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Making a Difference
“Never trust any idea less than 20 years old.”
—Marvin Minsky
Walter Bender Media Lab @ 20
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who’s here:Nathan Abramson, Edith Ackermann, Ari Adler, Stefan Agamanolis, Mike Ananny, Ali Azarbayejani, David Backer, Freedom Baird, Didier Bardon, Shawn Becker, Ben Bederson, Marc Bejarano, Walter Bender, Josh Bers, Marina U Bers, Rahul Bhargava, Timothy Bickmore, Erik Blankinship, Alan Blount, V. Michael Bove, Jr., Brian Bradley, Aaron Brandes, Brent Britton, Kevin Brooks, Gloria Brown-Simmons, William J Butera, Janet Cahn, Lee Campbell, Mark Chackerian, Pascal Chesnais, Elise Co, Grace Colby, Oliver Cossairt, Andrew Dahley, Shaundra Daily, Marc Davis, Daniele De Francesco, SieHendrata Dharmawan, Klee Dienes, Joan M DiMicco, Chris Dodge, Cristina Dolan, Judith Donath, Karen Donoghue, Christine Donovan, Allison Druin, RadhikaDutt, Paul Dworkin, Ingeborg Endter, Jose Espinosa, Ryan Evans, Michele Evard, Bill Farmer, Nathan Felde, Uri Feldman, Raul Fernandez, Stephan Fitch, Michael Fitzsimons, Leonard Foner, Jeana Frost, Ben Fry, Tinsley Galyean, Ricardo Garcia, Bill Gardner, Ricki Goldman, Tim Gorton, Greg Gunn, Rob Guttman, Michael Halle, Mark Halliday, Edward Hammond, Idit Harel-Caperton, Robin Hartwell, Scott Higgins, Debby Hindus, Michelle Hlubinka, Henry Holtzman, Mark Holzbach, Chris Horner, Bradley Horowitz, Gilberte Houbart, Stephanie Hunt, Yuri Ivanov, Tristan Jehan, Mary Lou Jepsen, Michael Johnson, Bradley Kaanta, Craig Kanarick, Keishi Kandori, Ashish Kapoor, Alyce Kaprow, Karrie Karahalios,
Jeffrey Klann, Christopher Kline, Daniel Kornhauser, Mark Kortekaas, Steven Kostant, BC Krishna, VikramKumar, Tamara Lackner, Yezdi Lashkari, Alan Lasky, Bradford Lassey, Matthew Lau, Jay Lee, Hosoo Lee, Håkon Lie, John Maeda, Brenden Maher, Sanjay Manandhar, Matt Mankins, Cameron Marlow, Fred Martin, Matt Marx, Michael Massey, James McBride, Kevin McGee, Bruce McHenry, Eric Metois, Margaret Minsky, Lee Morgenroth, Teresa Marrin Nakra, Matthew Norwood, Jon Orwant, Hannah Parsons, Nikita Pashenkov, Surj Patel, Paul Paternoster, Geva Patz, Ethan Perry, Amanda Phillips, Steve Pieper, Claudio Pinhanez, Randal Pinkett, Joseph Pompei, Robert Poor, Rehmi Post, Maria Redin, Benjamin Resner, MitchelResnick, Matthew Reynolds, Roy Rodenstein, Michael Rosenblatt, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, Ben Rubin, Eric Scheirer, Jocelyn Scheirer, Jared Schiffman, Bernice Schneider, Laura Scholl, Arjan Schutte, Deva Seetharam, Robert Silvers, Karl Sims, Push Singh, Paris Smaragdis, Brian K Smith, Casey Smith, Michael Sokolov, Carlton Sparrell, Dana Spiegel, Lisa Strausfeld, David Sturman, Laura Teodosio, Edison Thomaz, Kris Thorisson, Phillip Tiongson, Bill Tomlinson, Catherine Vaucelle, Sunil Vemuri, Benjamin Vigoda, Hannes Vilhjalmsson, Joel Wachman, Joshua Wachman, Earl Wagner, David Wang, Aaron Weber, Louis Weitzman, Alex Westner, Alan Wexelblat, Brian Whitman, Uri Wilensky, Craig Wisneski, Christopher Wren, Rebecca Xiong, Zhonghui Xu, Jim Youll, and those of you who registered late or not at a l l … x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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what you’ve been doing (1 of 5)
Some of you do the academic thing.
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also Edith, Marc, Warren, Matt, Bill, Karrie, Allison, Marina, Kris, Scott, Rebecca, Amy, Uri, Fred, Ethan, Tim, Kevin, Teresa, Deb, Mitch, Hannes, etc.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thad.Starner/
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what you’ve been doing (2 of 5)
Many take jobs in industry;
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http://blog.360.yahoo.com
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what you’ve been doing (2 of 5)
while managing to stay within walking distance of the Lab.
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1. Pascal,2. Wad,3. Straz,4. Alan,5. Josh,6. Orwant,7. Sunil,8. Brad,9. Surj,10.Sean,11.Edison, …
175 Second Street, Cambridge, MA
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what you’ve been doing (3 of 5)
Quite a few have careers in the arts or design.
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Ari, Stefan, David, Elise, Grace, Karen, Nathan, Ed, Craig, Alyce, Karl, Dana, Lisa, Phillip, etc.
http://www.smalldesign.com
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what you’ve been doing (4 of 5)
You’ve started about 100 companies;
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Laura, Nathan, Shawn, Marc, Andrew, Stephan, Tinsley, Bill, Greg, Idit, Tristan, Chris, Vikram, Joe, Ben, Matt, Josh,Mike, etc.
http://www.salientstills.com
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what you’ve been doing (4 of 5)
and you still find time to pursue other interests.
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http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news
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what you’ve been doing (5 of 5)
Many of you have careers in theworld of non-profits, community service, and education.
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what you’ve been doing (6 of 5)
Of course, some of you never left;
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alsoAndy,Judith,Deb,Geek, Push,Mitch,David,and me
http://www.media.mit.edu/~vmb
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what you’ve been doing (6 of 5)
or left, but couldn’t stay away.
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http://www.media.mit.edu/~holtzman
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what you’ve been doing (7 of 5)
A star is born?
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http://www.theapprenticerules.com
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who we are today…
Dan Barry Geek Mike David C Csik
Hugh MaryLou Neil Push John Tod Ted
Roz Henry L Henry H David R Walter GID Cynthia
Bill Andy Deb Marvin Mitch Joe P
Ishii NN Pattie Judith Sandy Seymour Joe J.
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plus…
9 Post Docs55 PhD students81 MS students16 MEng100+ UROPsand a dedicated staff of about 100
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what the Lab’s been doing…
“Technology in support of learning and expressing by people and machines.”
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being digital
In its first decade the Media Lab was about "being digital"; together, we invented much of the technology that enabled the digital revolution of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Our focus also encompassed the application of the technology to the problems facing people: how they inform, entertain, and express themselves.
e.g., convergence,digital music and video,personalization, etc.
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in vivo
The second decade saw a shift toward pervasive,ubiquitous computing. Together, we pioneeredsuch fields as wearable computing and tangible media, further enhancing individual andcommunity expression.
e.g., electronic ink,constructionist toolkits,smart tags, etc.
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human augmentation
The Lab's upcoming decade will turn in large part to an exploration of the technologies of human augmentation. We are striving to overcome limits of human resourcefulness and capability by inventing models and means of mind and expression.
e.g., biometronics, emotion machines,memory prosthetics, etc.
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models of the mind (and body)
We are developing models of the mind that encompass cognition and affect as well as the means of enhancement: our memory, understanding, expressiveness, awareness, empathy, and physical performance.
self-conscious emotionsself-reflective thinkingreflective thinkingdeliberative thinkinglearned reactionsinstinctive reactions
emotionmachine
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while remaining committed to learning through expressing
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what I’ve been doing: puzzles, games, and other things to think with;
http://www.media.mit.edu/~walter/reunion-puzzle
from 335 pieces of Lego
Many thanks to Liz, John, Dan, Elise, Wanda, and Betsy
Goal: make this
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and being digital Nicholas.
After more than five years, I am stepping down as interim Lab director.
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words of wisdom from Steve Benton
“Your job is to make it a jobsomeone else would want.”
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pedia.media.mit.edu
pedia.media.mit.edu
Your story here…
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agendatonight: open house, food and drinktomorrow: making a difference
open house, more food, $100laptop
Håkon LieRob PoorBradley Horowitz Kevin BrooksDavid SmallKelly DobsonTed Selker
Hugh HerrPush SinghMary Lou JepsenBahktiar MikhakAmon MillnerAdam BoulangerFreedom Baird
