Digital Synesthesia is the concept of using sensors and mobile technology to create a user experience that mimics the way people use their senses and enables the perception of information that is outside of our sensory spectrum. Modern technology already offers the ability to detect this information, but what has not been achieved is the way for our brains and body to incorporate this new information as a part of our sensory tool-belt. Then we can truly begin to understand our surrounding world in a new and undiscovered way.

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Sleep deficiency and circadian disruption are endemic in our 24/7 society. Both are particularly prevalent on college campuses, where caffeine-laced energy drinks and amphetamine-based prescription pharmaceuticals are routinely used as performance-enhancing study drugs. Artificial light exposure plays a central role in precipitating sleep deficiency and circadian disruption. Energy efficient solid-state LED lighting, which is typically rich in short-wavelength blue light, will likely be even more disruptive to sleep and circadian rhythmicity than incandescent lighting.

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NEW FRONTIERS FOR MAKING & FABRICATION

DIGITAL DISRUPTIONS

START-UP DRIVEN INNOVATION

PEOPLE CENTERED DESIGN

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What’s a CyborgCamp?
CyborgCamps are small, in-depth unconferences about the future of the relationship between humans and technology. Attendees discuss a variety of topics such as the futures of identity, privacy, surveillance, hardware to wetware, drones, 3D printing, cyberpunk, human augmentation, constructed reality, the second self, ethics, robot rights, sexuality, urban design, and anthropology. Topics are discussed the morning of the conference and scheduled into the conference grid by attendees themselves, making it a DIY conference experience.

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This talk is part of the Advancing Wellbeing seminar series at the MIT Media Lab. For information about future talks, please join our mailing list by sending an email to wellness-seminars-join [at] media [dot] mit [dot] edu

More than 30 million adults in the United States suffer from depression. Many more meet the diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disorder. Psychotherapies like cognitive-behavioral therapy can be extremely effective, but the demand for these treatments exceeds the resources available. What if we could crowdsource this problem? ​

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This talk is part of the Advancing Wellbeing seminar series at the MIT Media Lab. For information about future talks, please signup to our mailing list by sending an email to wellness-seminars-join [at] media [dot] mit [dot] edu

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Rosalind Picard is the foremost expert on “affective computing.” Her groundbreaking research uses computers to read people’s emotions and offers incredible opportunities for storytellers to measure and understand their stories’ precise impact.

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Anand Kumar is an Indian mathematician and the founder of Super30 program. Super30 is an initiative that provides free coaching to students from low-income and minority communities and helps them crack IIT-JEE, the engineering entrance examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Kumar will discuss his work and take questions. If you wish to attend the event, RSVP by filling out this short form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_pzIETbwzzLmqY3LuWL6BVxxT7BG542sVzauICncGjw/viewform

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