Industry affiliate program of Stanford’s H-STAR Institute. We help our members explore how the thoughtful use of technology can impact a range of fields, from entertainment to learning to commerce. Together, we’re researching innovative ways for people to collaborate, communicate, and interact with the information, products, and industries of tomorrow. We explore the use of information technology to improve the human experience.
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December 12, 2016
Ingmar Riedel-Kruse and Paulo Blikstein have invented a remote-controlled system called the Biology Cloud Lab that enables teachers and students to design and observe experiments involving single-celled organisms.
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November 9, 2016
Relive the presentations that delved into the narrative ecosystem within Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality and "put yourself in the story."
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October 3, 2016
Join us to on October 24th to hear insights on how tracking and sensing technologies open new opportunities to create stories in ways that not only include the audience but adapt to it.
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Invitations To mediaX EventsAttend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences. |
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Facilitated Access To FacultyAccess formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers. |
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Facilitated Access For Sponsored ResearchTerms, costs and deliverables of Sponsored Research are covered under a specific agreement and are negotiated separately with the parties involved. |
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Theme DayGive us a question or subject of interest, and we plan a mediaX program surrounding that theme. |
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Workshop / ConferenceSuggest a subject of interest, and we plan a mediaX conference surrounding that theme. |
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Discovery CollaborationParticipate in discussions on future research interests and priorities for mediaX initiatives. |
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Cost of Membership |
$10,000 | $50,000 | $100,000 | $300,000 minimum |
Visiting ScholarSend an employee to be hosted by a Stanford research lab. |
Additional $75,000 per employee/year | Additional $75,000 per employee/year | Additional $60,000 per employee/year |
Attend events from a year-round calendar of workshops, symposia, and conferences.
Access formal presentations by faculty and students on new and ongoing research, and informally exchange ideas with researchers.
Cost of Membership $10,000
Terms, costs and deliverables of Sponsored Research are covered under a specific agreement and are negotiated separately with the parties involved.
Give us a question or subject of interest, and we plan a mediaX program surrounding that theme.
Cost of Membership $50,000
Suggest a subject of interest, and we plan a mediaX conference surrounding that theme.
Cost of Membership $100,000
Participate in discussions on future research interests and priorities for mediaX initiatives.
Cost of Membership $300,000 (Minimum)
Affiliate Members and Strategic Partners may have the option to send an employee to be hosted by a Stanford research lab.
Additional Cost $75,000 Per Employee/year
mediaX Members may provide additional funding for research; all research results arising from the use of the additional funding will be shared with all program members and the general public. Members may request the additional funding be used to support a particular area of mediaX research or Stanford faculty member that is identified on this website. mediaX membership fees provide unrestricted support for Stanford research activities, and may be used to supplement sponsored research activities at Stanford that are funded through sponsorship external to mediaX. The Faculty Director will determine how the additional funding will be used in the program’s research.
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Emerging uses of digital applications are igniting new cyber-social communities, reorganizing social and economic systems, and altering relationships people have with each other, their employers, their teachers and mentors, and their environments. The ways that people relate to their mobile devices, and through them to one another, are adding digital dimensions to identity to many aspects of life.
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Digital estate is a concept encompassing all aspects of one’s life that are touched by digital technologies. Digital technologies permeate many aspects of our lives, including information access, content creation, insight sharing, life-‐long and life-‐wide learning. Imagine a digital estate of content, data, services, and tools that supports an individual’s activities & experiences in context.
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The world of media has been experiencing a big wave of innovation. The way content is created, consumed and curated has changed dramatically over the course of the last few years. In publishing, this innovation has erupted in what some call the “mass amateurization” of media and extends to how traditional content creators and distributors are restructuring new business models.
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The Stanford Digital Learning Forum engages companies and other organizations across the globe who are interested in the future of learning in a digital world.
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Interactive media and games increasingly pervade and shape our society. In addition to their dominant roles in entertainment, videogames play growing roles in education, arts, science and health.
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The current business climate is complex, ambiguous and urgent. Changing local conditions and the global economy give rise to unprecedented opportunities for enterprises as well as individuals. New skills are needed for new responsibilities.
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Stanford, CA 94305-4115
mediaX at Stanford University
Affiliate Program of H-STAR Institute
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220 Panama Street
Stanford, CA 94305-4115
