LocationE14-633 DescriptionFor the last two decades the Internet has served information and entertainment to the isolated computer screen a…
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LocationBerkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St, 2nd Floor, Cambridge MA DescriptionRSVP is required to attend in person. The …
Danielle Wood presents on "Sustainability on Earth and in Space" at the Colloquium Series hosted by GALCIT, CalTech's Aerospace Department.
LocationE14-525 DescriptionTim Wu will talk about his new book, The Master Switch, and more generally about the cycles in innovation and in…
LocationE14-633 DescriptionProfessor Perlin will present recent research in procedural modeling, responsive animation, pressure-sensitive i…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionThe nature of construction has remained intensely manual throughout recorded history. Unlike in manufactur…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionJeremy Bailenson is founding director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab and an assista…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionBart Hopkin will talk about musical instruments and sound, with the following question as a starting point:…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionCorporations have well-refined methods of product development, brand development, management, production, a…
Location3-133 DescriptionProfessor at the MIT Media Lab, joint Professor at the MIT Department of Biological Engineering and the MIT Depart…
LocationEdwards Auditorium, URI Kingston Campus Description
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionThis talk considers how capacities for action are currently figured at the human–machine interface, and how…
M. Hockenberry and Bonanni, L.
LocationStanford University Description
LocationE14-633 DescriptionThe internet enables unprecedented connections across international borders. Whether we read a daily newspaper f…
LocationE14-633 DescriptionSo far, almost all space programs have been led by governments, usually as part of their military programs. Very…
Professor Danielle Wood will present on the research of the Space Enabled research group as part of Clark University's Fall 2020 Colloquium…
The networked public sphere: What is it, and what are its limits?
LocationUC Berkeley, 306 Soda Hall (HP Auditorium) Description
(contributions from Minoo Rathnasabapthy) By Ryan Brukardt, Jesse Klempner, Daniel Pacthod, and Brooke Stokes
Five actions leaders can take to contribute to economic development, security and sustainability, and making space safe and accessible.
The mission of the Space Enabled research group is to advance justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space. Our messag…
A convergence between artist Lorrin Brubakerand Prathima Muniyappa to employ experimental storytelling to narratives on Space
MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative
What are the Event SpacesThe MIT Media Lab event spaces are within buildings E14 and E15 and can accommodate a wide array of event size con…
Jackie Smith, doctoral student in Team Space Enabled, participates in the Summit for Space Sustainability which is hosted by the Secure Wor…
On Saturday, June 8, 2024, the "Galactic 07" flight took place in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic’s spaceship was converted into a suborbital s…
This research highlights opportunities to bring the rich culture of Earth-based fermentation practices to space to design beneficial applic…
Space/Craft explores sculpting in zero gravity. Making artistic works by hand is a fundamentally human act, but how will it transform …
How ideas derived from art can lead to new technological concepts.
Sparking conversations through artwork and envisioning future values for a spacefaring society
Space Enabled experiments study dynamics of liquid wax in microgravity to inspire future low cost satellite fuel options
The Space Sustainability RatingThe Space Sustainability Rating design team—comprised of the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agency…
Xploration Space Station features Team Space Enabled as it explores private companies and low-earth orbit missions.
Danielle Wood, Minoo Rathnasabapathy, Jack Reid, Golda Nguyen, and David Colby Reed will participate in MIT's Space Week 2021.
Several members of Space Enabled will participate the 9th Annual Space Traffic Management Conference in Austin, Texas.
We created a digital spaceship to share the diverse portfolio from the Initiative. Audiences are invited to immerse themselves.
The Scratch Team invited young people from around the world to create Scratch projects designed specifically to be played in zero grav…
Danielle Wood will speak on the panel "Leave No Traces" at the ESA's 8th Conference on Space Debris.
Ariel Ekblaw talks about leading the Space Exploration Initiative, self-assembling space architecture, science fiction, + long-term thinking
The Space Exploration Initiative’s latest research flight explores work and play in zero gravity
Scott Dorrington, Sina es Haghi, Jackie Smith, Danielle Wood & SSR team present on managing satellites safely and sustainably in Earth orbit
Project Overview The Space Grip Shoe (SGS) is an iconic concept presented across the history of space fiction, from 2001: A Space Odys…
SPACE² WORKSHOPVisit event page here!The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) and the MIT Media Lab Space Exploration …
Rapid prototyping platforms such as 3D printers used for digital fabrication are today able to manufacture custom objects for specific task…
Overview: With humanity at the cusp of interplanetary civilization, the Space Exploration Initiative is actively building the technolo…
With NASA planning permanent bases in space and on the moon, MIT students develop prototypes for habitats far from planet Earth.
Studying group dynamics in space environments with virtual reality simulations to inform the design of future governance systems
The Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative shares results and next steps from its first zero gravity research mission
This workshop highlights the many opportunities to bring our rich culture of Earth-based fermentation practices to space. There is great po…
A space architecture project for the Mechanical Artifact: Ultra Space course in partnership with the Center for Collaborative Arts and Medi…
Dr. Minoo Rathnasabapathy and Prof. Danielle Wood recently published "Role of emerging nations in ensuring long-term space sustainability."
This project asks, how can we transmit experiences across space and time? The launching point of the project is to create a drawing that co…
Analogy Space, a previous project under the Digital Intuition group, developed a technique of plotting concepts in a many-dimensional seman…
Ekblaw, Ariel. "Into the Anthropocosmos: A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative." MIT Press, September 2021. ISBN: 9780262046374
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Ever wish you could toss your folded up tent and have it self-assemble mid-air? Well...you can. In a zero gravity environment.Self As…
The MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative is pushing the boundaries of space exploration innovation across the Media Lab’s many health…