Media Lab
Dark matter
Long time no blog. Far too busy is my excuse. Yesterday I attended a talk by Erik Ramberg, who is a scientist at Fermilab, on dark matter. The point that struck me is that we do not know what 94% of the universe is made of. This is quite amazing. Just think. We know only [...]
Research avatar
We finally got the demo working today for our bi-annual meeting in Dallas. This is definitely sooner than we had initially expected to have a working demo. Deadlines really can make me productive. Dallas is an interesting city. On the whole, its rather spread out and calm. But it has a natural charm, and people [...]
Infinite corridor – a social pipe?
I made an observation today. While walking in the infinite corridor at MIT, I meet a lot of people that I don’t usually see. Many of these are people that I have just met once, briefly, but remember talking to. This is probably why my subconscious has been directing me to walk down to 77 [...]
Elegance @ MIT Media Lab
Recently, a visitor to the Media Lab took me aside and asked a question. He said, “I like the stuff you guys do at the lab, and I like the way you represent it looking elegant props and demos. Do your advisors ask you to make them look elegant? I’m just curious.”
