Editing Media Lab Europe (section)

==Related organisations==
The Irish Government has funded a new research organisation at the same location, the [[National Digital Research Centre]], with a more applied focus.

MLE was not the only attempt to recreate the innovative spirit of the MIT Media Lab: [[Media Lab Asia]]<ref>[http://www.medialabasia.org/ Media Lab Asia]</ref> was founded by MIT and the [[Government of India|Indian government]] in 2001, but it parted ways with MIT in 2003. Consistent with the premise of MIT's OpenCourseWare<ref>[http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html OpenCourseWare]</ref> movement, it seems there may be no substitute for "being there."{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}