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Conformable Decoders

Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy

#robotics #design #social networks +53 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience

#robotics #design #social networks +149 more
Research
Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +73 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing

#robotics #design #social networks +134 more
Article Research

Propelling atomically layered magnets toward green computers

MIT scientists address issues to bringing 2D magnetic materials into practical use, setting the stage for more energy-efficient computers

via MIT News · April 4, 2024
in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
#energy #computer science #technology +3 more
Research
Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek

Inventing disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and creating new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis

#robotics #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +31 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in

#robotics #design #social networks +144 more
Project Research

conformable Facial Code Extrapolation Sensor (cFaCES)

AbstractDevices that facilitate nonverbal communication typically require high computational loads or have rigid and bulky form factors&nbs…

in Conformable Decoders
Canan Dagdeviren · Lin Zhang +2 more
#design #bioengineering #health +15 more
Project Research

2D Spintronic and Neuromorphic Devices for Sustainable Artificial Intelligence

2D Spintronic and Neuromorphic Devices for Sustainable Artificial Intelligence

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
Deblina Sarkar · Shivam Kajale
#artificial intelligence #consumer electronics #energy +8 more
Article Research

Researchers harness 2D magnetic materials for energy-efficient computing

The researchers precisely controlled an ultrathin magnet at room temperature, which could enable faster processors and computer memories.

via MIT News · Feb. 22, 2024
in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek · Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI +1 more
#consumer electronics #computer science #technology +3 more
Research
Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity

#robotics #design #social networks +136 more
Project Research

Ultra-scalable and energy-efficient nanoelectronics

For more details and recent updates visit:  https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Electronics are ubiquitous in today’s world, with …

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
Deblina Sarkar
#synthetic biology #engineering #nanoscience
Project Research

Life-Nanomachine Synergism

For more details and recent updates visit:  https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Nanoelectronics has the potential to enable radica…

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Deblina Sarkar
#robotics #bioengineering #data +9 more
Project Research

Nanoscale mapping of bio-molecular building blocks of brain

For more details and recent updates visit:  https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/For understanding the brain structure, it is neces…

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
Deblina Sarkar
#synthetic biology #biology #cognitive science +1 more
Project Research

Nano-Implants for Wireless Brain Interfacing

Nano-Implants for Wireless Brain Interfacing

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
Deblina Sarkar
#health #synthetic biology #mental health +5 more
Research
Molecular Machines

Engineering at the limits of complexity with molecular-scale parts

#robotics #design #architecture +33 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

A tailored, electronic textile conformable suit for large-scale spatiotemporal physiological sensing in vivo

The rapid advancement of electronic devices and fabrication technologies has further promoted the field of wearables and smart textiles. Ho…

in Conformable Decoders · Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body
Canan Dagdeviren · Irmandy Wicaksono
#design #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +16 more
Project Research

Receptor S-layer Electrical Nano Sensing Array (RESENSA)

A modular, membrane protein design based biomimetic sensing system named RESENSA (Receptor S-layer Electrical Nano Sens…

in Molecular Machines · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI
Rui Qing · Shuguang Zhang
#health #sensors #biology +3 more
Article Research

New sensor mimics cell membrane functions

The device detects the same molecules that cell receptors do, and may enable routine early screening for cancers and other diseases.

via MIT News · July 21, 2023
in Molecular Machines
#health #sensors #biology +3 more
Article Research

With the HUMANS project, a message that space is for everyone

Supported by the Space Exploration Initiative, the student-run HUMANS project aims to increase global representation in space.

via MIT News · July 20, 2021
in Space Exploration Initiative
#art #space #community +3 more
Article Research

Tiny ‘Rover’ explores cells without harming them

Professor Deblina Sarkar discusses a miniature antenna that can transmit data from inside cells without using damaging microwaves.

via Scientific American · Nov. 21, 2022
in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
#data #data science #microbiology +1 more
Article Research

All the possibilities of the cleanroom

Jorg Scholvin talks to MIT News about his range of experiences at MIT, including current work as an assistant director at MIT.nano.

via MIT News · Dec. 8, 2022
in Synthetic Neurobiology
#neurobiology #computer science #engineering +1 more
Post Research

Deblina Sarkar receives the NIH Director's New Innovator Award

She is being recognized by the NIH for unusually innovative work in the development of biomedical implants that defy the need for surgery.

Oct. 3, 2022
in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
#nanoscience
Article Research

Cell Rover: Exploring and augmenting the inner world of the cell

MIT researchers describe an intracellular antenna that's compatible with 3D biological systems + can operate wirelessly inside a living cell

via MIT News · Sept. 22, 2022
in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
#robotics #bioengineering #sensors +5 more
Article Research

Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues

Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.

via MIT News · Aug. 29, 2022
in Synthetic Neurobiology · Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
#synthetic biology #biology #cognitive science +1 more
Project Research

Ultra-sensitive electrical biosensors for point-of-care applications

For more details and recent updates visit:  https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Sensors, especially biosensors, are indispensable …

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
Deblina Sarkar
#synthetic biology #nanoscience
Article Research

Flat transistor defies the limit

The finding opens up avenues to the development of integrated circuits that have extremely low power consumption.

via Nature · Sept. 30, 2015
in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
#nanoscience
Post Research

Frequently Asked Questions: A tailored, electronic textile conformable suit for large-scale spatiotemporal physiological sensing in vivo

Oct. 15, 2020
in Conformable Decoders
#design #consumer electronics #health +7 more
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Research
Synthetic Neurobiology

Revealing insights into the human condition and repairing brain disorders via novel tools for mapping and fixing brain computations

#art #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +25 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Project Research

Optogenetics: Molecules enabling neural control by light

We have pioneered the development of fully genetically encoded reagents that, when targeted to specific cells, enable their physiology to b…

in Synthetic Neurobiology
Edward Boyden
#bioengineering #health #neurobiology +1 more
Archived
Article Research

Ed Boyden wins prestigious Wilhelm Exner Medal

Entrepreneurial science award recognizes scientists whose work opens up “new dimensions of economic progress."

via MIT News · March 18, 2020
in Synthetic Neurobiology
#neurobiology #nanoscience
Article Research

Deblina Sarkar joins the MIT Media Lab faculty

New research group aims to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and synthetic biology.

via MIT News · Feb. 19, 2020
in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
#synthetic biology #nanoscience

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