DIVE | Turn Data into Stories Without Writing Code
▻https://dive.media.mit.edu
Recommendation-driven
data exploration
Turn your data into stories without writing code. Our system integrates semi-automated visualization and statistical analysis features into a unified workflow.
DIVE is a publicly available (free as in beer) and open source research project from the MIT Media Lab.
Crowd Supply - For the Greater Goods
▻https://www.crowdsupply.com
Crowd Supply is a launchpad for new open hardware projects, hackables, and high end products for geeks. It empowers product creators to bring their ideas to life with the tools and services they need the most, from strategy and #crowdfunding, to ongoing sales and product fulfillment. It is the only platform of its kind to be endorsed by the Free Software Foundation for respecting the privacy and freedom of its users, and the only crowdfunding platform where every funded product has successfully been made and delivered to backers. Notable product launches include the open Novena laptop by bunnie & xobs, Purism’s Librem laptop, and Circuit Stickers from Jie Qi. Crowd Supply is based in the maker mecca of Portland, OR, and was founded by a team of product engineers from MIT Media Lab. (...)
Scratch Help - About Scratch
▻http://scratch.mit.edu/about
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.
Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century.
Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge.
The Silk Pavilion by Mediated Matter Group. MIT Media Lab. | METALOCUS
▻http://www.metalocus.es/content/en/blog/silk-pavilion-mediated-matter-group-mit-media-lab
Created at the Mediated Matter Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, The Silk Pavilion explores the relationship between digital and biological fabrication on product and architectural scales. The primary structure was created of 26 polygonal panels made of silk threads laid down by a CNC (Computer-Numerically Controlled) machine, followed by a swarm of 6,500 silkworms spinning flat non-woven silk patches as they locally reinforced the gaps across CNC-deposited silk fibers.
Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to generate a 3D cocoon out of a single multi-property silk thread (1km in length), the overall geometry of the pavilion was created using an algorithm that assigns a single continuous thread across patches providing various degrees of density.