LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionDr. Maria Karam received her doctorate in computer science from the University of Southampton, UK…
LocationMIT Media Lab, Bartos Theatre (E15, Lower Level) Description
TTI/Vanguard is a professional research membership for technology and other business leaders. Our offering includes unparalleled research, …
Expert or fraud, the powerful person in front of an orchestra or choir attracts both hate and admiration. But what is the actual influence …
The Challenge: To Transform Mental + Physical WellbeingAs mental health and physical ability challenges surge worldwide, driven by ine…
This research explores how acoustic environments can elicit awe and wonder emotions, and how such experiences can contribute to restoration…
We present a mobile heart rate regulator—ambienBeat—which provides closed-loop ambient biofeedback via subliminal tactile stimulus based on…
We introduce–aSpire–a clippable, mobile pneumatic-haptic device designed to help users regulate their breathing rate via subtle tactile fee…
Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music and Media; Academic Head, Program in Media Arts and Sciences
HairIO uses hair-based sensors to detect and transmit data. HairIO explores the possible interaction space of fur, and it has the potential…
Sachs, D. "A Forearm Controller and Tactile Display"
The skin is a versatile organ, capable of fine temporal and spatial discriminations. Touch is considered by many to be the most important o…
Former Research Assistant
The close relationship between touch, gesture, and sound plays a critical role in expressive musical performance. Many acoustic instruments…
Shuvo, I. I., Shah, A., Dagdeviren, C.†, “Electronic Textile Sensors for Decoding Vital Body Signals: State-of-the-art Review on Characterizations and Recommendations”, https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100223, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4, 2100223, 2022.
Opera of the Future PhD candidate Nicole L'Huillier discusses her multimedia artwork with WBUR.
J. Zigelbaum Millner, A., Desai, B., and Ishii, H.
Singing on-pitch typically requires the ability to hear oneself and make fine motor corrections to the vocal cords. This hearing-adjusting …
Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Associate Director, MIT Media Lab
Kyung Yun Choi, Hiroshi Ishii, ambienBeat:Wrist-worn Mobile Tactile Biofeedback for Heart Rate Rhythmic Regulation, ACM TEI ’20,
Sungjune Jang, Lawrence H Kim, Kesler Tanner, Hiroshi Ishii, Sean Follmer
Kyung Yun Choi, Jinmo Lee, Neska El Haouij, Rosalind W. Picard, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2021. aSpire: Clippable, Mobile Pneumatic-Haptic Device for Breathing Rate Regulation via Personalizable Tactile Feedback. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI ’21 Extended Abstracts), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages.
New approach could spark an era of battery-free ocean exploration, with applications ranging from marine conservation to aquaculture.
SoundFORMS: Manipulating Sound Through Touch A. Colter, D. D. Haddad, P. Davivongsa, H. Moore, B. Tice, H. Ishii. Best paper, Honorable Mention CHI16.
SoundFORMS creates a new method for composers of electronic music to interact with their compositions. Through the use of a …
David Merrill, Hayes Raffle
Dementyev, Artem, et al. "Rovables: Miniature On-Body Robots as Mobile Wearables." Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. ACM, 2016.
Overholt, D., Pasztor, E., Mazalek, A.
Pompei, F. "Sound From Ultrasound: The Parametric Array as an Audible Sound Source"
The Opera of the Future group (formerly known as Hyperinstruments) explores concepts and techniques to help advance the future of musical c…
Natalia Marmasse, Chris Schmandt
Body Politic was a group exhibition of near-future and absurd wearable technology solutions to problems in society. Body Politic featured w…
New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Ju…
Joseph A. Paradiso, Kai-yuh Hsiao, Joshua Strickon, P. Rice,
Maes, Darrell, Blumberg, Pentland
BubbleSynth translates motion tracking and blob detection data collected from floating soap bubbles into sound, by using the size, position…
The Media Lab is working to revolutionize and improve mental + physical wellbeing using digital technologies and human-computer interaction.
Hum, and sound buzzes through your lips. Sing, and it vibrates through your head and body.Sing at “Vocal Vibrations,” the musical installat…
Torpey, Peter. (2014). Digital systems for live multimodal performance in Death and the Powers. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. 8. 109-123. 10.1386/padm.8.1.109_1.
David Merrill, Hayes Raffle, Roberto Aimi
Fadel Adib, Zachary Kabelac, Dina Katabi, Robert C. Miller. Proceedings of the 11th USENIX Conference on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, Pages 317-329.
An interdepartmental collaboration brings out the music of nuclear fusion
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks – Sensors and Systems for Digital Health (IEEE BSN) is the premier conference in…
Canan Dagdeviren creates flexible ultrathin systems to decode the patterns of disease.
LocationPeabody Essex Museum, Salem MA DescriptionMIT Media Lab researchers bring the radiO_o project to the Peabody Essex! Wear one of the…
The superpose installation mediates continuously changing wave phenomena within a space that are visible, audible, and react to the presenc…
Schiessl, "Acoustic Chase: Designing an Interactive Audio Environment to Stimulate Human Body Movement"
Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals.
A strange song, full of pumping percussion and instrumentals with random patterns, began to erupt from the speakers.David Sun Kong ’01…
SoundSHROOM: Sensor-equipped Habitat Recorder for Outdoor Omnidirectional Monitoring
Morris, C., Danry, V., & Maes, P. (2023). Wearable systems without experiential disruptions: exploring the impact of device feedback changes on explicit awareness, physiological synchrony, sense of agency, and device-body ownership. Frontiers in Computer Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1289869
Wearables are being widely researched for monitoring individual's health and wellbeing. Current generation wearable devices sense an indivi…
David Merrill, Hayes Raffle
Most art galleries have a “look, don’t touch” policy, maintaining the barrier between exhibit and observer, but not the new installation at…
There is an opportunity to revolutionize and improve mental + physical wellbeing using digital technologies and human-computer interactions.
Aubrey Colter, Don-Derek Haddad, Brian Tice, Patlapa Davivongsa, Halla Moore and Hiroshi Ishii
Safe & Sound is an application that enables a parent to define a "secure zone" for a child. A secure zone is an area where the parent consi…
Structurally, zero gravity means that we do not have to contend with architecture's greatest arch-nemesis, gravity. This opens up a new wor…
Sound Cycles is a new interface for exploring, re-mixing, and composing with large volumes of audio content. The project presents a simple …
Fernandez, S. V., Cai, F., Chen, S., Suh, E., Tiepelt, J., McIntosh, R., Marcus, C., Acosta, D., Mejorado, D., Dagdeviren, C.†, “On-Body Energy Harvesters Through Innovative Designs and Conformable Structures”, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00800, 2021. [Invited Review Paper for Special Issue].