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LocationMIT Media Lab, LEGO Lab, E14-4th floor DescriptionMedia Lab alumna Ayah Bdeir will discuss how she started littleBits, an open-sour…

Ayah Bdeir on her journey from Lebanon to MIT Media Lab, and why she started littleBits.

Alum Ayah Bdeir talks about spinoff littleBits and Snap the Gap, a program to support girls excited about science and technology.

The 2017 Forbes Under 30 Summit will take place October 1-4 at venues throughout the Boston area. The event will feature more than 200 spea…

Meet 100 inspiring, influential women from around the world, including Labbers Ayah Bdeir and Rana el Kaliouby.

E14 Venture Summit celebrates the diversity of spinoff companies from the Media Lab.

Bdeir, Ayah. “<random> Search.” Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/36152.

This is a story of dreams coming true in roundabout ways. How things inside are often not at all what they appear to be on the outside.

WE DID IT! $108,822.73 raised toward $100,000 goal as of August 15, 2016Fourteen Media Lab alums have pitched in to bootstrap the IF30–the …

To engage all learners in physical tinkering, we must design more ways to tinker with electronics beyond the computer science curriculum.

落合陽一氏：1987年生まれ。メディアアーティスト。東京大学大学院学際情報学府博士課程修了（学際情報学府初の早期修了）、博士（学際情報学）。筑波大学学長補佐・准教授・デジタルネイチャー推進戦略研究基盤代表、大阪芸術大学客員教授、デジタルハリウッド大学客員教授を兼務。ピクシーダス…

Ophelia Dalh and Dr. Megan Murray of Partners in Health in conversation with David Moinina Sengeh and Joi Ito.

Yoichi Ochiai was born in 1987 and received his PhD in applied computer science at the University of Tokyo within two years, Tokyo Universi…

The human saga of psychedelic use is a long trip across history, evidenced by Olmec burials with bufo toads in Central America.

HostsJoi ItoJoichi "Joi" Ito has been recognized for his work as an activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and advocate of emergent de…

Speakers from varied fields—activism, politics, law, health, religion, media, tech, and more—all focused on responsible disobedience.

Salome Asega is a Brooklyn-based artist and researcher whose practice celebrates dissensus and multivocality. Through participatory researc…