#media lab

[biglisbonnews]

Communicating across time TeleAbsence, a project from the MIT Media Lab, probes and imitates the way humans process feelings of belonging, love, and loss. https://news.mit.edu/2023/communicating-across-time-teleabsence-0811

[jcmarchi]

Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2024

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Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2024

Eight MIT faculty members are among the 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 24.

One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications, as well as studies of science and technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities and culture, and education.

Those elected from MIT in 2024 are:

Edward F. Crawley, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, post-tenure;

Nathaniel Hendren, professor of economics;

Mei Hong, David A. Leighty Professor of Chemistry;

Tod Machover, Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Interactive Media Design;

Anna Mikusheva, professor of economics;

Elchanan Mossel, professor of mathematics; and

Xiao-Gang Wen, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics.

“We honor these artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors for their accomplishments and for the curiosity, creativity, and courage required to reach new heights,” says David Oxtoby, president of the academy. “We invite these exceptional individuals to join in the academy’s work to address serious challenges and advance the common good.”

Since its founding in 1780, the academy has elected leading thinkers from each generation, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in the 18th century, Maria Mitchell and Daniel Webster in the 19th century, and Toni Morrison and Albert Einstein in the 20th century. The current membership includes more than 250 Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners.

[craft2eu]

Ode an das Handwerk - Donata Wenders: Dresden vom 24.11.2023 bis 07.04.2024

Die Sonderausstellung „Ode an das Handwerk“ mit Filmen von Donata Wenders aus den Jahren 2019 bis 2023 porträtiert Handwerk in Sachsen. In zehn Leinwandprojektionen werden Gewerke in den Fokus genommen, die charakteristisch für diese traditionsreiche Region sind und die mitunter vom Verschwinden bedroht sind, darunter die Kunstblumenherstellung. Still aus…

[immaculatasknight]

Let me show you my laboratory

[corviiids]

there are fixations where you're like oh my brain has latched onto something per my usual adhd patterns and then there are fixations where you touch a piece of media for the first time and immediately you're like ah... so this is what it is like, to meet your soulmate. and your soulmate. is a shounen manga from 2004

[cybergoth-damsel]

tumblr watching people pour in from reddit and twitter as the other internet monopolies all simultaneously shit the bed.

[landwriter]

dead boy detectives is a show whose shortcomings and strengths make total sense when you think of it as a comic on tv, ie terribly goofy expository dialogue that sounds way better when you picture it in comic book font with every other word bolded, panel-paced conversation as our heroes figure out something very obvious, fun enormous monster set pieces that used up all the cgi budget which is why all the rooftop shots look Like That, incredible snap zooms and smash cuts in montages that hit exactly like comic panels, and side characters with bland or brilliant characterization that seems to hinge on the metric of ‘how much cunt did the actor put into their line readings’

[dr-sunshine-apologist]

Now, I only want you gone

[reitheist]

being relatively new to the transformers fandom is funny because you hear about a show that is deeply beloved by a large section of the fandom, people call it a masterpiece, and it's rated like 5.1 out of 10 on IMDb

[abyssalzones]

tbh it still feels kind of unreal I have an hrt appointment booked for this month like. what do you mean I'm getting what I want

[horsemeatluvr23]

zedaph!!! coloured pencil n fineliner :D ngl i rly struggled w getting a photo of this one .. i ended up scanning it but i think it washed out a lot of the pencil detail n ended up looking like i deep fried it lmao. u will all just have to trust me when i say this looks better irl

[jcmarchi]

Remembering Elise O’Hara, Media Lab staff member

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Remembering Elise O’Hara, Media Lab staff member

Elise O’Hara, a cherished member of the Media Lab community, died on Dec. 12, 2023, as a result of complications following the birth of a healthy child.

As an administrative assistant for multiple research groups and initiatives — most recently, the Space Exploration Initiative and Tangible Media Group — O’Hara managed a variety of complex, high-priority projects with skill, patience, and good humor.

In her time at the Media Lab, O’Hara was perhaps best known for her warmth and her kindness. Professor Hiroshi Ishii says of her, “Elise was not just a colleague to us but a dear friend whose presence brought light and warmth to the Tangible Media Group and MIT Media Lab. All my colleagues loved and respected Elise; her beautiful soul positively touched many lives. We feel fortunate to have worked alongside Elise and to have witnessed the remarkable person she was.”

Samantha Gutierrez-Arango, a research assistant in the Biomechatronics group, says, “Elise was an integral and treasured part of the Media Lab; throughout her time, she touched many lives and hearts and was instrumental in many processes during Covid-19, ensuring the students were happy and healthy when coming back. She covered various groups, so her skills in managing the Media Lab’s day-to-day business were greatly appreciated. Elise was very passionate about theater, acting, and teaching; she loved practicing her Spanish and had a great sense of humor. She always approached life with an optimistic and playful spirit despite obstacles, and was always innovating ways to help her children have a fun time.”

Outside of her work at the Lab, O’Hara was actively involved in local community theater, performing with companies including The Fringe Theater in Needham, Massachusetts, and the Milton Players in Canton. 

O’Hara earned her bachelor’s degree from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut and her master’s in theater education from Emerson College.

She is survived by her husband, Sean O’Hara; her parents, Robert and Jean Valerio; her sister, Julie Cornell; and her three children.

[leafuxxtea]

mikoto!sketch

(see it was a really rough draft that was quickly done, and I wanted to edit it more but. i saved the file on a USB key that I lost and tried to find back and in the process, I accidentally stole a random person's USB key instead. so.)

[apollos-boyfriend]

very self indulgent doodle of a federation!jordan+crumb concept…… jordan is one of the engineers responsible for the census bureau bots’ upkeep and honestly i think crumb just Showed Up one day and they didn’t bother to fire it. who are they to turn down a perfectly good employee

[cybergoth-damsel]

I love when people's fallout OCs have fashionable undercuts. If anyone is buzzing their hair it's with a repurposed gas powered weed wacker in the reflection of a dirty discarded windshield. If you show up to the barber asking for the 2010s dark girlblogger you're gonna leave with the Julie Farkas I'm sorry.

[wonkasposition]

Throws these at the world like a sticky hand. Enjoy my trash.