Earlier this month, Media Lab Director Joi Ito, a group of Media Lab students, and an alum went to the Aspen Ideas Festival 2012.
- MIT Media Lab: Innovation, Rocky Mountain StyleA group of Media Lab students and Lab director Joi Ito are on their way to Aspen to participate in the Aspen Ideas Festival 2012 . We cre...
- On my way to the Aspen Ideas Festival with my crew! -Seeding Innovation: The MIT Media Lab at Aspen Ideas Festival: youtu.be/R4XHBInNrnM
- 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
While there, the students demo'd current research, such as Makey Makey, an "invention kit for everyone" by Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver.
- Makey Makey really is bananas! Check it:
Review and a build: Makey Makey, a banana piano, and MarioWe've been getting a lot of emails on the Hackaday tip line about the Makey Makey. This business-card sized circuit board turns everythin...- It's invention for all and thus it is not a bit shellfish. [Sorry.]
- In vino veritas, or something like that. Coco Krumme's wine experiment (more details on that).
- Ben Waber talked about his research with NPR:
The students were apparently unaffected by altitude.
On Sunday, July 1, the Media Lab crew presented on the topic of "Seeding Innovation."
- m.guardian.co.ukThe MIT Media Lab provided a star turn in Aspen on Sunday morning, as researchers revealed some of the ideas and devices that could soon ...
- They also got the band back together. (L-R: Eric Rosenbaum, Nadya Peek, Ben Waber, Micah Eckhardt)
- Todd Farrell of the Biomechatronics group presenting on his research on smart prosthetics.
- Nadya Peek of the Center for Bits and Atoms is working to democratize fabrication tools.









