How new strategies for architectural design, mobility systems, and networked intelligence can make possible dynamic, evolving places that respond to the complexities of life.
How to build machines that learn to use language in human-like ways, and develop tools and models to better understand how children learn to communicate and how adults behave.
How to integrate the world of information and services more naturally into our daily physical lives, enabling insight, inspiration, and interpersonal connections.
How digital and fabrication technologies mediate between matter and environment to radically transform the design and construction of objects, buildings, and systems.
How sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies can change everyday life, the ways in which we communicate with one another, storytelling, and entertainment.
How to build socially engaging robots and interactive technologies that provide people with long-term social and emotional support to help people live healthier lives, connect with others, and learn better.