Explore the 2024 MIT Summer Reading List, which includes work from Media Lab students, faculty members, and alumni!
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On July 19, Episode 2 of CONFLUENCE premieres on PBS. The episode, “Material World,” follows Media Lab Professor Tod Machover’s collaboration with UK artist and material scientist Zoe Laughlin and glass artist/engineer Michael Stern, a former member of the Media Lab’s Mediated Matter group, to develop a new instrument—a glass cymbal—for a one-time-only performance: Every Thing Has Its Limits.
Where art meets science, creativity knows no bounds: Tod Machover featured in PBS's CONFLUENCE | Episode 2
media.mit.edu
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What would it take for people to live on the moon? In MIT's new "Space Architecture" course, students designed, prototyped, and tested structures that could support human life on the lunar surface. The course was co-presented by the MIT Department of Architecture, MIT AeroAstro, and the Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative; Media Lab Director Dava Newman was one of the instructors. Image: The team behind the Lunar Sandbags project (from left to right): William Du, Kaicheng Zhuang, Daniela Davalos, Laura Brandt, and Manushaqe Muco Credits: Skylar Tibbits/Self-Assembly Lab
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Watch: IEEE Spectrum’s Video Friday includes a clip of a study participant climbing stairs using a bionic prosthesis driven by their own nervous system. The study found that patients who received a novel amputation procedure developed by researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital demonstrated a more natural walking gait and improved sense of control over the prosthetic limb.
Video Friday: Humanoids Building BMWs
spectrum.ieee.org
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Excited to speak and see you all at ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 for an out of this world discussion. Glad to share our MIT Media Lab vision imagining a bold future for human flourishing.
Did you know SIGGRAPH 2024 registration prices increase after Friday, 21 June? Register now to secure the best rate to immerse yourself in the future of computer graphics and interactive techniques both in Denver and virtually. 🚀 Launch yourself into the cosmos with SIGGRAPH 2024 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Dava Newman, a visionary in aerospace biomedical engineering and former NASA Deputy Administrator! Discover the frontiers of interplanetary exploration as she shares profound insights into the future of space travel. 🌠 Don't miss this unique opportunity to delve into the wonders of space with a true pioneer in the field. Check out the video below for an exclusive look at her presentation! https://lnkd.in/gBB3Trkp #SIGGRAPH2024
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MIT alum Laura C. Martini, a graduate of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) who is now a user experience (UX) design leader at Google, talks to MIT Technology Review about how conducting research with John Maeda at the Media Lab and minoring in anthropology through the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences helped to shape her career.
Google UX designer puts humans first
technologyreview.com
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Congratulations to Professor Deblina Sarkar, who leads the Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek research group at the Media Lab, on receiving a ChadTough New Investigator Award from the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation! This award will enable her lab to continue pushing boundaries in finding new treatments for aggressive pediatric brain cancers. She is one of the four researchers nationwide to achieve this recognition.
Prof. Deblina Sarkar receives ChadTough New Investigator Award – MIT Media Lab
media.mit.edu
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Media Lab alum Matthew Groh, now a professor at Northwestern University, discusses his research on detecting deepfakes—something he says people are pretty good at as long as they're paying attention. “We know rules about how a human probably should behave," he says, “whether it’s socially or physiologically or whatever else, but we also know that the model doesn’t necessarily know those rules—it just knows the patterns of those rules. When that funny business emerges,” like a movement that doesn’t look natural or a hand with too many fingers, “that’s where being a human with common sense actually comes in handy.”
How to Spot Political Deepfakes
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu
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In three recent studies published in Nature (Nature Portfolio), researchers from MIT and other institutions have detailed their findings about the brain’s waste-removal system, with implications for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders.
The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes
npr.org
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Going to SIGGRAPH 2024? Don't miss Media Lab Director Dava Newman's keynote, "Humanity Becoming Interplanetary: Exploring Space for Earth"!
Did you know SIGGRAPH 2024 registration prices increase after Friday, 21 June? Register now to secure the best rate to immerse yourself in the future of computer graphics and interactive techniques both in Denver and virtually. 🚀 Launch yourself into the cosmos with SIGGRAPH 2024 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Dava Newman, a visionary in aerospace biomedical engineering and former NASA Deputy Administrator! Discover the frontiers of interplanetary exploration as she shares profound insights into the future of space travel. 🌠 Don't miss this unique opportunity to delve into the wonders of space with a true pioneer in the field. Check out the video below for an exclusive look at her presentation! https://lnkd.in/gBB3Trkp #SIGGRAPH2024