Disability Futures
We can’t think about the future-of health, of technology, of community-without centering disability; it cuts across every other kind of experience. Disability is central to all of our lives.
Fowl Plague
Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
Postcards From a Supply Chain
A series that traces consumer goods back through the global shipping system to their source.
Beats: Disability
“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.
Beats: Health
Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.
Falling in Love With a Bot Is Inevitable
People form intimate connections with even the simplest of machines–and as bots become more sophisticated, so will our relationships with them.
3D Printing a Mini Vertical Farm in Kenya’s Nandi Hills
Turning drainpipes into agriculture.