Postcards From a Supply Chain
A series that traces consumer goods back through the global shipping system to their source.
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.
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.
Happy 100th, Hedy Lamarr!
The Hollywood actress was also one of the key inventors of the technology that became wifi
Piano Strings Tickled with Electromagnets, Not Hammers
Creating a new tool for composers and performers.