The future is disabled
“Technology,” wrote the late historian of technology Melvin Kranzberg Jr., “is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral.” It’s
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Humans and technology
This app is helping workers reclaim millions in lost wages
As Rodrigo Camarena sees it, you can hail a car and order food on your smartphone; why shouldn’t it also
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“Forest bathing” might work in virtual reality too
The Japanese concept of “forest bathing,” or shinrin-yoku (森林浴), has long been acclaimed for its supposed health benefits. Hundreds of
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The US city that scares Chinese Amazon sellers
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The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What happened?
In December 2022, a few months after learning that he’d won an Iowa Arts Fellowship to attend the MFA program
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The counterfeit lawsuits that scoop up hundreds of Chinese Amazon sellers at once
Sun Qunming had no idea that the word “airbag” could be trademarked. Sun, who owns an e-commerce company of 13
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How sounds can turn us on to the wonders of the universe
In the cavernous grand ballroom of the Seattle Convention Center, Sarah Kane stood in front of an oversize computer monitor,
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The new US border wall is an app
A few minutes before 9 a.m. on a day in late March, Keisy Plaza, 39, leans against a wall on
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How tactile graphics can help end image poverty
In 2020, in the midst of pandemic lockdown, my husband and I bought a house in Brooklyn and decided to
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