Upcoming/Ongoing MIT Media Lab Events

Neri Oxman: At the Frontier of Ecological Design

slotnick — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:53:08 -0400

Biology inspires Neri Oxman. Working at the interface of environmental design, science, and art, Oxman is inventing novel ways to design, fabricate, assemble, and maintain building "skins" so they can respond to load, light, and heat simultaneously. Think buildings that breathe, sweat, and grow. "I believe that, within two decades, buildings will be designed and constructed as biological tissues," says Oxman. (photo credit: Mikey Siegel)

Community Innovators Lab

slotnick — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:49 -0500

The Community Innovators Lab will host the launch of the Urban Lab, a project of MIT Mel King Fellow Malia Lazu. The Urban Lab being incubated at The Co-Lab is a study of the effectiveness of community organizing through new media and mobile platforms. Experts from the worlds of communications/marketing and social media will share their insights and discuss the challenges and opportunities of bringing community organizing into the 21st century.

Doors open at 3:30pm and dinner will be served at 5:30pm. Space is limited, please RSVP to mlazu [at] mit [dot] edu.

Illustrated Lecture: Debunking Hollywood's Holograms

slotnick — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:02:53 -0400

Think you’ve seen holograms in the movies and on TV? Michael Bove from the MIT Media Lab will prove you wrong. See "holograms" in clips from Star Wars, CNN, and elsewhere, compare those special effects with what real holograms are, then learn about the moving holograms being developed right now in MIT labs. In conjunction with the Sampling MIT exhibit.