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New Class Uses Anthropology to Improve Chatbots
Rhea Vedro brings community wishes to life in Boston sculpture
The MIT lecturer and artist-in-residence transformed hundreds of inscribed and hammered steel plates into “Amulet,” a soaring public artwork at City Hall Plaza.
[Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT
Recounted by two seniors
“Essential” torch heralds the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics
Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti designed this year’s Olympic torch with the ethos and principles he brings to his work at MIT.
Event Replay—Making What Matters: A Conversation with MAD Designer in Residence, Tony Fadell
MIT Researchers ‘Speak Objects into Existence’ using AI and Robotics
MAD Associate Director Maria C. Yang named Interim Dean of Engineering
Advances in Architectural Geometry Symposium is coming to MIT
MIT D-Lab spinout True Moringa featured on CNN
iPod Inventor and Nest Founder Tony Fadell Named MAD’s Inaugural Designer in Residence
Quilting with astrophysicists
Introducing the 2025 MAD Design Fellows
MAS.S60 Critical Matter: Emotive Design from Fashion to Urban Scale
MIT launches Day of Design to bring hands-on learning to classrooms
Discovering metamaterials with extraordinary energy dissipation
Two initiatives awarded MAD curriculum support to transform design education
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Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
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VAMO—Vegetal, Animal, Mineral, Other
Automatic Example Generation for Babylonian Programming to facilitate Human-centric Domain Exploration
Aligning the useful and environmental lifetimes of plastics
The Design of Sustainable Academic Entrepreneurship Ecosystems for AI-Driven Venture Success
Strengthening orthothic and prosthetic care globally
Accessibility of online graphics for blind and low-vision users
Plug-and-Play: Increasing Autonomy in Apartment Living With Flexible Modular Design
Concrete Printed Bridge
AI-Enabled Design of Electroactive Surfaces for Sustainable Cell Culture
Human-AI interaction in generative design
2D Magnetic Material for Sustainable AI
AI-Powered Startup Design for the Anthropocene
AI-Empowered Architect: Connecting Creativity with Efficiency for Sustainable Structures Design
Collaborative Augmented Reality-Guided Mud Formwork for Optimized Structural Construction in Remote Areas
Using AI and Immersive Technologies to Experience the Future Self and Support Sustainable Dietary Choices
Predicting Functional Effects of Genetic Variants
Portable Kitchens
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MIT D-Lab: International Development Career Social
MIT Researchers ‘Speak Objects into Existence’ using AI and Robotics
Event Replay—Making What Matters: A Conversation with MAD Designer in Residence, Tony Fadell
MIT D-Lab spinout True Moringa featured on CNN
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