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background-position: 50.0% 50.0%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/space-enabled/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/articles/study-evaluates-impacts-of-summer-heat-in-u-s-prison-environments/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Article</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Study evaluates impacts of summer heat in U.S. prison environments</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>MIT researchers identify facility-level factors that could worsen heat impacts for incarcerated people.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>via <a href='https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-evaluates-impacts-summer-heat-us-prison-environments-0924'>MIT News</a> · Sept. 24, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/space-enabled/overview/">Space Enabled</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-future-worlds/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds</a> </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=environment'>#environment</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=health'>#health</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=public-health'>#public health</a> +2 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/articles/first-ai-education-summit-is-an-international-push-for-ai-fluency/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/09/10/ai+edu483.jpeg.800x800.jpeg"); background-position: 46.14093959731543% 50.52170854664113%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph variant-multi shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/personal-robots/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/articles/first-ai-education-summit-is-an-international-push-for-ai-fluency/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Article</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>First AI + Education Summit is an international push for “AI fluency”</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>via <a href='https://news.mit.edu/2024/first-ai-education-summit-0827'>MIT News</a> · Aug. 27, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/personal-robots/overview/">Personal Robots</a> · <a href="/groups/raise/overview/">RAISE</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-future-worlds/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds</a> +1 more </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=human-computer-interaction'>#human-computer interaction</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=artificial-intelligence'>#artificial intelligence</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=kids'>#kids</a> +3 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/articles/study-transparency-is-often-lacking-in-datasets-used-to-train-large-language-models/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/09/03/MIT-Dataset-Transparency-01-press.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 50.0% 50.0%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/human-dynamics/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/articles/study-transparency-is-often-lacking-in-datasets-used-to-train-large-language-models/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Article</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Researchers created a tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>via <a href='https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-large-language-models-datasets-lack-transparency-0830'>MIT News</a> · Aug. 30, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/human-dynamics/overview/">Human Dynamics</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-life-with-ai/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI</a> </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=human-computer-interaction'>#human-computer interaction</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=artificial-intelligence'>#artificial intelligence</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=data'>#data</a> +5 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/groups/media-lab-research-theme-life-with-ai/overview/' class='container-item module variant-x2 variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2020/06/19/0082_Eliot_Boston_082.JPG.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 51.51006711409396% 58.275040056274186%;'> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/groups/media-lab-research-theme-life-with-ai/overview/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Research</span> </div> <div class='module-title'>Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI</div> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=robotics'>#robotics</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=design'>#design</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=social-networks'>#social networks</a> +150 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/paul-liang-to-join-mit-media-lab-as-asst/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/07/17/LiangHeader4.png.800x800.png"); background-position: 52.851711026615966% 32.432432432432435%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/multisensory-intelligence/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/paul-liang-to-join-mit-media-lab-as-asst/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Paul Liang joins MIT Media Lab Media Arts + Science Program + EECS/Schwarzman College of Computing as Asst. Professor, AI + Human Experience</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Paul Liang joins the MIT Media Lab's Program in Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing with a shar…</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>June 24, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/program-in-media-arts-and-sciences/overview/">Program in Media Arts and Sciences</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-life-with-ai/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI</a> · <a href="/groups/multisensory-intelligence/overview/">Multisensory Intelligence</a> </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=virtual-reality'>#virtual reality</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=human-computer-interaction'>#human-computer interaction</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=artificial-intelligence'>#artificial intelligence</a> +2 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/fall-2024-media-arts-and-sciences-course-list/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/08/06/astro-ant-card-1_ebxWCwS.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 51.87500000000001% 43.28593996840443%;'> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/fall-2024-media-arts-and-sciences-course-list/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>MAS Graduate Program</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Fall 2024 Media Arts and Sciences Course List</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Classes offered by the Program in Media Arts and Sciences for the Fall 2024 semester</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>Aug. 20, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/program-in-media-arts-and-sciences/overview/">Program in Media Arts and Sciences</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/castrol-moon/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/02/16/PXL_20240213_184848262.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 45.089285714285715% 87.04581358609794%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph variant-multi shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/responsive-environments/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/castrol-moon/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Castrol collaboration supports research on Lunar Landings</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Castrol supports the AstroAnt Payload Program, a robotic swarm designed for tasks on spacecraft, rovers, and landers.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>Aug. 6, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/responsive-environments/overview/">Responsive Environments</a> · <a href="/groups/space-exploration/overview/">Space Exploration Initiative</a> </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=robotics'>#robotics</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=space'>#space</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/mohammad-tariqul-islam-receives-the-mit-novo-nordisk-artificial-intelligence-postdoctoral-fellowship/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/09/12/03EECCB2-72A5-4B34-8D51-980C82C866ED_1_201_a.jpeg.800x800.jpeg"); background-position: 46.380090497737555% 47.19401700454773%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/nano-cybernetic-biotrek/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/mohammad-tariqul-islam-receives-the-mit-novo-nordisk-artificial-intelligence-postdoctoral-fellowship/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Mohammad Tariqul Islam receives MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellowship</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of NCB’s research, which fuses AI with life sciences.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>Sept. 9, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/nano-cybernetic-biotrek/overview/">Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/a-parabolic-roller-coaster-into-the-future-of-space-and-lunar-exploration/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/07/24/3E0A4456.JPG.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 49.664429530201346% 50.77181601469382%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph variant-multi shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/responsive-environments/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/a-parabolic-roller-coaster-into-the-future-of-space-and-lunar-exploration/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>A parabolic roller coaster into the future of space and lunar exploration</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Media Lab SEI’s 2024 microgravity flight features 37 parabolas and projects focused on health in space, walking in zero gravity, and more!</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>July 24, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/responsive-environments/overview/">Responsive Environments</a> · <a href="/groups/space-exploration/overview/">Space Exploration Initiative</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-future-worlds/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds</a> </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=robotics'>#robotics</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=design'>#design</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=health'>#health</a> +5 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/hao-tung-yang-wins-the-ts-lin-fellowship-award/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/08/26/Hao Tung TS Lin landscape.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 50.58939096267191% 54.38112247659252%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/nano-cybernetic-biotrek/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/hao-tung-yang-wins-the-ts-lin-fellowship-award/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Hao-Tung Yang wins the T.S. Lin Fellowship Award</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Hao-Tung's goal is to advance non-invasive treatments for brain diseases.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>Aug. 26, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/nano-cybernetic-biotrek/overview/">Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/prof-deblina-sarkar-receives-prestigious-nsf-early-career-award/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/06/27/_MG_9584-1.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 58.81944020589193% 30.433482818212397%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/nano-cybernetic-biotrek/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/prof-deblina-sarkar-receives-prestigious-nsf-early-career-award/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Prof. Deblina Sarkar receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>NSF's Career Awards support early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>June 27, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/nano-cybernetic-biotrek/overview/">Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/the-media-lab-at-the-2024-core77-design-awards/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/06/24/david-clode-vhqrtgKBtjk-unsplash.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 50.0% 50.0%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph variant-multi shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/tangible-media/" class="glyph-img" /> <img src="/group-glyphs/city-science/" class="glyph-img" /> <img src="/group-glyphs/future-sketches/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/the-media-lab-at-the-2024-core77-design-awards/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>The Media Lab at the 2024 Core77 Design Awards</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Congratulations to the winners and honorees of the 2024 Core77 Design Awards!</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>June 24, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/tangible-media/overview/">Tangible Media</a> · <a href="/groups/city-science/overview/">City Science</a> · <a href="/groups/spinoffs/overview/">Media Lab Spinoffs</a> +3 more </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=design'>#design</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=art'>#art</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=transportation'>#transportation</a> +2 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/groups/media-lab-research-theme-connected-body-mind/overview/' class='container-item module variant-x2 variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2018/07/09/IMG_6778-x_rNplnQC.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 48.58657243816255% 48.11634690439998%;'> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/groups/media-lab-research-theme-connected-body-mind/overview/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Research</span> </div> <div class='module-title'>Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body</div> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=robotics'>#robotics</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=design'>#design</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=social-networks'>#social networks</a> +134 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/articles/protein-study-could-help-researchers-develop-new-antibiotics/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/06/10/MIT-Water-Soluble-Proteins-01_0.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 50.0% 50.0%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/molecular-machines/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/articles/protein-study-could-help-researchers-develop-new-antibiotics/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Article</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Protein study could help researchers develop new antibiotics</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Researchers created a water-soluble version of an important bacterial enzyme, which can be used in drug screens to identify new antibiotics.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>via <a href='https://news.mit.edu/2024/protein-study-could-help-researchers-develop-new-antibiotics-0610'>MIT News</a> · June 10, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/molecular-machines/overview/">Molecular Machines</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-connected-body-mind/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body</a> </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=health'>#health</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=biology'>#biology</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=cells'>#cells</a> +2 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/danielle-wood-named-2024-just-tech-fellow/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2021/09/22/danielle_wood_profile.jpg.800x800.jpg"); background-position: 64.93288590604027% 34.508761990349115%;'> <div class='glyph module-glyph shim-svgs'> <img src="/group-glyphs/space-enabled/full/" class="glyph-img" /> </div> </div> <div class='module-body'> <a class='module-content-guard' href='/posts/danielle-wood-named-2024-just-tech-fellow/'> <div class='module-eyebrow'> <span class='module-eyebrow-type'>Post</span> <span class='module-eyebrow-pubto'>Research</span> </div> <h2 class='module-title'>Danielle Wood named 2024 Just Tech Fellow</h2> <div class='module-excerpt'> <p>Wood will lead projects that apply satellite Earth Observation technology for environmental management.</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>July 1, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/space-enabled/overview/">Space Enabled</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-future-worlds/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds</a> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/articles/a-prosthesis-driven-by-the-nervous-system-helps-people-with-amputation-walk-naturally/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/07/01/HERR Nature Medicine Image 1 2024.jpg.800x800.jpg"); 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With it, seven patients walked more naturally</p> </div> </a> <footer class='module-meta'> <div>via <a href='https://news.mit.edu/2024/prosthesis-helps-people-with-amputation-walk-naturally-0701'>MIT News</a> · July 1, 2024</div> <div> in <a href="/groups/biomechatronics/overview/">Biomechatronics</a> · <a href="/groups/media-lab-research-theme-connected-body-mind/overview/">Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body</a> </div> <div> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=neurobiology'>#neurobiology</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=human-augmentation'>#human augmentation</a> <a href='/research/?filter=everything&tag=prosthetics'>#prosthetics</a> +3 more </div> </footer> </div> </div> <div data-href='/posts/baju-joy-receives-the-whitaker-health-sciences-fellowship-award-for-the-second-consecutive-academic-year/' class='container-item module variant-with-img '> <div class='module-head' style='background-image: url("https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/thumb/2024/08/21/24500645-6118-4360-99D3-D3E38A0CEF7B_1_201_a.jpeg.800x800.jpeg"); 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