Inside MIT's bonkers, $60 million-per-year laboratory for geniuses

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Founded in 1985, the MIT Media Lab is one of the strangest and most exciting academic institutions in the world.

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Housed across two buildings on the prestigious university's Cambridge, Massachusetts campus, the laboratory works to bring together researchers and students across disciplines to build novel tools.

On September 20, I had the opportunity to tour the lab and speak with a number of the researchers. Here's a peek inside inside what might be one of the most innovative places on the planet, where the future seems to be very much in the present.