Episode 2 of CONFLUENCE is available on PBS now! The episode, “Material World,” follows Media Lab Professor Tod Machover as he collaborates with Zoe Laughlin and Michael Stern to create a new instrument—a glass cymbal—for a one-time-only performance: Every Thing Has Its Limits. Laughlin is an artist and material scientist; Stern is a glass artist and engineer who was formerly a member of the Mediated Matter group at the Media Lab.
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The Media Lab is an interdisciplinary creative playground rooted squarely in academic rigor, comprising dozens of research groups, initiatives, and centers working collaboratively on hundreds of projects. We focus not only on creating and commercializing transformational future technologies but also on their potential to impact society for good. Accessibility: https://accessibility.mit.edu/
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What’s on your summer reading list? Read books from Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty on: 💻 Technology & innovation ⚙️ Science & engineering 🎭 History & culture For extra credit, explore the faculty’s online courses on MIT OpenCourseWare, MITx Courses, and MIT xPRO: https://bit.ly/3zMjBOO #Learning #Education #Reading #Books #OnlineLearning #OnlineEducation #LifelongLearning #Teaching #HigherEducation #Technology #Innovation #Science #Engineering #History #Culture #STEM #STEMEducation #STEAM #STEAMEducation
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In "The World at MIT," Global MIT shines a spotlight on some of the incredible scholars who've brought their expertise from all over the world, including Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning—home to the Media Lab—and Professor Pattie Maes, head of the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces research group.
Bringing MIT to the world, and the world to MIT
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Watch: ImPULS, an implantable ultrasound device, may provide a safer alternative to electrical stimulation as a treatment for neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease. The device was developed by researchers from the Media Lab’s Conformable Decoders group, MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Boston University, and Caltech. Note: Video has no audio. Music plays throughout.
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55 years ago today Apollo 11 took off — and then landed a man on the moon — thanks to software from an MIT team led by 32-year-old Margaret Hamilton. Full video: http://bit.ly/2XxYlDM (v/MAKERS Women) More: https://bit.ly/4d38NKi NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Amy Pietrafitta, who received a novel amputation procedure developed by researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2018, talks about using a bionic prosthesis driven by her own nervous system for a recent study published in Nature Medicine (Nature Portfolio). “I didn’t feel like my leg had been amputated,” she says. “It was the happiest moment in my life.” Media Lab Professor Hugh Herr, one of the lead authors of the study, explains, “It feels natural, as if the limb were made of flesh and bone. It’s as if the central brain isn’t aware the limb is amputated because the brain is getting normal sensations.”
Bionic leg restores natural walking speeds and steps: ‘I didn't feel like my leg had been amputated' | CNN
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Explore the 2024 MIT Summer Reading List, which includes work from Media Lab students, faculty members, and alumni!
Summer 2024 reading from MIT
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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
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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
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