Media Lab

Diversifying your online worldIn a new book, MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman asserts that we need to overcome the Internet’s sorting tendencies and create tools to make ourselves ‘digital cosmopolitans.’

Automated ‘coach’ could help with social interactionsNew software system from MIT could help people improve their conversational and interview skills.

President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MITVisit establishes intent to explore collaborations in education and research.

Why innovation thrives in citiesDouble a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why.

MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator announces 2013 student teamsStartup accelerator includes eight MIT student teams as well as teams from six international universities.

British Prime Minister David Cameron visits MITPersonable robots, advanced prosthetics and entrepreneurship figure prominently in campus visit.

Kids coding in the cloudMIT Media Lab launches new generation of Scratch online community.

Four MIT researchers attend White House announcement of brain initiativeObama invites Boyden, Brown, Desimone and Seung to launch of new federal initiative.

Boyden to share prestigious brain prizeEd Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.

MIT hosts American Junior Academy of Science delegatesThe Institution provides day’s worth of activities for more than 200 conference attendees.

Scaling Development Ventures conference goes digital in face of stormSpeakers and attendees from around world convene online to share lessons learned on the path to 'scaling-up' products and services for global social impact.

Cellphone data helps pinpoint source of traffic tie-upsStudy: Congestion can be alleviated throughout a metropolitan area by altering the trips of drivers in specific neighborhoods.

Graduate student David Sengeh gives back to Sierra LeoneMedia Lab doctoral student created a competition to help youth in his home country create their own solutions.

Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissuesNew design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.

The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knifeReconfigurable robot a step toward something that can become almost anything.

J.J. Abrams: 'It’s like driving in the fog'Movie and television writer-producer shares his thoughts on how his production company compares with MIT’s Media Lab.

When it comes to fostering innovation, student group says 'Do it!'Lady Gaga collaborator and Interscope executive highlights do.it@MIT’s wide-ranging approach.

Imaginary Beings: Mythologies of the Not YetNeri Oxman at the Centre Pompidou

New books on the shelf from SA+PRecent publishing news from School of Architecture + Planning faculty and alumni

Composing for loudspeakers: computer music pioneer John Chowning visits MITThe inventor of FM synthesis, Chowning revolutionized the music industry; saw a glimpsing into the future of music at the Institute.

Customizing your cityhome in the skyNew tools for urban dwellers

Inspired ideas to improve the worldSchool of Architecture + Planning students win thousands in grants for business startups

Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearerA new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.

Watch ‘The Story and the Algorithm’ liveCivic Media Conference to be broadcast and liveblogged at knightfoundation.org/live.

Finding good music in noisy online marketsMIT researchers revisit data from a seminal online experiment but draw more encouraging conclusions.