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We still don’t know how people are really using AI

"No single company report tells the whole story,” says Shayne Longpre, a recent PhD graduate from the MIT Media Lab.

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Robotic rescue missions are sparking a spaceflight revolution

Danielle Wood argues the "launch and leave" model of space design is unsustainable; future missions must plan for cleanup.

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MIT Media Lab Awarded $1M Grant to Launch First Cloud Laboratory for Learning

MIT Media Lab wins $1M grant to launch the first Cloud Laboratory for Learning, making hands-on biotech education accessible to all online.

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3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design

MIT Media Lab Assistant Professor developing neural transparency tools to help users understand how AI will behave before deployment.

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What Listeners Feel vs. What They Say: Rethinking Emotional Impact in AI-Generated Music

Human-composed music elicits stronger emotions than AI-generated music, MIT Media Lab finds—even when listeners say they prefer AI

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Milestone Promotions for Four MIT Media Lab Faculty

MIT Media Lab celebrates four faculty promotions, July 2026: Dagdeviren, Esvelt, and Wood granted tenure; Fadel Adib to Full Professor

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Startup helps retailers track their products in real-time

Cartesian, an MIT Media Lab startup, uses RFID to track retail inventory in real-time, now deployed in 700+ stores across 55 countries.

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The Sound of Healing: An MIT Media Lab Instrument Helps Stroke Patients Recover Through Music

MIT Media Lab's Alexandra Rieger created the Chord, an AI-powered instrument that helps stroke patients recover through music and movement.

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MIT Media Lab Researchers Turn Everyday LiDAR Into an Around-the-Corner Camera

MIT Media Lab turns consumer LiDAR into an around-the-corner camera, imaging hidden 3D objects for under $100 with no special calibration.

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MIT Media Lab working to advance wearable tech

In a Bloomberg Businessweek interview, Pattie Maes, head of the Fluid Interfaces group, said AI should augment cognition, not replace it.

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Canan Dagdeviren inducted into 2026 class of AIMBE College of Fellows

Canan Dagdeviren is inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows for her pioneering work in wearable ultrasound technologies.

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Composer and Music Tech Pioneer Tod Machover to Receive George Peabody Medal for Groundbreaking Contributions to Music + Music Technology

Tod Machover will receive the George Peabody Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins.

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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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MIT Media Lab Working to Advance Women's Health

Jessica Rosenworcel explains how MIT Media Lab and WHx use AI, sensors, and wearables to advance women’s health care.

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Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life

A new biohybrid system developed at MIT is the first living implant that uses rewired nerves to revive paralyzed organs.

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Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions

With this new technique, a robot could more accurately detect hidden objects or understand an indoor scene using reflected Wi-Fi signals.

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How Joseph Paradiso’s sensing innovations bridge the arts, medicine, and ecology

Joseph Paradiso’s sensing research at MIT Media Lab bridges art, medicine, and ecology through wearable sensors and environmental monitoring

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Meet the 2026 LEGO Papert Fellows

Congratulations to Ayat, Eitan, and Ila on receiving this fellowship!

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International Women’s Day 2026: Advancing Women’s Health

International Women’s Day: MIT Media Lab’s WHx program explores how technology and research can improve women’s health worldwide.

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‘We May Have a Crisis on Our Hands’: The Unregulated Rise of Emotionally Intelligent AI

Rosalind Picard, head of Affective Computing group, comments on the growing emotional role of AI—and the risks it brings.

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WHx Program: Unlocking women's health through transformative technologies

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A portable ultrasound sensor may enable earlier detection of breast cancer

MIT Media Lab researchers developed a portable ultrasound sensor for earlier breast cancer detection, expanding access to screening.

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From Veritasium: What If You Keep Slowing Down?

Camera Culture research uses single-pixel imaging to capture light in motion at trillion-frame-per-second speeds, revealing the invisible.

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The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century (so far), picked by the world’s top thinkers

Dream engineering, pioneered at the MIT Media Lab, is named the most powerful idea of the 21st century by BBC Science Focus experts.

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A “scientific sandbox” lets researchers explore the evolution of vision systems

The AI-powered tool could inform the design of better sensors and cameras for robots or autonomous vehicles.

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Lifelong Kindergarten Podcast

Join MIT Professor Mitchel Resnick of the Lifelong Kindergarten research group to explore new technologies, activities, and strategies for …

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MIT Media Lab Explores New Frontiers with KBTG in Bangkok

MIT Media Lab deepens KBTG partnership in Bangkok, advancing AI, social algorithms, and community innovation across Thailand.

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Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal Honored with Marie Curie Legacy Medal at New York Ceremony

Institut Curie honors Susan Blumenthal with Marie Curie Medal for leadership in women’s health and cancer research.

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New therapeutic brain implants defy the need for surgery

MIT researchers developed microscopic wireless devices that travel through the bloodstream to deliver targeted brain stimulation.

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A New Guitar Launch Brings MIT Media Lab Tech to the Stage

Color-changing DaVinci guitar launches with E Ink tech from MIT Media Lab, bringing customizable design to live music performance.

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At the Mysterious Boundary Between Waking Life and Sleep, What Happens in the Brain?

Discover how MIT's Adam Horowitz and the Fluid Interfaces group use dream engineering and sleep science to boost creativity and cognition.

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Karrie Karahalios named to Fast Company's AI 20 List for 2025

MIT Media Lab’s Karrie Karahalios named to Fast Company’s AI 20 for 2025 for pioneering work in contestable, human-centered AI systems.

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Injectable antenna could safely power deep-tissue medical implants

The technology would allow battery-free, minimally invasive, scalable bioelectronic implants.

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Media Lab on Bloomberg: Conversations on Technology, Women's Health, and Human Potential

Media Lab researchers share insights on innovation, technology, and health in recent interviews featured on Bloomberg Businessweek.

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TD Joins MIT Media Lab to Explore the Future of Responsible AI in Financial Services

TD joins MIT Media Lab's sAIpien program to advance responsible AI research and reimagine the future of banking and finance.

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Teaching Machines to See Medicine: How AI is Learning to Think Like a Doctor Across Every Medical Specialty

When you visit a doctor, they don't just look at one thing. Your physician might listen to your heart, examine an X-ray, review your blood …

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Crypto Still A Bit of "Wild West"

Neha Narula, Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the Media Lab, joined Bloomberg’s Crypto to reflect on digital asset wipeouts

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Scientists focus on genetically engineering mice to cut Lyme disease transmission

MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvelt leads a community-driven effort on Nantucket to engineer Lyme-immune mice and stop the disease at its source

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From Lab to Industry: MIT Media Lab and Honeywell Explore the Future of Technology

Honeywell + MIT Media Lab unite to shape future tech, merging academic insight with industry in AI, aviation, energy, and more.

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In Nature World View article, Professor Danielle Wood calls for continued support of NASA’s Earth Observation satellites

NASA’s Earth-observation satellite programs, Professor Wood writes, are vital to understanding and protecting the environment.

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MIT Media Lab Appoints Dr. Pat Pataranutaporn as Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences

Pioneering researcher joins the MIT faculty to explore the future of human flourishing with technology.

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A bionic knee integrated into tissue can restore natural movement

In a small clinical study, users of this prosthesis navigated more easily and said the limb felt more like part of their body.

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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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Deploying a practical solution to space debris

Researchers share the design and implementation of an incentive-based Space Sustainability Rating.