Media Lab

Edward Boyden, assistant professor in the MIT Media Lab, uses light to silence brain cells, which could block abnormal neuron activity associated with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson's.

MIT neuroengineers' pulsing light silences overactive neurons

Work could lead to new treatments for epilepsy, Parkinson's

March 27, 2007

Scot Osterweil, creative director of the CMS Education Arcade, shows freshman Paul Medlock-Walton a game designed to teach math and literacy to middle school students.

CMS fetes digital games, cultural research

February 28, 2007

Panel reviews four centuries of remixing the Bard

February 23, 2007

IAP class finds greatness in grainy cell-phone photos

January 17, 2007

Mike Fabio and Steve Pliam's sonitronic chandelier will help 'wash' the Music Library in sound. Instrumentalists can tickle or pluck the resonant 'strings.'

Media Lab plans 'sonic bath' for Lewis Music Library

January 10, 2007

Innovative production designer Alex McDowell views the movie, gaming and publishing fields as a multilayered, mandala-like production world. He is currently designing sets for Tod Machover's robotic opera, 'Death and the Powers.'

Hollywood designer urges focus, creativity before technology

Media lab artist: 'All bets are off in pop culture'

December 20, 2006

New media, fan muscle will mold TV future

November 22, 2006

Jane Farver, director of the MIT List Visual Arts Center, left, introduced William Mitchell, professor of architecture and media arts and sciences, when he spoke on digital interconnectivity last week.

Mitchell maps cities' new 'techno-sensual comfort zone'

November 7, 2006

A century of art crammed into a decade

Panelists cite thrills, threats to new media

November 6, 2006

Machinima group animates life 'in-world'

Technique harnesses 3-D game engines

October 27, 2006

Model of One Laptop Per Child computer. MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a talk Oct. 19 on the inexpensive laptop he hopes to make available to children in developing countries.

Laptops will link global learners

Negroponte shares vision for children

October 24, 2006

This image shows the plan for the the Media Lab's upper atrium.

Maki building launches new era for MIT Media Lab

September 26, 2006

'Making Comics' author decodes cartoons

September 20, 2006

MIT announces major new campus development program

September 13, 2006

eLens: A digital take on the streets where we live

August 11, 2006

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