Excited to launch Geni @playgeni today! This is the culmination of everything we’ve learned about building physical AI experiences at MIT, working with families, and most importantly, how AI can positively impact learning and education. It’s deeply inspired by some of my personal heroes: Froebel, Piaget, and Papert, and their shared belief that children learn best by making. In a world increasingly shaped by AI and passive media consumption, their ideas feel more important than ever.
Thanks for all the support from
@mitdesignx@mitdesignacademy@mitarchitecture@mitsap
We are part of this year’s Core77 Design Awards jury in the Emerging Technologies category with Aria Xiying Bao @xixixi_aria and Greg Tran @gregtran .
From commercial to cultural, environmental to discursive, The Core77 Design Awards honor excellence across all areas of design enterprise. The Emerging Technologies category encompasses systems, services, research, hardware, or software products created with the aid of recently created or developed software and hardware technologies. Examples can include projects that incorporate the use of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), blockchain technologies, robotics, biometrics, advanced materials or new production processes.
@designatmit@mitarchitecture@mitsap@mitdesignacad@artsatmit
Milin Tunsiricharoengul @milintun (B.S. Computer Science & Engineering + B.S. Art & Design ’27), Layla Stanton @laylaastanton (B.S. Mechanical Engineering + B.S. Art & Design ‘27), and Lan Hai (B.S. Management + B.S. Art & Design ’28)
Twistorus
4.031 Design Studio: Objects and Interaction
Twistorus is a two-person digital camera that encourages intimate collaboration between its subjects. Users must coordinate to simultaneously capture their various body parts.
4.031 Design Studio: Objects and Interaction is an overview of design as the giving of form, order, and interactivity to the objects that define our daily experience. The second project asks students to design a novel digital camera.
Want to be part of HARD MODE? We're looking for volunteers for MIT's 48-hour hardware × AI hackathon — March 6–8 at MIT Media Lab.
The design brief: human flourishing. 200 builders. Real hardware. Six tracks: connect, learn, reflect, work, play, thrive.
Help us make it happen. Link in bio. 🔗
What I love about building at MIT is the atmosphere, being together in the studio, learning, breaking things, and celebrating growth as a group.
Join us at HARD MODE: a 48-hour MIT AI × Hardware hackathon where engineers, designers, and researchers build physical AI prototypes that push how humans interact with technology.
Learn more and apply at here: https://hardmode.media.mit.edu/
#mit #medialab #hackathon #ai #hardware
HARD MODE: MIT Hardware x AI Hackathon
A 48h challenge to reimagine the future of AI.
📍 MIT Media Lab @mitmedialab
🗓 March 6–8 2026
👥 200 participants · Limited spots
⚙️ APPLY NOW: hardmode.media.mit.edu
[Link in Bio]
Open to: Students. Researchers. Engineers. Designers and anyone interested in building beyond screens.
Winners will receive: Cash prizes · Premium hardware · Industry access • Funding opportunities
Hosted by:
MIT Media Lab’s AHA @aha_medialab
MIT Design Intelligence Lab @designintelligencelab
Video: @cyrusclarke
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