc, wins cancer fellowship
Brain-tumor researcher named among 18 fellows
How to grow wires and tiny plates
Liquid processing method developed at MIT can control the shapes of nanowires and produce complete electronic devices.
‘Radar for the human eye’
Inexpensive hand-held device developed at MIT could detect cataracts even at the earliest stages.
Ethan Zuckerman, cyberscholar and activist, to lead MIT Center for Civic Media
He will direct MIT's influential group of technologists and academics committed to empowering communities around the globe by inventing and testing civic media tools and practices.
Of minds and machines
Final installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.
Better glasses-free 3-D
A fundamentally new approach to glasses-free 3-D displays could save power, widen the viewing angle and make 3-D illusions more realistic.