[in_hindsight]

Wow can’t tell anything about subject of the piece, but as at as design goes it is an almost 100% rip off of Miriam Simin’s “Agalinis Dreams”. Incredible that MIT would let this kind of thing happen.

Here is an image of the work I mention - happened to see it in NYC in person a while back, it was working with the sense of smell too, so, looks like subject matter is also uncomfortably close http://www.arts.uci.edu/event/embodied-encounters

[TACIXAT]

It is entirely possible that they have spoken to the artist. Let's not jump to conclusions about it being a "rip off".

[ohyes]

I would expect it to be mentioned on the project page if that were the case.

It's also possible that there are only so many ways to design a nice looking mask that puts something in front of your nose. So it could be coincidence.