http://www.metafilter.com/tags/MITMediaLab Posts tagged with 'MITMediaLab' at MetaFilter. Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:52:37 -0800 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:52:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/46714/Problems%2Dwith%2Dthe%2D100%2Dlaptop <a href="http://fonly.typepad.com/fonlyblog/2005/11/problems_with_t.html">Problems with the $100 laptop.</a> With the upcoming press conference about the MIT media lab's <a title="The MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop --a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has been created. The initiative was first announced by Nicholas Negroponte, Lab chairman and co-founder, at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland in January 2005." href="http://laptop.media.mit.edu/">$100 laptop</a>, this article talks about its origin and some of the problems in trying to overcoming a <em>digital divide</em>. <small>[via: <a href="http://del.icio.us/malaclyps/oblink">del.icio.us/malaclyps/oblink</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46714 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:52:37 -0800 digitaldivide mitmedialab olpc gsb http://www.metafilter.com/41175/Regenerative%2Dbraking%2Din%2Da%2Dshoe <a href="http://www.media.mit.edu/resenv/power.html">"...this effort</a> has examined devices that can be built into a shoe, (where excess energy is readily harvested) and used for generating electrical power "parasitically" while walking." <br><br> Regenerative braking in a shoe for powering small personal electronics, courtesy of MIT's Media Lab. With <a href="http://www.media.mit.edu/resenv/power/PP_Piezo.mpg">video</a>. [<a href="http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000073038748/">via Hack A Day</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.41175 Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:44:50 -0800 alternativepower gadget MITmedialab regenerativebraking technology scarabic http://www.metafilter.com/36764/Fun <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~monster/blendie/dobson_blendie_small.mov">Woman controls blender by making noises at it.</a> Is it wrong that I find this strangely erotic? <small>[sfw, <a href="http://b3ta.com">via</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.36764 Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:17:21 -0800 art ArtProject blender Blendie KellyDobson MediaLab MIT MITMediaLab pitch voiceactivated voicecontrol adampsyche http://www.metafilter.com/27238/Corporate%2Dfallout%2Ddetecter <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~jpatten/cfd/">From MIT's Media Lab: "The Corporate Fallout Detector</a> <i>reads barcodes off of consumer products, and makes a noise similar to a gieger counter of varying intensity based on the social or environmental record of the company that produces the product"</i> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27238 Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:40:41 -0800 activism barcodes brokenlink consumers environment HumanRights MediaLab MIT MITMediaLab socialjustice sharksandwich