Alexis Hope

Watch the video, then read this post by Alexis Hope, a researcher in the Lifelong Kindergarten group, to learn more about her work at the Media Lab and her passions.

“The energy in the room was so strong and it was so clear that everyone was excited to finally have a space to talk about these things that society normally ignores,” Alexis Hope, the hackathon’s creative director, told “Good Morning America.” “I think it’s the beginning of a larger movement.”

The Times piece caught the attention of Hope and other Media Lab researchers. There had to be a way to make pumps quieter, or more elegant, or less painful without making them significantly more expensive. Maybe what the breast pump needed, the researchers thought, was a hackathon.

You know the power of a great book. It transports you, taking you into another place and time. But if well-written prose and the power of your imagination aren't enough, a few clever engineers at MIT have come up with a wearable vest that hooks up to an e-book to enhance your reading experience even more.

The global news cycle can be overwhelming. Fold, a news platform being developed by MIT Media Lab‘s Alexis Hope and Kevin Hu, has been designed to provide context at its very core.