http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/media-lab.html Media lab / media arts and sciences headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/media-lab.html 88 31 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/media-fabric-0625.html Dozens of Media Lab faculty and alums gathered for a symposium June 20 to celebrate the career of Glorianna Davenport, head of the lab's Media Fabrics group and a longtime innovator in film, video, interactive media and new ways of storytelling. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/media-fabric-0625.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hope-gershenfeld-0521.html Neil Gershenfeld on digital fabrication. Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hope-gershenfeld-0521.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/audio-game-0513.html AudiOdyssey, a new computer game that simulates a deejay laying down musical tracks, has been developed by MIT and Singaporean students to make it possible for visually impaired people to play on a level field with their sighted friends. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/audio-game-0513.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/media-directors-0506.html MIT Media Lab Director Frank Moss today announced the appointment of two associate directors: Hiroshi Ishii and Andrew Lippman, both long-term, prominent researchers at the Lab. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/media-directors-0506.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/ariely-tt0409.html Unexpected and surprising connections are at the heart of research conducted by MIT Professor Dan Ariely, whose studies have demonstrated that people often make decisions that seem to defy logic--but they do so in very predictable, consistent ways. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/ariely-tt0409.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nexi-0409.html A new experimental robot from the MIT Media Lab can slant its eyebrows in anger, or raise them in surprise, and show a wide assortment of facial expressions to communicate with people in human-centric terms. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nexi-0409.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/banking-0331.html The MIT Media Laboratory and Bank of America today announced the creation of the Center for Future Banking, a collaboration that will seek to transform the ways banking will be conducted in rapidly changing social, economic, and information landscapes. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/banking-0331.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/voting-tt0312.html New computer software developed by MIT researchers promises to make preferential ranking systems just as easy as traditional voting -- and to give results that leave more people satisfied, particularly when there is a crowded field of candidates. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/voting-tt0312.html