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Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people

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Hiroshi Ishii

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Electrofluidic Fiber Muscles

Visual materials to support the research.
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A new type of electrically driven artificial muscle fiber

MIT researchers develop electrically driven artificial muscle fiber for soft robotics and prosthetics: compact, powerful, efficient systems
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AI-driven "scent-memory machine" turns photographs into custom fragrances

MIT Media Lab has developed a prototype that uses generative AI to interpret and distil the contents of a photograph into a fragrance.
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The Anemoia Device Turns Pixels Into Perfume

The Anemoia Device uses generative AI to mix custom scents that complement photographs and create synthetic memories.
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Alaa Algargoosh receives Mauro Pierucci Prize

Alaa Algaroosh honored with the 2025 Mauro Pierucci Prize for advancing acoustical engineering research in small academic programs.
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Handweaving shows potential in robotic textiles

Liquid crystal elastomer fibers incorporated into different weave designs create programmable and reversible structures.
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Jack Forman, Rebecca Lin, and Lauren Ramlan among 2025 MIT MAD Design Fellows

Jack Forman, Rebecca Lin, and Lauren Ramlan have been named 2025 MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) Design Fellows.
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Research at Scale 2025

A one-month residency in Asia to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes.
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Radical Atoms Exhibition at the MIT Museum

Radical Atoms Exhibition at the MIT Museum.Tangible Media Group | MIT Media LabPhoto Credit: Anna Olivellahttps://mitmuseum.mit.e…
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Generative AI for Design Workshop (DESAI25) Explores the Future of Creative Intelligence

DESAI25 brought together architects, engineers, computer scientists, artists, + designers to envision the future of design powered by AI
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Five Media Lab Students named 2025 MIT Presidential Fellows

Congratulations to the five fellowship recipients!
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Tangible Media research on front cover of Advanced Science May 2025 issue

E-LIG, laser-enabled method for flexible printed electronics, is on the May 2025 Advanced Science cover
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Alum Daniel Pillis wins Best Presentation at the Generative AI for Design Workshop 2025

This presentation explored the application of real time stable diffusion to improve the efficiency of virtual production workflows.
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TeleAbsence: A Vision of Past and Afterlife Telepresence

A positioning paper in "PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality" that presents the design principles behind TeleAbsence
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TeleAbsence: Poetic encounters with the past

MIT researchers lay out design principles behind the TeleAbsence vision and how it could help people cope with loss
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Gen AI for Design Workshop awarded Design Event Fund (MIT MAD)

This workshop has been awarded the Design Event Fund by the MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)
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Alaa Algargoosh named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

The 2025 class of Senior Members is comprised of 162 emerging inventors from NAI’s Member Institutions.
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New platform lets anyone rapidly prototype large, sturdy interactive structures

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.
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Meet the 2025 LEGO Papert Fellows

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's fellowship!
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Radical Atoms Exhibition at MIT Museum by Tangible Media Group

Radical Atoms: Making Bits Tangible and Atoms DanceThe MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group (TMG) explores the tangible and dynamic relatio…
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Fast Company's 2024 Innovation by Design Awards: FibeRobo

Congratulations to the FibeRobo project for receiving four honorable mentions!
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The Media Lab at the 2024 Core77 Design Awards

Congratulations to the winners and honorees of the 2024 Core77 Design Awards!
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Featured Video: Researchers discuss queer visibility in academia

In “Scientific InQueery,” LGBTQ+ MIT faculty and graduate students describe finding community and living their authentic lives.
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Three Media Lab papers selected for honorable mentions at CHI 2024

Authors include researchers from the Fluid Interfaces, Future Sketches, and Tangible Media research groups.
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Research at Scale 2024

A one-month residency in Shenzhen to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes
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Tangible Media paper most cited of ACM SIGCHI

The paper authored by Professor Hiroshi Ishii and Brygg Ullmer is from CHI '97.