MIT Media Lab

The Media Laboratory vision of "enabling technology for learning and expression by people and machines" emphasizes technologies that improve the quality of life in the digital age, and that assist people in constructing their own tools for expression. The Lab advocates a process that includes both imagination and realization, criticism and reflection. Research at the Media Lab comprises interconnected developments in an unusual range of disciplines. Lab research is now exploring new frontiers, such as wireless, "viral" communications; wearable computing; machines capable of common-sense reasoning; new forms of artistic expression; and how children learn. These themes outline a future where the bits of the digital realm interact seamlessly with the atoms of our physical world, and where our machines not only respond to our commands, but also understand our emotionsa future where digital innovation becomes the domain of all.