Media Lab

Gauging seizures’ severitySimple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care.

Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prizeEd Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize

Confronting global disasters from afarCreative responses to devastation

A camera that peers around cornersA new imaging system could use opaque walls, doors or floors as 'mirrors' to gather information about scenes outside its line of sight.

Video: The Paradiso SynthesizerMedia Lab associate professor’s massive modular synthesizer now on exhibit in the MIT Museum.

Visiting Artist Ben Houge leads lively 'Sound and Real-Time Systems' panelArtists discuss the convergence between video games, digital media and music composition.

MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in DavosTalks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.

Boyden named inaugural recipient of IET’s Harvey Engineering Research PrizeHonored for his pioneering research contributions to the field of optogenetics, in which neurons are genetically modified to respond to light.

Sep Kamvar joins the MIT Media Lab

Trillion-frame-per-second videoBy using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.

The hands-free heart monitorUsing low-cost video to measure vital signs.

Searching for balloons in a social networkThe key to mobilizing large numbers of people is incentives, study finds.

Take control of your phone’s sensorsA Media Lab group that has done groundbreaking work using cellphones to gauge human social interactions releases its technology to the public.

Classes and academic research help launch companiesA variety of course offerings are devoted to spurring new ventures.

Resnick awarded McGraw Prize in EducationMedia Lab professor is one of three honored for work in digital education.

In Profile: Ramesh RaskarAfter doing groundbreaking work in computational photography, the Media Lab researcher has trained his sights on inventing ‘brand new disciplines.’

New books from the School of Architecture + PlanningAddressing the environment, cities, architecture, angry people and ‘Creative Magic’

Chilean president visits MITSebastián Piñera views demonstrations at the Media Lab, addresses local Chilean students.

Printing off the paperMIT research continues to push the boundaries of the burgeoning technology of 3-D printing.

A conversation with Joichi ItoNew Media Lab director touches on his work, his hobbies, and what he's learned from swimming with sharks.

Living in the digital ecosystemLinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman talks data mash-ups, entrepreneurship and how his site keeps people honest.

How to grow wires and tiny platesLiquid processing method developed at MIT can control the shapes of nanowires and produce complete electronic devices.

‘Radar for the human eye’Inexpensive hand-held device developed at MIT could detect cataracts even at the earliest stages.

Ethan Zuckerman, cyberscholar and activist, to lead MIT Center for Civic MediaHe will direct MIT's influential group of technologists and academics committed to empowering communities around the globe by inventing and testing civic media tools and practices.

Of minds and machinesFinal installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.