Tag: metaLAB

  • Nation & World

    Fatal encounters with police

    The metaLAB(at)Harvard project gathers the names and stories of 28,000 people who died during police encounters, highlighting racial disparities.

    3–5 minutes
    White text of names against black background.
  • Arts & Culture

    Funny, creepy, or both?

    “The Laughing Room,” brainchild of Harvard metaLab researcher Jonny Sun, uses an algorithm to turn library visitors into performers.

    3–4 minutes
    In 'Laughing Room' installation, people sit on couches, laughing.
  • Science & Tech

    ‘Error’ brings opportunity to metaLAB

    For the first time, Harvard’s metaLAB travels to Austria for Ars Electronica, Europe’s premier festival for art, technology, and social reflection.

    4–6 minutes
    “Moral Labyrinth”
  • Arts & Culture

    Shifting the ‘Horizon’

    In a trip to Iceland over the summer, Joanne Cheung worked with researchers to capture 360-degree video of the changing landscape.

    3–5 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    At metaLAB, curiosity meets whimsy

    The Harvard metaLAB, a design studio and creative research lab affiliated with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, reaches across disciplines to create new multimedia projects.

    4–5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Varied offerings from HarvardX

    From the Bible to Walt Whitman to the history of China, and from architecture to national security to clinical trials, HarvardX’s fall offerings feature a broad range of disciplines.

    7–11 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Humanities in the digital age

    A panel of experts discussed the study of humanities in the digital age, and how humanists’ skill set is well-suited for careers in this advancing world of technology. The discussion was part of a series supported by the FAS Office of Career Services.

    3–4 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Wedding digital with traditional

    Event showcases metaLAB summer projects displaying ways to access, annotate, and remix knowledge in the digital age.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Creating the digital humanities

    Jeffrey Schnapp, professor of Romance languages and literatures, is using his academic passions to explore and experiment with the emerging field of digital scholarship.

    4–6 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    For Harvard, an IT summit

    From across the University, members of the information technology community gathered for the first Harvard IT Summit.

    6–8 minutes