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#44 Comm.unity

MIT Media Lab — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:21:24 +0000

The Comm.unity platform enables mobile devices to discover and communicate with each other in close proximity. It also transforms these devices into social sensors, and allows programmers to rapidly develop locally and socially aware applications. Several use cases demonstrate key concepts of Comm.unity.

#43 New Media Medicine

MIT Media Lab — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:04:44 +0000

The New Media Medicine research group believes that it’s time for a power shift in health care. As a society, we have dramatically underestimated the power of ordinary people to transform the system, to take care of their own health, to help develop therapies, and to help solve massive public health problems. We are working on technologies that will enable radical new collaborations between doctors, patients and communities.

#42 Chameleon Guitar

MIT Media Lab — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:02 +0000

The Chameleon Guitar, developed at the MIT Media Lab, embodies a unique combination of traditional acoustic values and digital capabilities.

#41 Catalytic Cracking

MIT Media Lab — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:20:39 +0000

Associate Media Lab Director Andy Lippman challenges us to recognize common flaws plaguing all our institutions as a first step toward meaningful redesign.

#40 Future of News

MIT Media Lab — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:49:07 +0000

In June of 2009, the Center for Future Civic Media’s “Future of News and Civic Media” conference showcased some of the work done as a part of the Knight News Challenge, focusing on creative ways to provide people with the news and information needed to manage their communities effectively.

#39 Bokode

MIT Media Lab — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:54:39 +0000

The Camera Culture group presents Bokodes, tiny imperceptible barcodes that can be read by a standard camera positioned up to four meters away to decode identity, and six-degree-of-freedom pose (angle and distance).

#38 Robots to the Rescue

MIT Media Lab — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:53:36 +0000

The Personal Robots group presents a scenario demonstrating mixed-initiative human-robot teaming for disaster response.

#37 Roadie

MIT Media Lab — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:25:46 +0000

Consumer electronics are becoming more complicated and intimidating. Roadie is a system that uses common-sense reasoning to discern the users’ intentions, and uses this knowledge to help users reach their goals.

#36 extrACT

MIT Media Lab — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:43:53 +0000

extrACT is a group of software tools being developed for use by communities affected by extractive industries.

#35 Graspables

MIT Media Lab — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:55:40 +0000

The graspables system is a prototype handheld device that recognizes how it is being held and adjusts its functionality accordingly.

#34 Synthetic Neurobiology

MIT Media Lab — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:08:31 +0000

Professor Ed Boyden introduces the Media Lab’s Synthetic Neurobiology group, which is inventing and applying tools for the analysis and engineering of brain circuits.

#33 Scratch@MIT

MIT Media Lab — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:38:45 +0000

The first conference focused on the ideas, applications, and joys of Scratch.

#32 Selectricity

MIT Media Lab — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:10:34 +0000

Selectricity is voting machinery for the masses. See how electronic voting technology can help groups make better decisions, more easily.

#31 The Psychology of the Guitar

MIT Media Lab — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:31:02 +0000

What do you get when you cross a guitar and a Wii controller? A way to extend the guitar intuitively by mapping audio effects onto gestures.

#30 Urban Pixels

MIT Media Lab — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:30:43 +0000

Setting pixels free, and blurring the boundary between street lighting and digital displays.

#29 UROP@ML

MIT Media Lab — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:10:39 +0000

Robotics, documentary film, algorithms, and circuit boards: just a few of the many projects with undergraduate researchers at the Media Lab.

#28 Physical Heart, Virtual Body

MIT Media Lab — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:37:56 +0000

Physical Heart, Virtual Body is a special guitar that combines physical acoustic properties with virtual sound processing capabilities.

#27 Civic Media

MIT Media Lab — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:55:24 +0000

The Center for Future Civic Media is a joint effort between the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. It is working to create technical and social systems for sharing, prioritizing, organizing, and acting on information.

#26 Storied Navigation

MIT Media Lab — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:50:57 +0000

Storied Navigation is a novel approach to constructing a story based on a collection of digital video and audio. Media sequences are tagged with free-text annotations and stored as a collection. The system can then suggest media based on the context of the story.

#25 RoboScooter

MIT Media Lab — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:33:35 +0000

The RoboScooter is a lightweight, folding, electric motor scooter. It is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive mobility in urban areas.