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People, Information, and Mediating Technologies Information can move between people in a flash, thanks to mediating technologies. As this still young information revolution accelerates, MIT researchers are finding better ways for people and machines to depict information, communicate it, and absorb complex data. Human understanding of communication is evolving along with technologies. Redefining how information is represented — captured, encoded, and translated into media — is a critical first step. The Lab for Computer Science, newly merged with the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory as the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, is setting new levels of machine intelligence by making spoken language accessible. In the Media Lab, the aesthetics + computation group invents art in digital and physical space. Transforming the fluid movement of information into communication is a second step. The World Wide Web's information flood forces new assessments and new collaborations as the definition of information changes. The Media Lab's Weblog Diffusion Index tracks online information epidemics and breaking memes. A Sloan School focus is how word of mouse is making and breaking business reputations. Human-centered computing, like Project Oxygen, works on interpreting and taming the information river, the third step. Responsive Environments invite human interplay and Affective Computing helps computers respond to human expression. OpenDOOR presents new MIT work on these key areas:
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