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We developed a small, handheld sensor to track when and where people feel unsafe in urban areas that are still growing or changing. The dev…
Walking is the most essential and human way to move through a city. When people feel safe doing so, streets come alive, communities connect…
If we want AI to engage with us naturally—in classrooms, therapy, eldercare, and beyond—it needs to understand us, with or without words.&n…
Language models (LMs) are revolutionizing knowledge retrieval and processing in academia. However, concerns regarding their misuse and erro…
ACM CHI 2025 · Research PublicationApril 2025In a randomized controlled trial study, “Deceptive Explanations by Large Language Models …
This project's vision is to unify sensors and signals from diverse domains, including physical, health, weather, and more, into a common la…
NeuroChat is a neuroadaptive AI tutor that combines generative AI with real-time EEG data to create a personalized, dynamic learning experi…
Tactile Sensing for AllResistive tactile sensing gloves have captured the interest of researchers spanning diverse domains, such as robotic…
The underrepresentation of minoritized groups, particularly African Americans, is the longstanding reality of computing fields. Computing h…
To facilitate real-world applications of personal sensing such as, triggering a mobile intervention or detecting early depression ons…
Indoor layout reconstruction has broad applications in various scenarios, such as smart homes and virtual reality. However, optical sensors…
This project simulates an urban environment where agents interact through conversations and their perception of the cityscape, influencing …
Evolving Cultural Heritage through Collaborative Choreography with Generative Virtual CharactersThis project introduces an approach for tra…
What if public buildings could share our dreams, and reveal our intimate expressions of struggle and triumph? Inspired by the motto "p…
Conversational AI Powered by Large Language Models Amplifies False Memories in Witness InterviewsThis study examines the impact of AI on hu…
Climate Intelligence focuses on the integration of cutting-edge technologies and systems thinking to address critical climate challenges.&n…
We are collaborating with NET Centers in Philadelphia, PA to identify opportunities to support youth in using digital technology …
EchoBLUE is an accurate, scalable, and low power system that enables full 3D localization of robots in complex, unstructured underwater env…
Perspective-Aware AI (PAi) can shape the future of eXtended Reality (XR)
Secure and Personalized Music Video Generation using CHARCHAMusic is a deeply personal experience and our aim is to enhance this with…
An estimated 20-48% of youth in the United States have been exposed to multiple types of trauma in their childhood. This developmental trau…
We are organizing an innovative internship opportunity for youth in the Massachusetts child welfare system, starting in July 2025.This prog…
The 2025 Technology Leadership Circle builds on the momentum of the 2024 Fostering Futures Forum, an event co-hosted with Foster America at…
Education is inherently multimodal—we don’t just learn through words, but also through visuals, interactions, and hands-on experiences. Whi…
This study explores the effects on your brain of using LLMs like ChatGPT in everyday tasks. Brain activity of 55 students aged 18-25 was re…
There are currently UROP openings for this project. Humans navigate an overwhelming amount of information flow daily, part…
Advanced Data Visualizations for Climate IntelligenceMarked by heightened awareness and global concern over the climate crisis, the MI…
MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology that …
As AI evolves beyond screen assistants and into dimensional applications, decentralization emerges as the critical factor for unlocking i…
The project starts with the goal of creating space habitats from pre-existing structures, specifically envisioning how to transform a stars…
Manuel Sánchez Castro is a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab leading an initiative focused on testing aerosolized oxidant agents as a…
Immersive Scope is an immersive environment designed to help people visualize complex urban designs in a more engaging and accessible …
MIT Media Lab Curates the World Economic Forum's Strategic Intelligence Map on Space
Workshop dates: September 17-18, 2025Deadline for application : August 1, 2025We aim to develop a series of benchmarks that provide r…
Deciding Across Scales emerges as a cutting-edge approach to decision-making, aiming to influence various sectors and societal levels…
We are developing an innovative platform that accelerates the simulation of humanized agent-based models (h-ABM) using real data sourced fr…
Perspective Aware AI can improve the way we interact in office spaces, even if remotely.
What if Chronicles could help us enhance our travel experiences?
Over 600,000 youth in the United States experience abuse or neglect each year. Youth who are deemed to be at risk of significant harm in th…
Tap To Remember is a wearable memory prosthesis. We are testing whether laboratory techniques for enhancing memory—such as targeted m…
Sleep++ aims to improve sleep quality by stimulating the brain to enter deep sleep. Currently, insufficient and poor quality sleep represen…
CARTOVIAJESVincular la experiencia literaria y urbana a través del tiempo y de los viajesLinking Literary and Urban Experience through Time…
Working with leading neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the Healthy Minds Institute, we are developing objective biomarkers to interpret a…
Wearable devices allow us to continuously and passively record elements of our physiology (e.g., electrodermal activity, skin temperature) …
Humanizing Agent-Based Models (h-ABM) emerges as a pioneering technique to simulate real-world behaviors, aiming to seamlessly bridge …
City Science researchers are working with various stakeholders from San Francisco to develop a community engagement platform to analyze and…
Van-Atta Acoustic Backscatter (VAB) is the first technology for ultra-low-power underwater networking and communication, which can transmit…
Recent advances in visual decoding have demonstrated the feasibility of classifying and reconstructing perceived images from evoked …
Recent advances in clinical AI have enabled remarkable progress across many clinical domains. However, existing benchmarks and models are p…
Large language models (LLMs) are capable of generating plausible explanations of how they arrived at an answer to a question. However, thes…
This NSF-funded project develops wireless networking systems for deep-tissue micro-implants. The micro-implants may be swallowed or injecte…
The Global Observatory monitors worldwide impact of AI adoption across cultures, tracking both positive and negative outcomes such as over-…
The Atlas of Human-AI Interaction maps comprehensive data on how humans engage with AI systems across various contexts to understand intera…
We imagine digital twins can be used in any number of ways to gain insights and enable interactions: imagine if you could engage with a tru…
Space stations serve as unique and isolated environments where astronauts must collaborate closely to achieve mission objectives. Effective…
By Manuel Sánchez Castro The experiment aims to test for the first time the effectiveness of aerosolized oxidants as a disinfectants in mi…
Self-supervised representation learning (SSL) powers modern AI systems and enables the learning of information rich data representations fr…
Animations designed with the help of a pre-engineered GPT are coded further by the AI to connect with a wearable sensor. The r…
filescape is a next-generation file explorer designed to reimagine the way you interact with your personal files.Files are arrayed as …
Long-term and sustainable imaging of the underwater environments is crucial to marine sciences, sustainability, climatology, defense, robot…
The South American Bombus dahlbomii is one of the largest bee species in the world. It can grow up to 1.6 inches long and, because of its s…
Have you ever wondered what a friend would do if she was in your decision-making situation? Or thought about where a family membe…
Virtual reality, augmented reality, and extended reality present value-creative opportunities for rethinking and reframing customer and use…
By unifying proprietary data with third-party and contextual data sources, customer-centric leaders in financial services can create e…
Advanced AI using Reason-Ready Graphs to facilitate machine reasoning or automated inferenceReason-Ready Graphs are cutting-edge frame…