How does the MIT Media Lab work?

The MIT Media Lab promotes an interdisciplinary research culture that brings together diverse areas of interest and inquiry. Unique among other laboratories at MIT, the Media Lab comprises both a broad research agenda and a graduate degree program in Media Arts and Sciences.

Is MIT Media Lab connected to MIT?

The MIT Media Lab is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, growing out of MIT’s Architecture Machine Group in the School of Architecture.

Is the MIT Media Lab for undergraduate?

The Program in Media Arts and Sciences does not offer an undergraduate degree, but there are opportunities for MIT undergraduates to engage with the Media Lab. If you are a current MIT undergrad interested in MAS for graduate school, you can sign up for our email list or send your questions to [email protected].

Can I visit MIT Media Lab?

Can I visit the Media Lab? The MIT Media Lab is an academic, research laboratory, and does not offer tours to the general public. Rotating exhibits in the ground-floor lobby of the new Media Lab building are open to the public.

Who started MIT Media Lab?

Nicholas Negroponte
Jerome Wiesner
MIT Media Lab/Founders
Nicholas Negroponte co-founded the MIT Media Lab with Jerome B. Wiesner in 1985, and served as its first director. A graduate of MIT, Negroponte joined the faculty in 1966 and was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design. He gave the first TED talk in 1984, as well as 13 since then.

What is a research laboratory?

Research Laboratories are workplaces for the conduct of scientific research. This WBDG Building Type page will summarize the key architectural, engineering, operational, safety, and sustainability considerations for the design of Research Laboratories.

Who is the head of MIT Media Lab?

Dava Newman
Dava Newman is the director of the MIT Media Lab, and has been the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Harvard–MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology faculty member in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Who designed the MIT Media Lab?

Pentagram has designed a new visual identity for MIT Media Lab, the innovative, interdisciplinary research laboratory at MIT. The design began with designer Richard The’s 25th anniversary logo for the Media Lab, which was based on a seven-by-seven grid.

When was MIT Media Lab founded?

1985
MIT Media Lab/Founded
When the MIT Media Lab first opened its doors in 1985, it combined a vision of a digital future with a new style of creative invention. It brought together researchers from far-ranging fields who were passionate about creative expression and design, with pioneers in the emerging field of digital technology.

Is MIT Media Lab Open to public?

The original Media Lab building (MIT building E15, the Wiesner Building) is home to the MIT List Visual Arts Center and is open to the public.

Who is the head of the MIT Media Lab?

Is a research lab a company?

Company laboratories fall into three clear categories: research laboratories, development laboratories, and test laboratories. Research laboratories carry out both basic and applied research work. They usually support a company as a whole, rather than any one division or department.