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July 5, 2006 - Agenda
MIT Media Lab Tour
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 - 1:30-3:00pm
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Waltham, MA
MIT
Media Laboratory (Building E15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
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This Tour was held as a MEMBER ONLY event due to space contraints.
MIT Media Lab Tour
Description
From the MIT Media Lab web site:
"In the more than two decades since the MIT Media Lab opened its doors
in 1985, faculty members, research staff, and students have enjoyed
a reputation for innovation that, while initially considered unorthodox,
has found its way into the most conventional-and useful- of applications.
The Lab's extremely diverse faculty and research staff have helped
to create now-familiar areas such as digital video, multimedia,
and wearable computing, and have brought together disciplines such
as cognition, electronic music, graphic design, video, and holography,
as well as pioneering work in computation and human-machine interfaces.
Faculty and graduates have started more than 60 companies since
the Lab began.
"Today's Lab continues to push the envelope with a range
of research that no single industrial partner would be able to
duplicate. Current research foci include machines with common sense,
viral communications, "smart" prostheses, advanced sensor networks,
innovative interface design, and sociable robots. Projects range
from a program that can convert drawings to musical compositions,
to wearable sensors for monitoring health, to electronic ink. Lab
researchers are dedicated to creating a future where machines not
only augment human capabilities, but also relate to people on more "human" terms-a
future where our devices not only respond to commands, but also
understand them." -- read the rest of the
MIT Media Lab Overview document (PDF, 4 pages)
The Media Lab is an academic research facility, and is not able to accommodate visits from the general public.
By special arrangement, we are being granted a unique opportunity to learn about and see for ourselves what some of
the most forward thinking minds of our time have been able to dream up and achieve. If you've ever been curious
about where technology can possibly lead us next, we hope you'll join us for a Tour of the MIT Media Lab.
Speaker / Tour Guide
- Daniel Greenwood - Lecturer, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab
Target Audience
All internet related professionals and technologically curious minds are welcome to attend
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