3 Questions: How AI image generators could help robots
Yilun Du, a PhD student and MIT CSAIL affiliate, discusses the potential applications of generative art beyond the explosion of images that put the web into creative hysterics.
AI system makes models like DALL-E 2 more creative
Researchers develop a new method that uses multiple models to create more complex images with better understanding.
A new twist on old-school animation
MIT researchers create KineCAM, an instant camera that yields images that appear to move.
Zoë Marschner and Charlotte Wickert named 2022-23 Goldwater Scholars
MIT undergraduates whose research areas explore artificial intelligence, space, and climate change honored for their academic achievements.
Sprayable user interfaces
CSAIL's SprayableTech system lets users create large-scale interactive surfaces with sensors and displays using airbrushed inks.
Integrating electronics onto physical prototypes
In place of flat “breadboards,” 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products.
Creating 3-D-printed “motion sculptures” from 2-D videos
CSAIL system could help athletes, dancers, and others better analyze how they move.
Watch 3-D movies at home, sans glasses
CSAIL system converts 3-D movies into a more TV-friendly format.
New movie screen allows for glasses-free 3-D at a larger scale
Prototype display enables viewers to watch a 3-D movie from any seat in a theater.
Amplifying — or removing — visual variation
Algorithms could offer new tools for graphics software or reveal structural defects.
System automatically converts 2-D video to 3-D
Exploiting video game software yields broadcast-quality 3-D video of soccer games in real time.
Untangling how cables coil
A simulation technology from movies is used to predict coiling patterns in the lab.
Can we see the arrow of time?
Algorithm can determine, with 80 percent accuracy, whether video is running forward or backward.
In Profile: Ramesh Raskar
After doing groundbreaking work in computational photography, the Media Lab researcher has trained his sights on inventing ‘brand new disciplines.’
Faster computer graphics
Digitally mimicking the photographic blur caused by moving objects is surprisingly hard, but new research offers ways to make it easier.