Editing MIT Media Lab (section)

===Spin-offs===
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Media Lab industry spin-offs include:<ref>{{cite web |title=Media Lab spinoff companies|url=https://www.media.mit.edu/about/spin-off-companies/|website=MIT Media Lab|access-date=2018-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203200328/https://www.media.mit.edu/about/spin-off-companies/|archive-date=2017-12-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Affectiva]], commercializing software that detects emotions in pictures of faces<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.affectiva.com/company/about-us/ | title=About Us}}</ref>
* [[Ambient Devices]], which produces [[ambient device|glanceable information displays]]
* [[Dimagi]], a company that develops software for healthcare in the developing world.
* [[E Ink Corporation|E Ink]], which makes electronic paper displays that power the [[Amazon Kindle]] and [[Barnes & Noble Nook]].
* [[Elance]]
* EyeNetra, which makes eye tests as $2 clip-ons for mobile phones, including potential use to correct vision for virtual reality displays.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2015/10/19/eyenetra-wants-to-create-prescription-virtual-reality-screens/ |title=EyeNetra Wants To Create Prescription Virtual Reality Screens |website=forbes.com |access-date=2015-10-19}}</ref>
* First Mile Solutions, bringing communications infrastructure to rural communities<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstmilesolutions.com/about.php |title=Firstmilesolutions.com |access-date=2011-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024160720/http://www.firstmilesolutions.com/about.php |archive-date=2011-10-24 }}</ref>
* [[Formlabs]] makes high-resolution, desktop 3D printers (spin out from Center for Bits and Atoms)
* [[Groundhog Technologies]], global leader in mobility intelligence and its applications on geo-analytics, geo-marketing, and network optimization.
* [[Harmonix]], game company creator of [[Rock Band]] and [[Guitar Hero]].
* Holosonics selling "audio spotlight" speakers using [[sound from ultrasound]] technology
* Nanda, a company that markets the [[Clocky]] alarm clock
* Oblong Industries, creators of the digital screen used by [[Tom Cruise]] in [[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oblong.com |title=Oblong.com |date= 2016-10-09|access-date=2011-10-23}}</ref>
* [[One Laptop per Child]]'s [[OLPC XO-1|XO laptop]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/12/25/mit_spinoffs_green_laptop_a_hit_in_remote_peruvian_village/?page=3|title=MIT spinoff's little green laptop a hit in remote Peruvian village|last=Bajak|first=Frank|date=2007-12-25|work=Boston.com|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref>
* Physiio International, merged with [[Empatica]]; manufacturer of wearable medical sensors<ref>{{cite web | url=http://affect.media.mit.edu/projectpages/iCalm/iCalm-2-Q.html | title=From iCalm to Q Sensor to Physiio to Empatica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.empatica.com/science | title=Real-time physiological signals &#124; E4 EDA/GSR sensor}}</ref>
* [[Potion Design]], an interactive design firm
* RadioSherpa, an online guide for HD Radio stations. acquired by Tune-in.
* [[reQall]], a memory aid company.<ref name="Spinoff Companies – MIT Media Lab">{{Cite web |url=https://www.media.mit.edu/about/spin-off-companies/|title=Spinoff Companies – MIT Media Lab|website=MIT Media Lab|access-date=2018-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203200328/https://www.media.mit.edu/about/spin-off-companies/|archive-date=2017-12-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Salient Stills, a video resolution enhancement and video forensics company founded in 1996, acquired by DAC in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.xconomy.com/boston/2013/07/15/salient-stills-sold-to-audio-tech-firm-dac/|title=Xconomy: Salient Stills Sold to Audio-Tech Firm DAC|date=2013-07-15|work=Xconomy|access-date=2018-01-01|language=en-US}}</ref> The combined entity has been rebranded Salient Sciences.
* [[Sifteo Cubes|Sifteo]], a company that has developed a tabletop gaming platform that grew out of [[Siftables]].
* [[Squid Labs]], engineering consulting company<ref name="Spinoff Companies – MIT Media Lab"/>
* Supermechanical, manufacturer of [[Twine (device)|Twine]], a wifi interface for various environmental sensors; and Range, a smartphone-connected thermometer<ref>"Founded in 2011, Supermechanical grew out of designer/software developer John Kestner's graduate work at the MIT Media Lab, where he explored ways to incorporate connectivity into the physical interfaces of everyday objects." [http://supermechanical.com/about/]</ref>
* [[The Echo Nest]], a music intelligence platform<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://the.echonest.com/|title=The Echo Nest|website=the.echonest.com|access-date=2016-10-24|archive-date=2016-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007172655/http://the.echonest.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Wireless 5th Dimensional Networking, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wi5d.net |title=WI5D.net |access-date=2011-10-23}}</ref> (acquired in 2006),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://panthaen.com |title=Panthean.com |website=Panthaen.com |access-date=2011-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928120045/http://panthaen.com/ |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}</ref> which developed the first hybrid search engine
* [[Zebra Imaging]], a digital holographic display company