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Project Research

Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts Exhibition

Dexter Callender III was awarded the 2024 Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts for excellence in his body of work.  

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #computer vision #art +2 more
Project Research

Comments on Code

I have always been interested in the communities around coding.I love shader programming, I do it as a performance, but I have always felt …

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Char Stiles
#social networks #data #community +1 more
Post Research

Dexter Callender III awarded 2024 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

Callender was awarded this prize for his body of work, Light Sculptures, Matters of Impermanence.

May 14, 2024
in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #computer vision #art +2 more
Project Research

Light Sculptures

This project transforms light into physical artifacts.  I developed a custom software systems to capture photographs of sunlight …

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #computer vision #architecture +3 more
Research
Lifelong Kindergarten

Engaging people in creative learning experiences

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +37 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #social networks +80 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Drawing Light

I coded a drawing tool to design Cloud Light sculptures.  I used to the tool to generate a new design, which I made and exhi…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #art #code
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
Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

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

#robotics #design #social networks +134 more
Research
Fluid Interfaces

Designing Systems for Cognitive Support

#robotics #design #social networks +62 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Making art through computation

Master’s student Chelsi Cocking combines her love for computer science and design in her research and outreach efforts at the Media Lab.

via MIT News · June 26, 2022
in Future Sketches
#art #civic technology #machine learning +3 more
Post Research

Illuminate nominated for 2024 SXSW Innovation Award

Illuminate has been nominated for a 2024 SXSW Innovation Award in the Student Innovation category. Illuminate  is an in…

Jan. 25, 2024
in Future Sketches
#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +4 more
Project Research

Illuminate

What would it be like if we could see our movement? Illuminate (2023, Chelsi Alise Cocking) is an interactive art installation in whic…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Chelsi Cocking
#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +9 more
Research
Future Sketches

Exploring the essence of code as a creative medium

#design #computer vision #human-computer interaction +31 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

👋 CoCo — A New Real-Time Co-Creative Platform for Young People

CoCo is a new live co-creative learning platform designed to empower educators to support young people in both physical and remote set…

in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Shruti Dhariwal · Manuj Dhariwal
#kids #learning + teaching #social science +6 more
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

Tree Clocks: an interactive rhythm and language work

By Chelsi Cocking and Manaswi MishraCode Cypher, hosted by CAST Visiting Artist and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco and Pr…

in Opera of the Future · Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Chelsi Cocking · Manaswi Mishra
#art #music #computer science +2 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
Post Research

Live-Coding, Performance, And Computational Art With Char Stiles

Arts in Tech Podcast based in Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University Interviews Char Stiles from Future Sketches

Jan. 30, 2024
in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #art #augmented reality +3 more
Project Research

OctoStudio

OctoStudio is a free coding app available at octostudio.orgOctoStudio transforms how young people use mobile phones and tablets, enabl…

in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Natalie Rusk · Kreg Hanning +13 more
#robotics #design #artificial intelligence +8 more
Research
Poetic Justice

Exploring new forms of social justice through art

#robotics #design #architecture +34 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Transforming screen time: Kids can use smartphones to enhance their creativity

Too many apps treat young people as passive consumers, not motivated makers. But there are alternatives.

via The Boston Globe · Oct. 24, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#learning + teaching #creativity #code
Project Research

Cloud Light – Designing with signed distance functions (SDFs)

Cloud Light is a lighting object that draws inspiration from signed distance function geometries and  nature. It functions as a lamp a…

in Future Sketches · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
Dexter Callender
#design #creativity #code
Article Research

A decade into experiments with gamification, edtech rethinks how to motivate learners

Created by Media Lab PhD students Shruti Dhariwal and Manuj Dhariwal, CoCo is a digital learning platform that fosters collaboration.

via EdSurge · May 9, 2023
in Lifelong Kindergarten · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#kids #learning + teaching #social science +4 more
Article Research

Generative AI for makers: AI has truly arrived — and it’s here to help you make and craft

Personal Robots alum Stefania Druga and editor Keith Hammond explore the ways that crafters and makers can use generative AI techniques.

via MAKE: Magazine · Feb. 8, 2023
in Personal Robots · Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI · Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#design #architecture #art +4 more
Article Research

“MIT Illuminations,” a colorful installation and introduction to creative computation, is now open in Kendall Square

“MIT Illuminations” showcases the creative coding work of MIT community members, including Media Lab alumni.

via MIT News · Feb. 14, 2023
in Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity
#art #creativity #code
Article Research

Robot ChatGPT, GPT-4: "It's time to slow down the development of artificial intelligence"

Researcher Pattie Maes believes it's crucial to build machines to support our intelligence rather than replace it.

via Le Point · March 16, 2023
in Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #code
Article Research

San Gabriel teen codes his way toward the future, heads to West Point Military Academy

Korbin Deary talks about his involvement with Scratch, a programming platform created by the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the Lab

via Pasadena Weekly · June 23, 2022
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#kids #learning + teaching #code
Post Research

Scratch hits a major milestone—100 million global users!

Scratch, a coding platform for children, was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Media Lab in 2007.

Dec. 2, 2022
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#kids #learning + teaching #code
Archived
Project Research

Daily Sketches: Nina Lutz

Nina does daily sketches on Twitter @ninasketches or at the website for her 2021 sketches , where you can see them in all their glory.You c…

in Future Sketches
Nina Lutz · Zach Lieberman
#design #art #computer science +1 more
Archived
Article Research

Informer Episode 10: Zach Lieberman

Zach Lieberman talks to arts curator Roddy Schrock about creative coding, his career path, the work of his group at the Media Lab, and more.

via Informer Podcast · Jan. 10, 2022
in Future Sketches
#art #gaming #creativity +1 more
Article Research

The 2021 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

The Council for the Arts at MIT congratulates the recipients of the 2021 Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts.

via Arts at MIT · May 27, 2021
in Poetic Justice · Future Sketches
#design #art #computer science +1 more
Article Research

Coded Illustrations

Zach Lieberman talks about the illustrations he created for this week’s cover story of The NYT Magazine and translating code-based art.

via Medium · March 18, 2021
in Future Sketches
#design #art #computer science +2 more
Project Research

Scratch

Scratch is the world's most popular coding community for kids. Millions of kids around the world are using Scratch to program their ow…

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick · Natalie Rusk +30 more
#robotics #design #art +15 more

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