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[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Prof. @fadeladib, who leads the @mit_sk_lab, is also the co-founder of Cartesian, which uses technology based on Prof. Adib’s research to help retail stores track inventory, down to its exact location — whether it’s on a shelf or in a box in the back storage room. Cartesian’s platform could also improve indoor location tracking for manufacturers, logistics operators, and robotics companies.
https://t.co/gpl7JgYGqL

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

At 4pm ET, join @aha_medialab for the next installment of their ongoing seminar series! The speaker will be Auren Liu, a PhD student in the @fluidinterfaces group and founding member of the Advancing Humans with AI program. https://t.co/3z9rs6ITS1

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Cathy Davidson, co-founder of HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) and Distinguished Professor at Graduate Center CUNY, reviews Auditing AI.
Published by the @mitpress and written by Media Lab Prof. @kkarahal, alum J. Nathan Matias, and other members of the The Marquand House Collective, the book provides a roadmap for using AI audits to prevent algorithmic harm.
https://t.co/ao6edcoYNE

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Summer reading recommendations from our friends at @MITSloan, including Media Lab Professor @alex_pentland's "Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI."

[MIT Sloan School of Management @MITSloan]

New books from MIT Sloan experts examine Disciplined Entrepreneurship for climate startups, the economics of the second Trump administration, and the need to understand the cultural evolution of artificial intelligence. https://t.co/h09D3xmjkp

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Watch: During a talk at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at @virginia_tech, Prof. @ishii_mit shared the evolution of his vision-driven design philosophy — from Tangible Bits to Radical Atoms, and finally to TeleAbsence — since joining the Media Lab in 1995.
https://t.co/dKnzGsCBHZ

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

In @ieeespectrum, Media Lab graduate student @sidartsoma talks about new research from the @cameraculture group demonstrating how consumer-grade LiDAR sensors, which cost less than $100, can help users see around corners. https://t.co/OjMElCZZuy

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Congratulations to everyone graduating in the 2025–26 academic year! We're so proud of everything you've accomplished here, and we can't wait to see what you do next. #MIT2026

Meet the graduates from the Program in Media Arts and Sciences and the Media Lab:
https://t.co/eL1zUPDygT

[MIT.nano @mit_nano]

D. Pillis SM ' 24 (@MIT_alumni) first learned about the MIT.nano Immersion Lab during his time as a grad student at the @medialab. Now faculty at @EmersonCollege, he brings his students to @MIT each semester to create their own virtual productions. https://t.co/vIBZtd95HN

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

SpaceCHI 2026 will take place at the NASA Ames Research Center and online September 24–25, 2026. Submissions are due July 17.

SpaceCHI adopts a broad interdisciplinary scope, welcoming papers and posters on a wide range of subjects related to human-computer interaction in space exploration.

[Cedric Honnet @CedHon]

📢 Our UbiComp workshop is back 📢

🧠 Intelligent Soft Wearables 2026 🧶

Details:
🗓️ Oct 11 or 12 (half day)
📍Shanghai
🔗https://t.co/Ou7CXDCkLd

💡 Keywords:
#wearables, #soft_technologies, #embedded_AI, #eTextiles, #personal_fabrication, #sensing, #soft_robotics...

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[MIT Museum @MITMuseum]

Introducing the world-leading researchers, designers, and innovators behind the scenes of the inaugural MIT Future Fest, September 30–October 4, on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA.

Tickets go live in June — sign up now for early access and a discount at https://t.co/4j8MXN8g5J

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

@sidartsoma @Nature @cameraculture Learn more: https://t.co/KYVDBXWJdh

[Siddharth Somasundaram @sidartsoma]

I’m excited to share our Nature paper on seeing around corners with consumer LiDARs!

We show that consumer LiDAR sensors — in your smartphones, AR headsets, self-driving cars, and robots — can be used to see objects hidden around corners.

https://t.co/AtvhaKslQz

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Media Lab grad student @sidartsoma joins the @Nature podcast to discuss new research from the @cameraculture group that demonstrates how consumer-grade LiDAR can be used for non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging — letting users see around corners.
https://t.co/SECUyMzKOj

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Congratulations to Media Lab research scientist @nataliyakosmyna and alumni @cindyhlkao and J. Nathan Matias on being named 2026–27 fellows at the @RadInstitute, one of the world's leading centers for interdisciplinary exploration! https://t.co/mlwGk4KhUL

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Registration is open for the Zero Robotics 2026 Middle School Tournament: Asteroid-Bee!

Zero Robotics is an educational program that hosts tournaments to teach middle and high school students to write code and program with robots on the International Space Station (ISS). The Astrobee system was designed and built at NASA’s Ames Research Center for use inside the ISS. Astrobee is a testbed to explore the capabilities of robotic systems in space to perform tasks, test satellite maneuvers, and assist astronauts.

Build teamwork, coding, and problem-solving skills as you program NASA’s Astrobee robots for a simulated mission on the International Space Station!
Register by May 22, 2026

Learn more and sign up: https://t.co/FbvHhXUdId

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

In @Nature, a team of Media Lab researchers demonstrates that consumer-grade LiDAR — the same sensors that help iPhones autofocus, power depth on the Vision Pro, and guide robot vacuum cleaners across the living room floor — can also make it possible to see around corners.

Using off-the-shelf hardware costing less than $100 and no specialized calibration, the team reconstructs hidden 3D objects, tracks moving targets (including a user's hands), and even uses hidden objects as landmarks to figure out where a camera is in space.

This technical breakthrough in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is a new technique the team calls motion-induced aperture sampling, which turns the natural shake of a handheld device into an asset, stitching together faint signals from light that bounces off nearby walls and floors.

"The most exciting part of this work to me is that we took a capability that used to require a specialized $50,000 imaging setup and put it into the hands of people in robotics, AR/VR, and beyond," says lead researcher Siddharth Somasundaram (@sidartsoma), a PhD student in the Camera Culture research group (@cameraculture). “As LiDARs become more common, I think this could lead to entirely new forms of machine vision and spatial perception.”

Read more: https://t.co/48BkC3AfdV

[ACM SIGGRAPH @siggraph]

A new type of artificial muscle is reshaping how robots and wearable devices move. 🤖💡

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab and Politecnico di Bari have developed electrofluidic fiber muscles — soft, lightweight actuators that generate motion using electrical input, without bulky motors or noisy pumps.

A step toward quieter, more compact robotic and assistive systems. (cc: @medialab) https://t.co/gXXdDy2swP

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

In late October 2025, Tropical Storm Melissa moved through the Caribbean Sea with moderate winds that didn’t get much attention. But on Oct. 25, aided by a patch of warm ocean, the storm rapidly intensified. By the time it made landfall in Jamaica, it was one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

Ravi Pappu SM ’95, PhD ’01 blames the surprise on our inability to gather high-quality ocean data. https://t.co/qSa7AqlER3

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

MIT researchers including Prof. @eboyden3, who holds a joint appointment in Media Arts and Sciences (the academic program at the Media Lab) and @mcgovernmit, have developed a technique called “implosion carving.” It allows researchers to imprint features throughout a hydrogel using photopatterning, and then shrink it to about 1/2,000 of its original volume, creating tiny 3D photonic devices with features small enough to channel visible light. The new work builds on “implosion fabrication,” which Prof. Boyden’s lab developed in 2018. https://t.co/3Gx4sKxuUj

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

On April 28, @aha_medialab brought together academics, authors, and entrepreneurs — many of them parents — to explore what it means to come of age in the age of AI, and ask how we can ensure that the first generation growing up with AI thrives. Watch (or rewatch) the AHA Symposium 2026: Raised by AI? https://t.co/ZfQKZLkj3O