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Optical Brush imaging device published in Nature Scientific Reports                                                                                                            
The latest paper by Barmak Heshmat, Ik Hyun Lee and Ramesh Raskar unveils "a new imaging device that consists of a loose bundle of optical fibers, with no need for lenses or a protective housing.   The fibers are connected to an array of photosensors at one end; the other ends can be left to wave free, so they could pass individually through micrometer-scale gaps in a porous membrane, to image whatever is on the other side."



Read the full article at MIT News
Learn more, Read FAQ's, and read the nature paper HERE


EarID announced as an MIT $100K Accelerate finalist

Several groups are showcasing health tech devices hoping to change the face of health care.  EarID from the Camera Culture group is creating an easy-to-use tool to improve diagnosis of ear infections and allow doctors to practice "watchful waiting," reducing over-prescription of antibiotics.

Learn more about the competition HERE


How to use computer vision to improve cities 

Nikhil Naik collaborates with Camera Culture and Macro Connections groups to better  understand our cities.  Recent project s like  Street Score  use computer vision techniques to determine the safety of a place using Google StreetView images.  

Read Nikhil's transcript from TEDX Beacon Street


Emerging Worlds team returns from India but work with teams continues

MIT Media Lab mentors worked with over a hundred local innovators in Nashik, India last month.  Teams worked in the areas of  food and agriculture, housing and transport, smart cities, health and medical devices, education  and financial inclusion.  Top innovators were selected to continue their work with corporate and MIT mentors. 
 
Learn more HERE


Save the date - Emerging Worlds meeting
 
April 11, MIT Media Lab 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge MA 

Join us as we  look for creative solutions to pressing challenges that can be solved with new technology, including machine learning, Internet of Things, Big Data and mobile devices.  Full day event for researchers, corporate partners, entrepreneurs, and  thought leaders.  

Register for the event HERE


Keith Angelino joins team to work on health tech devices

Keith  Angelino joins us as a technical assistant and aspires to combine his diverse industry experience with his desire to prototype clinical technologies. He recently earned his masters degree focused on building novel percutaneous neural interfaces. Always keeping up with the latest manufacturing techniques, he looks forward to applying his approaches within the domain of optics.



Ramesh Raskar's UIST Talk Online

We live in a very confusing world. The largest taxi service company doesn't own any taxis, the largest hospitality company in terms of market cap doesn't own any hotels,and the largest media company doesn't own any media. The Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab aims to influence and improve human lives through the invention of DIPS and DAPS, digital interfaces and  applications  for physical systems.

Watch the full talk HERE

Camera Culture at TED

Ramesh Raskar and John Werner attended the 2016 TED Conference this past week where they hosted a session on the group's bottom-up co-innovation model, highlighting the four stage innovation process: spot, probe, grow, and scale.  

Watch a recap video from John Werner HERE


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