MIT Media Lab

Crop-spraying is vital to farming in the US. It’s also extremely dangerous for pilots. @guardian_ag, an MIT spinoff supported by the @E14Fund, is building rugged drones to apply fertilizers and pesticides to crops more safely and sustainably. news.mit.edu/2025/guardian-…

In @nytopinion @nytdavidbrooks highlights several studies, including the recent work led by our research scientist @nataliyakosmyna @medialab on the use of LLMs in education. Read the article here: nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opi…

Watch: @AHA_MediaLab hosted guest speaker Albrecht Schmidt, Professor of Computer Science at @LMU_Muenchen, for a seminar earlier this month. The conversation was moderated by Prof. Pattie Maes (@fluidinterfaces). media.mit.edu/events/aha-spe…

Media Lab spinoff @aurelia_labs serves as a research lab for space technology and architecture, a center for education and outreach, and a policy hub dedicated to inspiring more people to work in the space industry. news.mit.edu/2025/supportin…

Congratulations to all of the @mitsap professors who received promotions this year, including Media Lab Professor @DeblinaSarkar59, head of @NCB_MIT! news.mit.edu/2025/school-ar…

Congratulations to Prof. Danielle Wood (@space_enabled) on receiving the 2025 @lettenprize, in recognition of her work using space technology to create meaningful change for people on Earth. media.mit.edu/posts/danielle…

Watch this interview with our director @nehanarula

Media Lab Prof. Pattie Maes, head of the @fluidinterfaces research group, talks to @EBU_HQ about the need to develop AI tools in ways that help users become more creative and aware, and contribute to their social and mental wellbeing. ebu.ch/news/2025/04/q…

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Taught by Media Lab alum Eran Egozy, now a Professor of the Practice in @MIT_SHASS, the Interactive Music Systems course invites students to create musical experiences that incorporate elements of human-computer interaction (HCI). news.mit.edu/2025/mit-music…

A flagship project of @CCCatMIT, realtalk@MIT brings members of the MIT community together in guided, small-group conversations aimed at building trust and connections among classmates and colleagues. betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/issue…

The Tangible Media group, led by Prof. @ishii_mit, is exploring TeleAbsence—a project that aims to create “poetic encounters” that reach across time and memory. news.mit.edu/2025/teleabsen…

In @techreview, @odonnell_jm reports on a preprint from researchers at @Stanford + @UCBerkeley finding that generative AI models have largely stopped providing disclaimers about medical advice. Media Lab researcher @patpat_mit, whose own research has shown that people often place…

While artificial intelligence has the potential to augment human capabilities, we can’t ignore the risks of living and working in a world with ubiquitous AI. At the MIT Media Lab, we’re bringing together researchers from a wide range of disciplines to build prototypes, run…

At #CHI2025, researchers from the Multisensory Intelligence group led by Prof. @pliang279 presented Interactive Sketchpad, an interactive tutoring system that combines step-by-step explanations with AI-generated visualizations to help students solve math problems.…

On @bloomberg’s “The Close,” Media Lab Prof. Danielle Wood (@space_enabled) talks to host Romaine Bostick about the future of space exploration, NASA’s evolving role, public-private collaboration, and how the next generation of scientists is advancing a more equitable and…

Last month, @AHA_MediaLab hosted guest speaker Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Prof. @ZachLieberman moderated the discussion. Watch the archived video: media.mit.edu/events/aha-sem…