Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 22
Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
In this thesis I present a novel approach to space perception. I provide a body-centric computational model, The Hallucination Machine, that integrates bodily knowledge with senses in a common modality which I call "the ...
The good, the bad, and the facts : multimodal representation of medical conversations for patient understanding
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Medical patients face significant challenges for managing their health information. In particular, cancer patients have a uniquely difficult experience where they must endure the physical and emotional effects of their ...
Logic matter : digital logic as heuristics for physical self-guided-assembly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Given the increasing complexity of the physical structures surrounding our everyday environment -- buildings, machines, computers and almost every other physical object that humans interact with -- the processes of assembling ...
Interactive design process based on augmented intelligence : a framework and toolkit for designers to interact and collaborate with AI algorithms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Designers can use artificial intelligence, such as Genetic Algorithms, to deal with the design problems which seem impossible to be quickly resolved by the human mind. However, none of the current Al algorithms interact ...
Form from within : scaling up self-constructing biological architectures through a novel application of synthetic morphogenesis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
In this thesis, I introduce a novel biofabrication method Architectures from Staged Self-assembly of Morphogenetic Building Elements (ASSEMBLE), that brings about self-constructing biological structures at the architectural ...
Illuminating preference : rethinking colored lighting in workplace environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Comfort in workspace lighting is hard to define. In recent years "smart hardware" has enabled personalized control in lighting. Provided interfaces, however are often forcibly tying the ephemeral nature of light and personal ...
Machine learning inspired synthetic biology: neuromorphic computing in mammalian cells
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Synthetic biologists seek to collect, refine, and repackage nature so that it's easier to design new and reliable biological systems, typically at the cellular or multicellular level. These redesigned systems are often ...
Observing the observers : a new experimental paradigm for the study of seeing and drawing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
One way to study how people design is to understand how others observe them designing. I take a step towards this understanding by examining how people segment visual design events temporally, in other words, how they ...
UDesign : toward a user-centered architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
As more companies encourage users to participate in the design of personalized products through online configuration tools, a new kind of user-centered business model emerges. One of the outcomes of this transformation, ...
NeverMind : an interface for human Memory augmentation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
If we are to understand human-level intelligence, we need to understand how memories are encoded, stored and retrieved. In this thesis, I take a step towards that understanding by focusing on a high-level interpretation ...