Danielle Wood

Jan 10, 2025 | mtdemocrat.com | Danielle Wood

SACRAMENTO — California Museum begins 2025 with expanding and new exhibits that offer a glimpse into the exceptional people who have called this state home. Kamala Harris" The First But Not The Last opens in Women Inspire, Jan. 21 — Explore the life and career of Vice President Kamala Harris up to her election as the United States’ first woman, first African American and first Indian American vice president. For more information visit californiamuseum.org/exhibitions/signature/women-inspire.

Sep 24, 2024 | media.mit.edu | Jennifer Chu |Danielle Wood

By Jennifer Chu | MIT NewsWhen summer temperatures spike, so does our vulnerability to heat-related illness or even death. For the most part, people can take measures to reduce their heat exposure by opening a window, turning up the air conditioning, or simply getting a glass of water. But for people who are incarcerated, freedom to take such measures is often not an option. Prison populations therefore are especially vulnerable to heat exposure, due to their conditions of confinement.

Jul 31, 2024 | media.mit.edu | Danielle Wood

The Zero Robotics Summer Middle School Finals will begin at 11am ET in the MIT Media Lab's Bartos Theater on July 31.  is an educational outreach program originally founded by Prof. David Miller and now led by Prof. Danielle Wood, the Media Lab's Space Enabled research group, and the Innovation Learning Center. The program provides the opportunity for middle school educators and students to write programming for the NASA Astrobee robot on the International Space Station.

Dec 22, 2023 | media.mit.edu | Danielle Wood

On Tuesday, December 19, 2023, two payloads from Team Space Enabled launched to space via a suborbital flight with the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket. The payloads are part of a multi-year research study on the potential for beeswax and candlewax to be used as fuel for satellites in space. Space Enabled is pursuing a vision of one day operating a spacecraft in order that can cast (or manufacture) wax into a fuel grain and use it to deorbit the spacecraft or perform a maneuver to avoid a collision.

Sep 20, 2023 | media.mit.edu | Danielle Wood

Two Screenings at the MIT Media Lab share Black Stories and Celebrate Black Creators with the Boston Film FestivalOn September 23 and 24, the MIT Media Lab will screen two new works in association with the 39th Boston Film Festival. The events are free and open to the public. Follow the link at the button below to RSVP.