Small European nation becomes a “living lab” for urban innovation researchers
Andorra funds MIT Media Lab technologies that, in turn, help improve the nation’s cities.
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Media Arts and Sciences (Media Lab)
Flexible sensors can detect movement in GI tract
Ingestible devices could diagnose gastrointestinal slowdown or monitor food intake.
3 Questions: Iyad Rahwan on the “psychological roadblocks” facing self-driving cars
MIT Media Lab professor considers the trust gap between people and autonomous vehicles.
Robotic system monitors specific neurons
Success rate is comparable to that of highly trained scientists performing the process manually.
Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control
System could save retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records.
SproutsIO aims to power a “Personal Produce” movement
Smart, soil-free microgarden lets users optimize growing conditions while cutting water and resource use.
Coaching platform improves health outcomes, lowers medical costs
New app lets patients work alone or with others to prevent, monitor, and reverse chronic disease.
Microscopy technique could enable more informative biopsies
Expanding tissue samples before imaging offers detailed information about disease.
Ultra-high-contrast digital sensing
Technique could lead to cameras that can handle light of any intensity, audio that doesn’t skip or pop.
Wearable device reveals consumer emotions
Startup’s stress sensor tracks users’ unconscious responses to products and experiences.
Why do some neighborhoods improve?
Density of highly educated residents, rather than income or housing costs, predicts revitalization.
Researchers use Kinect to scan T. rex skull
System with $150 worth of hardware offers alternative to 3-D scanners that cost 200 times as much.
A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
Electrodes placed on the scalp could help patients with brain diseases.
Making prosthetic limbs feel more natural
Muscle grafts could help amputees sense and control artificial limbs.