media lab
Digital research space
A media lab is a facility where researchers, artists, and technologists experiment with emerging technologies and their applications—typically combining computing, design, and communication.
The term gained prominence from MIT's Media Lab, founded in 1985, which became a model for interdisciplinary technology research.
Media labs often explore areas like interactive media, wearable computing, and digital art: The university's media lab is working on augmented reality projects.
- innovationCreating something original
- think tankPolicy research organization
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- rapid prototypingQuick fabrication of preliminary models
- proof of conceptDemonstration of feasibility
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media lablecture hall
Room for academic presentations
lecture theater · auditorium · reading room · seminar room · study carrel
media labwoodworking shop
Facility for crafting timber
print shop · pottery studio · darkroom · scriptorium · machine shop
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