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Can a modified snap bracelet be used to land infrastructure on an asteroid? It is notoriously difficult to stick a landing on a low ...
Each new technology forces us to confront who we are as humans. As technological innovations in deep space exploration keep advanci...
The City Symphony project by the Opera of the Future group brings creative musical participation to everyone while encouraging collaborat...
DuoSkin is a fabrication process that enables anyone to create customized functional devices that can be attached directly to the skin. U...
We collaborated with NIAS (National Institute of Agricultural Science) to genetically engineer silkworms to develop new kinds of silk for...
Fensadense is a new work for 10-piece ensemble composed by Tod Machover, commissioned for the Lucerne Festival in summer 2015. The projec...
Circuit Stickers is a toolkit for crafting electronics using flexible and sticky electronic pieces. These stickers are created by printin...
These wall drawings are generated by a series of predesigned instructions that dictate their form. The instructions give both constraint ...