MIT

December 17, 2009

MIT's Sixth Sense

This was one of the talks at TED earlier this year that got everyone talking about what the future of AR can look like.

This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.

David Polinchock, MIT, TED, augmented reality

October 12, 2009

Project Gaydar and Online Privacy (or What You Might Be Telling the World)

An experiment by students at MIT has shown that they were able to ’successfully’ predict the sexuality of people based on their friends on Facebook. The so-called ‘Project Gaydar’* showed that by looking at information that a person’s friends share online (in this case, their gender and sexual preferences) they were able to learn something about an individual themselves, even if their profile had high levels of privacy.

Matt Rhodes, identity, privacy, MIT, social media, friends, information, connection

February 27, 2009

TED: MIT Students Turn Internet into a Sixth Human Sense -- Video | Epicenter from Wired.com

by: David Polinchock

MIT Media Lab, MIT, Internet, David Polinchock, technology, sensory, future of advertising, TED

December 21, 2008

MIT CMS Class Notes Online at MIT OCW

by: Ilya Vedrashko

education, MIT, Ilya Vedrashko, new media

January 22, 2008

Cultural Brain Differences

by: Roger Dooley

neuromarketing, cultural brain differences, Stony Brook University, Stanford University, research, Roger Dooley, MIT, Arthur Aron

August 21, 2007

MIT Media Studies Grad Theses

by: Ilya Vedrashko

The newest batch of MIT Comparative Media Studies grad theses is up. Lots of good stuff on transmedia storytelling, engagement, convergence, and mobile MMORPGs. Great job, guys, and good luck.

Original post: http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2007/08/mit-media-studies-grad-theses.html

media, gaming, MIT, Ilya Vedrashko, storytelling, mobile

July 20, 2007

Innovation for the other 90%

by: Dominic Basulto

If you enjoyed the Design for the Other 90% exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, you'll enjoy this... MIT is putting together an event for innovators in developing nations:

MIT, technology, innovation, Dominic Basulto, Amy Smith

October 23, 2006

âMITâ Digital Drawing Board: Innovation is In the Eye Of the Beholder

by: Yann Gourvennec

video, tools, design, Pierre Vandeginste, technology, digital living, MIT, innovation, Yann Gourvennec

September 7, 2006

Mind Reading: Imaging One Thought

by: Roger Dooley

In a development sure to fascinate those interested in neuromarketing, neuroeconomics, and just about any other brain science-related discipline, neuroscientists at the University of New Mexico have developed a technique that can reliably detect a single thought forming in an individual’s brain.

brain, neuroscience, MIT, fMRI, neuromarketing, Roger Dooley

August 25, 2006