Department
Media Arts and Sciences (Media Lab)
A future fueled by design
Speakers at MIT Media Lab's inaugural Knotty Objects summit discuss the purpose of design.
3 Questions: Economies as computers, products as information
New book argues that economic development is a special case of the growth of information.
Connecting the masses
Startup’s advertising platform provides free mobile data to prepaid cellphone users in developing countries.
Visualizing the abstract: A life in computer science
Senior Walter Menendez applies dynamic visuals to conceptual datasets.
Thumbnail track pad
Unobtrusive wearable sensor could operate digital devices or augment other device interfaces.
Brian Forde joins the MIT Media Lab as director of digital currency
Former White House senior advisor for mobile and data innovation to coordinate a broad research initiative focused on digital currencies
Cerebral curiosity
Graduate student Steven Keating takes a problem-solving approach to his brain cancer.
Crowdsourced tool for depression
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression, anxiety.
Temple Grandin: Look at what people can do, not what they can’t
In talks at MIT, noted behavioral expert suggests encouraging skills of people with autism.
Teaching programming to preschoolers
System that lets children program a robot using stickers embodies new theories about programming languages.
Finger-mounted reading device for the blind
Audio feedback helps user scan finger along a line of text, which software converts to speech.
Consumer-friendly makers
Media Lab alumni’s success with “smart” gaming blocks led to an acquisition deal to make consumer drones.
Keeping health care clean
Startup’s smart devices track hand-washing in hospitals to help reduce the spread of infection.
Privacy challenges
Analysis: It’s surprisingly easy to identify individuals from credit-card metadata.