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Design, Textiles & Technology across MIT

04:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Lee Family Exchange

Skylar Tibbits and Yuly Fuentes discuss the latest developments in fashion design, textiles and technology across MIT.

Growing Islands – Rebuilding Coastlines through Wave Energy

05:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Lee Family Exchange

Skylar Tibbits and Walt Zesk present a novel approach to addressing the mounting threat of climate change-induced coastal erosion.

Unwanted Project: Creative Upcycling for Fashion and More

12:30 PM

MIT Museum: The Heide Education Suite

How might we reimagine the material world with hands-on creation and upcycling the creative process? Through this workshop, participants will experience designing and creating functional objects including light, bags and accessories with PVC pipe, which is a normal urban disposal and construction material.

New Career Opportunities in Human Nutrition

06:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Sharp Room

Human Nutrition is ripe for disruption driven by health and environmental concerns. We examine emerging opportunities based in athletics, biochemistry, public policy, arts, and communications. We ask what fundamental skills will prepare a new generation of nutrition-focused professionals to lead the way to a healthier future for all.

Fashion Technologies with threeASFOUR

05:30 PM

MIT Museum: The Lee Family Exchange

threeASFOUR directors Brit Shaked and Gabi Asfour will demonstrate an array of new technologies that open up the conversation of innovative and interactive boundaries in the fashion field.

Curiosity Challenge: STEM STAR Celebration

12:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Lee Family Exchange

You asked, we answer. A celebration of STEM curiosity, a panel of experts, and the prize-giving celebration for the Curiosity Challenge 2022.

Tapis Magique: A Choreomusical Interactive Carpet

01:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Lee Family Exchange

Tapis Magique is a pressure-sensitive, knitted electronic textile carpet that generates three-dimensional sensor data based on body postures and gestures and drives an immersive sonic environment in real-time. The carpet explores the relationship between choreography and music.

Hacking Grains x Chromic Duo

08:00 PM

MIT Museum: Lobby

Hacking Grains (2022) is an immersive installation and musical theater work that explores the interconnectivity between ritual, technology, and asian identity through food and sound.

Silk Offers an Alternative to Microplastics

01:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Heide Education Suite

Join MIT professors Marelli and Liu as they use silk to replace some of the microplastics in agriculture and cosmetic industries.