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Book Launch: Accountability Technologies–Tools for Asking Hard Questions

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-525 (Nagashima Conference Room) DescriptionDietmar Offenhuber and Katja Schechtner discuss their new book Accoun…

Thursday
December 5, 2013
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5 questions on data and accountability with Julia Angwin

Read an interview with Angwin and Catherine D'Ignazio on machine bias, data privacy, and the role of journalism in creating accountability.

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Sensing Place / Placing Sense II – Accountability Technologies

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Saturday — Sunday
September 1, 2012 —
September 2, 2012
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Book launch for Director's Fellow Khalida Brohi

Join us as we celebrate the launch of Director’s Fellow Khalida Brohi’s book, I Should Have Honor.Khalida Brohi will read an excerpt from h…

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Alexander Harding

Former Research Assistant

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Amy Harding

Article

3 Questions: Claude Grunitzky MBA '12 on launching TRUE Africa University

CIS research affiliate describes his goals in creating a webinar series exploring sustainable development in Africa.

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Grad Student David Sengeh on Asking Questions and Acting Upon Ideas

Article

For Better or Worse: New Books Forecast the Next Technologies

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Media Lab alumni launch Institute for Future Technologies in Paris, with keynotes from Joe Paradiso, Pattie Maes, and Hiroshi Ishii

IFT celebrated its launch with a press conference, a research conference, and an evening of interactive arts performances.

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Joe Paradiso, Pattie Maes, and Hiroshi Ishii at launch of Institute for Future Technologies in Paris

The Institute for Futures Technologies (IFT) is a new space within the Pôle Léonard de Vinci in Paris (La Défense), which aims to…

Article

5 questions with Adafruit’s Limor Fried

Alum Limor Fried, founder and lead engineer of Adafruit Industries, talks to Code.org.

Article

AI and Accountability: Who is responsible for managing AI?

On the Technically Optimistic podcast, Prof. Rosalind Picard and others discuss the challenges of accountability and responsibility in AI.

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Thomas Hardjono

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Frequently Asked Questions for International Students

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MIT launches Center for Constructive Communication

The cross-campus effort will design human-machine systems that improve communication across divides.

Article

A chatbot that asks questions could help you spot when it makes no sense

Researchers from Fluid Interfaces presented this research at the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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TESSERAE: Suborbital launch test

On May 2nd, 2019 we launched three TESSERAE v2 hardware tiles into space and back! They rode to just over 100km (past the Karman line) on B…

Article

30 Under 30 In Enterprise Tech: Drone School, AI Accountability And Buying Cars From Home

Joy Buolamwini identifies bias in algorithms and develops practices for accountability during design.

Article

AI raises complicated questions about authorship

Robert Mahari, a PhD student in the Human Dynamics group, and other experts talk to Inside Higher Ed about copyright & generative AI tools.

Article

The MIT Press and the MIT Media Lab launch the Knowledge Futures Group

Leveraging the web’s power to create open, community-sourced access to knowledge

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MIT launches AI Education website

We understand that now, more than ever, the democratization of online learning is crucial to the success of students all around the world.

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Literati CTO Finds “Tech for Good” in Boxes of Books

Civic Media alum Charlie DeTar talks to the MIT Alumni Association about his work with Literati, using technology for social good, and more.

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Multiple Formats Book Fair

Multiple Formats Book Fair showcases the work of artists, bookmakers, and other creatives.

Thursday — Saturday
March 21, 2024 —
March 23, 2024
11:00am — 6:00pm ET
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ArtBoat launch at RiverSing

On 9/22, join Media Lab PhD student Laura Perovich at Herter Park Amphitheater to launch ArtBoats after the 15th Annual Revels Ri…

Saturday
September 22, 2018
5:00pm — 8:00pm ET
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Media Lab membership

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Media Lab to Launch Wellness Initiative with $1 Million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant

New program, Advancing Wellness, combines academics with on-the-ground initiatives to promote better health at MIT and beyond.

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MIT Media Lab research on the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) launch

The Axiom Mission 2 launch will carry a variety of research from the MIT Media Lab to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 21, 2023

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New Discoveries, Technology, and Ethical Questions: A tour through the changing world of space

The future of space is exciting, but there’s work to do to ensure that the benefits are spread equitably and ethically around the world.

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MIT Media Lab launches Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio

The purpose of the studio is to design and launch new online learning programs for the Lab itself and the communities we work with.

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Bias in facial recognition isn’t hard to discover, but it’s hard to get rid of

Joy Buolamwini talks with Molly Wood about bias research that’s built into artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology.

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#84 Reading Through Closed Books

Spatial resolution, spectral contrast, and occlusion are three major bottlenecks in current imaging technologies for n…

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra launches new Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center

The new Center will provide music education to students across North Texas, in cooperation with the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group.

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Ladies who launch: Women are powering the private space industry

Women are developing some of the most promising technologies designed for the final frontier.

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Prior Art Archive Launch

Attendance at this event is by invitation only

Wednesday
October 3, 2018
9:00am — 1:30pm ET
Article

Seven questions about technology you aren't even allowed to ask

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Frequently asked questions: conformable facial code extrapolation sensor

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Sci-Fi Book Club

LocationMoonshine, 303 Red River DescriptionWith a fire pit and some couches, the Moonshine seemed like the perfect spot for a literary cha…

Saturday
March 8, 2014
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Book Signing: Ben Waber

LocationAustin Convention Center, Ballroom D Foyer, 500 E. Cesar Chavez St. Description

Saturday
March 8, 2014
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Alana gift to MIT launches Down syndrome research center, technology program for disabilities

Foundation’s $28.6 million gift will fund science, innovation, and education to advance understanding, ability, and inclusion.

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Evaluating Affective Interactions: Alternatives to Asking What Users Feel

Rosalind W. Picard, Shaundra Bryant Daily

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Joi Ito @ Boston Book Festival

LocationOld South Sanctuary 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA DescriptionA discussion of which industries we can expect to thrive in the futu…

Saturday
October 15, 2016
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Cesar Hidalgo @ Harvard Book Store

LocationHarvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA Description

Thursday
July 2, 2015
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The Green Book Project

The Green Book Project is a work-in-progress series of publications and interactive installations that reimagine the Negro Motorist Green B…

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Variable Reality: Interaction with the Virtual Book

Variable Reality is an augmented reality system designed for reading digital and physical books more intuitively and efficiently. Through a…

Publication

Assessment of Depth Data Acquisition Methods for Virtual Reality Mission Operations Support Tools

Forsey-Smerek, A., Paige, C., Ward, F., Haddad, D. D., Sanneman, L., Todd, J., ... & Newman, D. (2022, March). Assessment of Depth Data Acquisition Methods for Virtual Reality Mission Operations Support Tools. In 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO) (pp. 1-14). IEEE.

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Introducing a New Class of Creative Tools for Educators: Creative Learning Design Tools

How teaching as a form of creative work can be better empowered with creative tools.

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You:Plural launched as the first installation on the ArtCube

Excited to launch You:Plural. The first installation on the ArtCube!

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3 Questions: Catherine D’Ignazio on visualizing Covid-19 data

“Data scientists and visualization designers need to take their civic role very seriously in a pandemic,” says the MIT assistant professor.

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Reading list: 5 MIT books from 2021

MIT Sloan School of Management highlights 5 books published by members of the MIT community in 2021, including Kate Darling’s The New Breed.

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Reading Through a Closed Book

Terahertz time-gated spectral imaging for content extraction through layered structures.

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Tools To Survive A Faster Future

That's why Howe, along with Joi Ito, director of MIT's Media lab, collaborated to create what they're calling a new operating system for th…

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Responsible AI: A guide to the future

The Technology and Public Purpose Project sponsored an event to explore how new, ethical technologies can be developed.

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Norman Foster launches 'On Cities' masterclass series

A new masterclass video series from the Norman Foster Foundation features leading experts in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and more.

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Intelligent Integrated Systems: Devices, Technologies, and Architectures

Sarkar, Deblina, et al. Carbon Integrated Electronics. In Deleonibus, Simon (Ed.) Intelligent Integrated Systems: Devices, Technologies, and Architechures. Jenny Stanford Publishing.

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People in books: using a FlashCam to become part of an interactive book for connected reading

Sean Follmer, Rafael (Tico) Ballagas, Hayes Raffle, Mirjana Spasojevic, Hiroshi Ishii

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Space Enabled launches two payloads on Blue Origin Suborbital Space Flight

Space Enabled experiments study dynamics of liquid wax in microgravity to inspire future low cost satellite fuel options

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Kent Larson presents at the International Book Fair, FIL Guadalajara

Kent Larson was invited to present at the International Guadalajara Book Fair, also called Feria Internacional del Libro Guadalajara or FIL…

Thursday
November 23, 2023
Publication

Planet Hard-Drive

Cesar A. Hidalgo

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Launching a lab

How Canan Dagdeviren is going about setting up a new research group at the Media Lab.

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Baratunde Thurston

Former Director's Fellows Program Alumnus

Publication

An Ontology of Computational Tools for Design Activities

Philippa Mothersill & V. Michael Bove Jr. (2018) An Ontology of Computational Tools for Design Activities, Proceedings of DRS2018 International Conference, 25–28 June 2018, Limerick, Ireland, p1261-1277, DOI: 10.21606/dma.2018.456

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A Bioengineering Roadmap for Negative Emissions Technologies: Master's Thesis

Bioengineering has the potential to improve existing technologies for atmospheric carbon removal, and supply new, highly scalable solutions