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The Brain Opera (1997-2015) is an attempt to bring expression and creativity to everyone, in public or at home, by combining an exceptional…
LocationVienna, Austria DescriptionThe Brain Opera is an interactive, musical journey into your mind, presented simultaneously in physical …
Wilkinson, S.
The Opera of the Future Group develops new technologies for music, from Hyperinstruments that enhance performance expressivity for vir…
Joseph A. Paradiso
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Rapid advances in neural implants and AI are pushing society to defend its most private territory — the human mind.
A multisensory musical experience created by composer and innovator Tod Machover for the opening of the new MIT Museum.
The AI tools we build, have, undoubtedly, an impact on our cognition, and more specifically, attention, memory, engagement, among many…
The Brain Switch is a real-time, closed-loop brain-computer system allowing for real-time correspondence of simple user needs to a caretake…
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
'Augmenting Brains' is an all-day, in-person event dedicated to the discussion of the future of brain sensing.
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…
Study: Using AI Could Cost You Brainpower
My UROP in the Opera of the Future lab
Check project's website: https://www.brainonllm.comWith today's wide adoption of LLM products like ChatGPT from OpenAI, humans and bus…
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...
This brief excerpt video shows a glimpse of some of Tod Machover’s innovative, unusual opera realized at—and with the collaboration of—the …
McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.
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
Hugh Herr pioneers brain-controlled prosthetics, merging tech and biology to restore mobility and enhance human potential beyond limits.
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.
MIT researchers developed microscopic wireless devices that travel through the bloodstream to deliver targeted brain stimulation.
In a study presented at CHI 2023, Media Lab alumni used Pringles & audio filters to explore the intersection of sound, flavor, & perception.
'Cultural Brains' Shanghai aims to transcend standard technical images (such as satellite views, single-point perspectives, and o…
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.
Nano-Implants for Wireless Brain Interfacing
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.
The evolutionary reason why ChatGPT is dangerous for your brain.
The devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain and possibly treat disease.
At MIT, Tod Machover’s ‘VALIS’ receives its first staged production in over two decades
Advances in neurotechnology have the potential to ameliorate a wide range of neurological disorders and diseases, and to augment brain func…
Personal Opera is a radically innovative creative environment that enables anyone to create musical masterpieces sharing personal thoughts,…
Boyden, E. S., Allen, B. D., Fritz, D. (2010) "Brain Coprocessors." Column, Technology Review. 9/23/2010.
Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music and Media; Faculty Director, MIT Media Lab
AbstractDr. Ratey will address the connection between exercise and the brain's performance and the benefits of utilizing movement to pre
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
Listen to the panel discussions and concerts happening in Symphony Hall as part of this festival!
The Conformable Decoders group's work on an implantable piezoelectric ultrasound stimulator (ImPULS) has been recognized by the B…
From CNN to The New Yorker, international outlets spotlight Nataliya Kos’myna’s research on how AI tools affect cognitive function.
Boyden is certainly a wellspring of innovative ideas—but more than this, he is a scientific pioneer.
LocationOPERA America, NYC Description
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.
Su, D. (2019). Massively Multiplayer Operas: Interactive Systems for Collaborative Musical Narrative. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
S. Yadav, R.X. Lee, S.N. Kajale, B.C. Joy, M. Saha, P. Patel, L. Bull, S. Cao, S. Mitragotri, D. Bono, D. Sarkar. A nonsurgical brain implant enabled through a cell–electronics hybrid for focal neuromodulation. Nature Biotechnology (2025).
Electrodes placed on the scalp could help patients with brain diseases.
New 3D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.
Torpey, P., Bloomberg, B.
Pattie Maes and Ed Boyden receive Aging Brain Initiative seed grants to advance innovative Alzheimer’s research.