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.
Kenny Fries

The ID Question

Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
Anjali Ramachandran

The Roots of an Epidemic

From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses. To tackle the epidemic, we need systemic changes.
Paula Akugizibwe

Beats: Space

Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

Beats: Food

Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

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.

How Bots Were Born From Spam

The earliest attempts at chatbots were designed to capture user attention on the early web.
John Ohno
6 min read

This Massive Fog Chamber Is a Matter of National Security

As well as testing security cameras and military sensors, it could improve medical imaging technology.
Duncan Geere
2 min read

Would You Like to Be Uploaded to a Computer When You Die?

Rattling around inside a hard drive doesn’t sound like an awful lot of fun–but then, neither does death.
Dan Sung
10 min read