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LocationVienna, Austria DescriptionThe Brain Opera is an interactive, musical journey into your mind, presented simultaneously in physical …
The Brain Opera is an attempt to bring expression and creativity to everyone, in public or at home, by combining an exceptionally large num…
Wilkinson, S.
The Opera of the Future group (formerly known as Hyperinstruments) explores concepts and techniques to help advance the future of musical c…
Joseph A. Paradiso
A multisensory musical experience created by composer and innovator Tod Machover for the opening of the new MIT Museum.
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The Brain Switch is a real-time, closed-loop brain-computer system allowing for real-time correspondence of simple user needs to a caretake…
'Augmenting Brains' is an all-day, in-person event dedicated to the discussion of the future of brain sensing.
Nataliya Kosmyna "AttentivU: A Wearable Pair of EEG and EOG Glasses for Real-Time Physiological Processing (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 11310, Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR), 113101P (2 April 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2566398
The MIT Museum presents The Beautiful Brain, featuring the drawings of neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal, alongside an interactiv…
We are developing a multimodal interface for hand rehabilitation following stroke. EMG forearm sensors read attempted finger presses in dis…
My UROP in the Opera of the Future lab
Alivisatos, A., Andrews, A., Boyden, E. S., Chun, M., Church, G., Deisseroth, K., Donoghue, J., Fraser, S., Lippincott-Schwartz, J., Looger, L., Masmanidis, S., McEuen, P., Nurmikko, A., Park, H., Peterka, D., Reid, C., Roukes, M., Scherer, A., Schnitzer, M., Sejnowski, T., Shepard, K., Tsao, D., Turrigiano, G., Weiss, P., Xu, C., Yuste, R., Zhuang, X. (2013) Nanotools for Neuroscience and Brai...
Hugh Herr pioneers brain-controlled prosthetics, merging tech and biology to restore mobility and enhance human potential beyond limits.
This brief excerpt video shows a glimpse of some of Tod Machover’s innovative, unusual opera realized at—and with the collaboration of—the …
This research explores the effects of LLM use on the brain. In one of the studies we recorded brain activity of 55 participants while …
The iconic sci-fi opera VALIS, first composed by Professor Tod Machover in 1987, reboots at MIT for a new generation.
The iconic sci-fi opera VALIS reboots for a new generation
LocationBoston Museum of Fine Arts Description
This brand-new production will give audiences the first opportunity in almost 30 years to experience a live performance of this seminal work
With the help of flashing lights and materials used in diapers, we could find out what thoughts are made of.
The Economist reports on the future of brain-computer interfaces, including work being done by researcher Nataliya Kosmyna.
In a study presented at CHI 2023, Media Lab alumni used Pringles & audio filters to explore the intersection of sound, flavor, & perception.
Death and the Powers is a groundbreaking opera that brings a variety of technological, conceptual, and aesthetic innovations to the th…
Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation.
8K Brain Tour is a visualization system for terabyte-scale, three-dimensional (3D) microscopy images of brains. High resolution (8K o…
The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.
Vujic, Angela, Shreyas Nisal, and Pattie Maes. "Joie: a Joy-based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)." Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. 2023.
Advances in neurotechnology have the potential to ameliorate a wide range of neurological disorders and diseases, and to augment brain func…
The devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain and possibly treat disease.
Boyden, E. S., Allen, B. D., Fritz, D. (2010) "Brain Coprocessors." Column, Technology Review. 9/23/2010.
AbstractDr. Ratey will address the connection between exercise and the brain's performance and the benefits of utilizing movement to pre
At MIT, Tod Machover’s ‘VALIS’ receives its first staged production in over two decades
Personal Opera is a radically innovative creative environment that enables anyone to create musical masterpieces sharing personal thoughts,…
Research Scientist
Kosmyna N, Hauptmann E, Hmaidan Y. A Brain-Controlled Quadruped Robot: A Proof-of-Concept Demonstration. Sensors. 2024; 24(1):80. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24010080
The Conformable Decoders group's work on an implantable piezoelectric ultrasound stimulator (ImPULS) has been recognized by the B…
Boyden is certainly a wellspring of innovative ideas—but more than this, he is a scientific pioneer.
Professor Pattie Maes and research scientist Nataliya Kosmyna demonstrate a wearable brain-computer interface called AttentivU.
MIT engineers’ implantable ImPULS device could become an alternative to the electrodes now used to treat Parkinson’s and other diseases.
Nano-Implants for Wireless Brain Interfacing
Electrodes placed on the scalp could help patients with brain diseases.
Listen to the panel discussions and concerts happening in Symphony Hall as part of this festival!
New 3D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.
LocationOPERA America, NYC Description
Su, D. (2019). Massively Multiplayer Operas: Interactive Systems for Collaborative Musical Narrative. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Celebrating Brain Awareness Week with a look at some of the Media Lab's brain research
Boyden, E. S. (2007) “Engineering the Brain (‘Notebooks’ column),” Technology Review, March/April 2007 issue, p. 34-35.
Torpey, P., Bloomberg, B.
New technologies for recording neural activity, controlling neural activity, or building brain circuits, may be capable someday of serving …
We are providing our tools to the community, and also using them within our lab, to analyze how specific brain mechanisms (molecular, cellu…
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The Biomechatronics group recently pioneered a new type of amputation surgery, the AMI amputation, that allows patients to use a bionic pro…
Society is experiencing a growing challenge of mental health and wellbeing. This year, 32.3% of U.S. adults or over 100 million individuals…
Hou, J. F.*, Nayeem, M.O.G.*, Caplan, K.A., Ruesch, E.A., Caban-Murillo, A., Criado-Hidalgo, E., Williams, B., Dagdeviren, H.E., White, J. A., Shapiro, M.G., Wang, F., Ramirez, S., Dagdeviren, C.†, “An implantable piezoelectric ultrasound stimulator (ImPULS) for deep brain activation”, Nature Communications, 15:4601, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48748-6, 2024.
For more details and recent updates visit: https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/For understanding the brain structure, it is neces…
There is a subtle air of complicity amongst the music-loving audience.
The new imaging method is based on expansion microscopy, which was developed in Professor Ed Boyden’s lab in 2015.
Precise neurostimulation can revolutionize therapies for neurological disorders. Electrode-based stimulation devices face challenges in ach…
Visionary composer Tod Machover is unleashing his latest marriage of technology and tradition: "Schoenberg in Hollywood."