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Creating smart buildings with privacy-first sensors

Butlr, founded by former Media Lab researchers, uses insights from thermal sensors to make buildings safe and efficient.
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Multifunctional Autonomous Micro-Mobility

What if vehicles could serve different needs throughout the day?
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City Science Exhibition among DSL 2024 list of Immersive Things

This exhibition explores global e-waste through immersive art.
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IAP 2025

An evolving list of IAP activities hosted by members of the Media Lab community in collaboration with other MIT entities during 2025.
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Posthuman - Bloomberg Originals

Visiting Media Lab Professor Hossein Rahnama talks to Emily Chang about the potential impact of Human-AI agents.
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Congratulations to the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees

The 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 list honors "young leaders steering the future of business and culture" and includes a few Media Labbers.
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Gastronomy and Beyond | SESSION 3 - Fall 2024

With Lisa Palmer, Rasmus Munk, Hiroshi Sugisaki, and Fatmata Finta.
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Gastronomy and Beyond | SESSION 2 - Spring 2024

With the Sandoval Family, Kent Larson , Pia M Sorensen and Álvaro Garrido and Lara Martin.
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Gastronomy and Beyond | SESSION 1 - Fall 2023

With Eneko Atxa, Joxe Mari Aizega, Joxe Mari Aizega and Elena Arzak.
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SXSW 2025 PanelPicker Proposals

Explore the Media Lab community’s PanelPicker proposals!
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The Media Lab at the 2024 Core77 Design Awards

Congratulations to the winners and honorees of the 2024 Core77 Design Awards!
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Research at Scale 2024

A one-month residency in Shenzhen to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes
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MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project - MoS gallery
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Guadalajara Mobility Choices Gallery

Photo gallery related to the Guadalajara Mobility Choices project by the City Science group.
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The people's place in the city of bits and atoms

Researchers in the Media Lab’s City Science group discuss the role of AI in building cities where humans can thrive.
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City Science Network Talks Series-2024

Each year the City Science Network hosts a talks series where City Science Labs present and share their research to the Network and collabo…
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Talks series organized by the University of Guadalajara for their Master’s in City Science

The University of Guadalajara (UdeG) established a Master's Degree in City Science (Maestría en Ciencia de la Ciudad or MCCd). The degree i…
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City Science Lab Opens in Guadalajara Museum of Environmental Sciences

The City Science Lab @ Guadalajara was established in 2019 via a cooperation agreement between the University of Guadalajara and the City S…
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MIT Team meets with local stakeholders to discuss research lines for the City Science Gipuzkoa collaboration

Members of the MIT City Science team visited Gipuzkoa, Spain in December 2023 for an event, workshop, and meetings with stakeholders. The t…
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How can hyper-local solutions help reduce carbon emissions?

In an article for the World Economic Forum, former Labber Honghao Deng looks at sustainability research from the City Science group.
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Forbes "30 Under 30" North America 2024: Media Lab Judges

Former Labbers Honghao Deng and Sarah Sclarsic served as judges in the Manufacturing & Industry and Energy categories.
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City Sci-fi Fall '23: Student Projects

Final projects created in  MAS.S66 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Ecology Futures, taught in Fall 20…
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Future Worlds: How labels impact the way we eat

When hearing the words “global climate crisis,” often the first things that come to mind are legislation and high-level or complex solution…
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Andorra WIP: Food Waste Model + Sensorized Biosphere

City Science and Andorra Research + Innovation teams are currently working on two research directions: Food Waste in Andorra, Insight …
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Shifting Priorities, Finding Places

How Media Lab and HafenCity University researchers are tackling the refugee crisis in Hamburg, using algorithms and LEGO bricks.By Ken…
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The Tyranny of "WHAT IF"

What if the constant fear of violence, harassment, or discrimination dictates how we navigate public spaces? Our project delves into the pr…
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The City Science Network empowers local communities to collaborate globally

The City Science Network is a collaboration of institutions + researchers sharing a the goal of enabling more livable, equitable communities
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Research Group Overview: City Science

Looking beyond smart cities.
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2023 MIT Prize for Open Data: Media Lab honorees

Media Lab students and alums are among the winners and honorees for the 2023 MIT Prize for Open Data.
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Andrés Rico | MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35: Latin America 2023

Rico was recognized for his contributions in developing low-cost, open source sensors to test the quality and quantity of water sources.
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Why don’t more people go vegan? It could be the label.

A recent experiment explored why people reject foods that are better for your health and the planet—and found answers rooted in psychology.
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Could self-driving bikes change how we use cities?

Kent Larson, head of the Media Lab’s City Science group, and PhD student Naroa Coretti Sánchez talk about the group's work and philosophy.
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Re-imaginando la Costanera de Concepción - Workshop Report

The MIT team traveled to Concepcion, Chile in May of 2023 for a workshop and presentations with the City Science Lab @ Biobío. The event wa…
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City Science Network talks address current challenges and opportunities

This past year the City Science team welcomed esteemed researchers from throughout the City Science Network to present their current resear…
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Lomas del Centinela - understanding a community in Mexico

Lomas del Centinela is a growing community on a hilltop in Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico. It borders the Bosque del Centinela, an important …
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In the Press - City Science Lab @Biobío

There has been extensive news on this collabotation. For the most recent news on the City Science Lab Biobío, visit their site or instagram…
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City Science Lab @ Shanghai to continue cooperation with MIT City Science and the City Science Network

Representatives from the City Science Lab @ Shanghai (Tongji University) visited the MIT Media Lab to sign a continuation of their cooperat…
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Sustainable Consumption: How labels impact the way we eat

Alex Berke and Kent Larson of the Media Lab's City Science group co-authored a paper around these issues, recently published in Appetite.
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President of the University of Guadalajara talks hyper-technology and social responsibility in higher education

On June 8, 2023, a delegation from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) visited the MIT Media Lab to meet with faculty and researchers rega…
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Kent Larson to serve as co-director of Norman Foster Institute; Dava Newman joins Academic Council

In this age of climate change, the NFI's programs are addressed to those who wish to improve the quality of life in cities worldwide.
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Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2023!

We're so proud of everything you've accomplished here, and can't wait to see what you do next.
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City Sci-fi Spring'23: Students Projects

Final projects created in MAS.S64 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities.Students were prompted to …
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Naroa Coretti Sánchez | MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35: Europe 2023

Congratulations to Naroa Coretti Sánchez, a PhD student in the City Science research group, on receiving this honor!
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Fearless Mobility: Pooled Solutions for Informal Settlements

To improve safe mobility, we developed a pocket-friendly mobile tool that allows users to map locations where they feel unsafe, and request…
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Two Mobility Futures 0∞ @Guggenheim Bilbao
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Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges

Optimizing environmental, social, and economic performance of cities.
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Lightweight Community-Scale Mobility
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City Science Lab @ Gipuzkoa Announced

On March 1, 2023 the MIT City Science team hosted an event to formally announce the start of the City Science Lab@Gipuzkoa 
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City Science Summit videos online - Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges

The 2022 City Science Summit is a collaboration between MIT City Science, the City Science Network and the Norman Foster Foundation.
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Butlr lands new cash to put people-detecting sensors in the office

Media Lab spinoff Butlr, co-founded by Honghao Deng and Jiani Zeng, raises $20 million in a Series A funding round.
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Autonomous shared micro-mobility systems could be the next revolution in urban mobility

City Science researchers Naroa Coretti, Iñigo Martinez, Luis Alonso, and Kent Larson discuss their research on autonomous shared bicycles.
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Unconventional Investigations: Google's Chrisoula Kapelonis on a Human-Centric Approach, Interfaces for Living, and the Effects of Space

Chrisoula Kapelonis discusses the Media Lab's impact on her current work at the intersection of technology and built environment.
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'I Make Tiny Homes That Can Grow 33% Bigger'

Hasier Larrea, an alum of the City Science research group, talks about the research that led him to co-found spinoff Ori.
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ReImagining Mobility event discusses the importance of collaboration and innovation for a zero-commuting city

How can we design a zero-commuting city? What are the important attributes of a walkable community? How can we invent the future of mobilit…
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DAO fused City Scope Spinoff Project Awarded by WIRED Common Ground Challenge

Namaph, a project by City Science PhD candidate Yasushi Sakai + collaborators, received a 2022 WIRED Japan Common Ground Challenge Award
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Best New Ideas in Money: The road ahead for public transit

A discussion of the future of public transportation, with a highlight of the Autonomous Bicycle project led by PhD student Naroa Coretti.
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City Science team publishes two papers in Communications in Transportation Research

The two papers relate to project work from the City Science group around the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems.
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Gabriela Bílá Advincula’s vision for cities in motion

Two installations at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Guggenheim Bilbao invite visitors to explore the future of urban mobility
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In the press - Two Mobility Futures

Architect Norman Foster's Guggenheim Exhibition Is A Requiem For The Age Of Combustion by Nargess Banks for Forbes"An installation in the f…
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A Smart Home System That Respects Privacy

A Smart Home System That Respects Privacy The new device from MIT's Media Lab relies on passive carbon dioxide and infrared sensors.