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What I did on my summer vacation

Or, The Media Lab at Aspen Ideas Festival 2012

  1. Earlier this month, Media Lab Director Joi Ito, a group of Media Lab students, and an alum went to the Aspen Ideas Festival 2012.

  2. On my way to the Aspen Ideas Festival with my crew! -Seeding Innovation: The MIT Media Lab at Aspen Ideas Festival: youtu.be/R4XHBInNrnM
  3. Excited to be at @AspenInstitute: #AEF2012. On 6/28 I'll be on @NPR's @totn is.gd/Ssmc72 Looking forward to a great discussion
  4. still dreaming, woke up way late, somehow made it to the airport and did not miss my flight
  5. While there, the students demo'd current research, such as Makey Makey, an "invention kit for everyone" by Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver.

  6. Makey Makey really is bananas! Check it:
  7. It's invention for all and thus it is not a bit shellfish. [Sorry.]
  8. In vino veritas, or something like that. Coco Krumme's wine experiment (more details on that).
  9. Ben Waber talked about his research with NPR:
  10. The students were apparently unaffected by altitude. 

  11. On Sunday, July 1, the Media Lab crew presented on the topic of "Seeding Innovation." 

  12. They also got the band back together. (L-R: Eric Rosenbaum, Nadya Peek, Ben Waber, Micah Eckhardt)
  13. Todd Farrell of the Biomechatronics group presenting on his research on smart prosthetics.
  14. Nadya Peek of the Center for Bits and Atoms is working to democratize fabrication tools.

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