What we learned from designing an academic certificates system on the blockchain

Statement of Objectives

Insights from a Student’s MIT Media Lab Application

The Algorithms Aren’t Biased, We Are

Excited about using AI to improve your organization’s operations? Curious about the promise of insights and predictions from computer models? I want to warn you about bias and how it can appear in those types of projects, share some illustrative examples, and…

SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE

From the “Small World Experiment” to the “Red Balloon Challenge,” and beyond

Why there are so many video lectures in online learning, and why there probably shouldn’t be

The Internet promised us a revolution in learning. What we ended up with looks more like educational TV on small screens. Why is that? And how might we change it?

Growing up with AI: How can families play and learn with their new smart toys and companions?

Scratch + Google = Next Generation of Programming Blocks for Kids

By the MIT Scratch Team

On the Scratch Team, we joke about the number of hours that we put into every detail of the design of our programming blocks and interface. We believe that our careful (sometimes obsessive) attention to design…

Coded Illustrations

One of the more exciting calls I get as an artist working in the field of new media is for editorial illustration work. It’s…

Highly Effective Data Science Teams

14 questions that separate teams that struggle from teams that…