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Design Justice Auditing

​We take as a starting point for our work the recent scholarship by Sasha Costanza-Chock, Design Justice, in which she defines justice as...

in Personal Robots
Raechel Walker · Anastasia Ostrowski +1 more
#design #social science #social change +1 more
Project Research

Personalized Performance-Optimization Platform (AttentivU - P-POP)

​The environmental conditions of prolonged spaceflight pose significant psychological risks for astronauts. In particular, crews of futur...

in Fluid Interfaces · Space Exploration Initiative
Nataliya Kos'myna · Pattie Maes
#environment #health #sensors +6 more
Project Research

Space Sustainability Rating

The Space Sustainability RatingThe Space Sustainability Rating design team—comprised of the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agen...

in Space Enabled
Danielle Wood · Minoo Rathnasabapathy
#environment #health #politics +7 more
Project Research

Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio (in development), is a series of vocal portraits of freedom around the world. Currently, it features over 100 samples of pe...

in Poetic Justice
Nina Lutz · Justin Blinder +1 more
#art #data #creativity +5 more
Project Research

A Counting

A Counting is a series of vocal and gestural portraits of the linguistic and ethnic diversity in US cities. Currently, it features counts...

in Poetic Justice
Ekene Ijeoma
#design #art #data +6 more
Project Research

Space Fabrics: resilient electronic textiles for distributed sensing in low Earth orbit

Overview: The outermost skin of a space-based structure is designed using materials known to protect against the harsh elements of space....

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Juliana Cherston
#design #architecture #environment +12 more
Project Research

Candlewax Rockets: A Green Alternative for In-Space Propulsion

Wax-based hybrid rocket propellants, including paraffin (common candlewax) and beeswax show promise as high-performing hybrid rocket prop...

in Space Enabled
Javier Stober
#robotics #architecture #art +16 more
Project Research

Lunar Open Architecture

Building an open, shared, and collaborative future of lunar exploration.Explore the Lunar Open Architecture (LOA) at loa.mit.edu.&nb...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Mehak Sarang · Ariel Ekblaw
#architecture #environment #health +9 more
Project Research

Algorithmic Justice League

www.ajl.orgAn unseen force is rising—helping to determine who is hired, granted a loan, or even how long someone spends in prison. This f...

Ethan Zuckerman · Joy Buolamwini
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #civic media +11 more
Project Research

Accessibility of the microgravity research ecosystem

For decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has operated as a bastion of international cooperation and a unique testbed for microg...

in Space Enabled
Danielle Wood · Christine Joseph
#environment #health #politics +8 more

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