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The head of the world’s coolest innovation lab wants to focus on . . . public policy

Dava Newman, the new head of MIT’s Media Lab, wants the lab to take on bigger problems and reach out into the community.

The head of the world’s coolest innovation lab wants to focus on . . . public policy

‘When can I schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment?’ Why the government can’t answer this simple question

Operation Warp Speed successfully helped develop a vaccine in record time, but it did not develop a plan for last-mile delivery—and Americans’ lives are at stake.

‘When can I schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment?’ Why the government can’t answer this simple question

Americans speak more than 1,300 languages. This artist wants to capture them all

People speak as many as 800 languages in New York alone. With A Counting, Ekene Ijeoma aims to represent every single one.

Americans speak more than 1,300 languages. This artist wants to capture them all

Fast Company Magazine

Meet the computer scientist and activist who got Big Tech to stand down

Joy Buolamwini’s research helped persuade Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft to put a hold on facial recognition technology. Through her nonprofit Algorithmic Justice League, she’s now battling AI bias in other realms.

Meet the computer scientist and activist who got Big Tech to stand down

This MIT app makes self-care as addictive as a video game

Collect cute monsters and make your brain feel better.

This MIT app makes self-care as addictive as a video game

Give your kids a free MIT education, with this new STEM-focused site

The legendary technology school launches a new website aimed at teaching K-12 students about AI.

Give your kids a free MIT education, with this new STEM-focused site

The U.S. is under quarantine. Can technology help us reach out and touch our loved ones?

Tangible interfaces were the hottest idea in experimental UI. As we’re all holed up working from home, it’s time to revisit it.

The U.S. is under quarantine. Can technology help us reach out and touch our loved ones?

MIT’s damning report on Jeffrey Epstein attempts to exonerate its president

Prepared by the law firm Goodwin Procter, it appears to absolve many of MIT’s top leaders, while revealing new information about Professor Seth Lloyd’s deep involvement with the convicted sex offender.

MIT’s damning report on Jeffrey Epstein attempts to exonerate its president

Innovation By Design

The best experimental designs of 2019

See all the honorees of the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards in the Experimental category.

The best experimental designs of 2019

MIT Media Lab founder defends accepting Jeffrey Epstein’s money in explosive report

In a meeting at the Media Lab, founder Nicholas Negroponte reportedly said that “If you wind back the clock, I would still say, ‘Take [the money].'”

MIT Media Lab founder defends accepting Jeffrey Epstein’s money in explosive report

Two MIT Media Lab scholars quit as Jeffrey Epstein connections emerge

“I cannot with integrity do that from a place with the kind of relationship that the Media Lab has had with Epstein,” writes Dr. J. Nathan Matias in a statement. “It’s that simple.”

Two MIT Media Lab scholars quit as Jeffrey Epstein connections emerge

MIT Media Lab director apologizes for accepting funds from Jeffrey Epstein

Joi Ito, head of the MIT Media Lab, apologized for taking investment money and donations from the now-deceased convicted sex offender.

MIT Media Lab director apologizes for accepting funds from Jeffrey Epstein

Celtics star Jaylen Brown wants to fix American schools

In an exclusive interview, the basketball player discusses his new MIT Media Lab fellowship, and how he plans to use the platform to reform education.

Celtics star Jaylen Brown wants to fix American schools

Meet MIT’s new fellows: Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown and politics wunderkind Michael Tubbs

MIT’s new Media Lab fellows are not your everyday scientists.

Meet MIT’s new fellows: Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown and politics wunderkind Michael Tubbs

Plants are the oldest sensors in the world. Could they be the future of computers?

“They’re billion-year evolutionary machines,” says an MIT researcher who is developing ways to turn houseplants into functioning sensors.

Plants are the oldest sensors in the world. Could they be the future of computers?

Don’t ban Huawei. Do this instead

Telecommunications policy should be based on objective standards, not geopolitical issues, writes MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte.

Don’t ban Huawei. Do this instead

Visualizing where rich and poor people really cross paths–or don’t

These maps show “place inequality”–or why people of different income levels are at different coffee shops.

Visualizing where rich and poor people really cross paths–or don’t

This plant is a cyborg (and it might be the future of interfaces)

A Parsons and MIT researcher hooked up electrodes to a plant’s leaves to turn it into a robotic sensor.

This plant is a cyborg (and it might be the future of interfaces)

A groundbreaking study reveals how we want machines to treat us

A self-driving car is crashing on a busy street. Who does it kill? Who does it save? Your answer will be shaped by where you live, says an MIT study.

A groundbreaking study reveals how we want machines to treat us

MIT’s new tool erases anything (or anyone) from old photos

The reality distortion field is real, and it’s getting better every day.

MIT’s new tool erases anything (or anyone) from old photos

Impact

These modular pop-up plastic-sorting facilities can help end ‘recycling deserts’

Climate scientists demand PR firms stop helping fossil fuel companies cover up their impact

Every driver in London soon might have to pay a fee any time they take a car trip

News

Want more Instagram likes? Marketing scholars have discovered a formula for the perfect image

Ghosting on this Gen Z dating app will literally make you invisible

Problems ordering your free COVID test kits? Try this fix

Co.Design

This startup is turning nonrecyclable plastic into building blocks fit for construction

The secret to creating new public parks out of thin air? Foam

Enter the 2022 Innovation by Design Awards

Work Life

Your ’emotional whiteboard’ might be confusing coworkers

3 tips we still need to handle communication overload

4 ways leaders can proactively fuel creativity