Wearable AI system can detect a conversation's tone
Coupled with audio and vital-sign data, deep-learning system could someday serve as a “social coach” for people with anxiety or Asperger’s.
![“There's a lot of role models here [at MIT], and sometimes, in Chile or in Mexico or in Costa Rica, [girls] don't know that there's a graduate student or an undergrad doing these cool things at MIT,” says grad student Alicia Chong Rodriguez. “I think it's a matter of just connecting the dots.”](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201608/MIT-Alicia-Chong-1.jpg?itok=SHyICvo7)
Taking on gender gaps in health care and technology
Graduate student Alicia Chong Rodriguez uses her engineering skills to empower women.
When to get your head out of the game
Wearable sensor for athletes detects potential head injuries, gathers data on hard hits.
Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress
Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.
Tiny wires could provide a big energy boost
Yarns of niobium nanowire can make supercapacitors to provide a surge of energy when it’s needed
Wear your social network
Media Lab students aim to take common interests offline to encourage real-life connections.
Lincoln Laboratory hosts first "Make Your Own Wearables" workshop for high-school girls
Hands-on projects in wearable technology introduce girls to mechanical design and electrical engineering.
“Moneyball for business”
Startup’s behavioral analytics on employees uncover ways to increase workplace productivity, satisfaction.
Our connection to content
Using neuroscience tools, Innerscope Research explores the connections between consumers and media.
Building nursery 2.0
With a sensor-based onesie that tracks a baby’s health, MIT spinout Rest Devices is bringing innovation to baby monitoring.
Can you feel me now?
New array measures vibrations across the skin, may help engineers design optimal, wearable tactile displays.