The Tactile Vega-Lite system, developed at MIT CSAIL, streamlines the tactile chart design process; could help educators efficiently create these graphics and aid designers in making precise changes.

Students explore nuclear facilities in virtual reality and learn about the ethical dimensions of nuclear technology in a University of Michigan course.

“Xstrings” method enables users to produce cable-driven objects, automatically assemble bionic robots, sculptures, and dynamic fashion designs.

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.

18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.

Engineers developed a planning tool that can help independent entities decide when they should invest in joint projects.

MIT researchers developed a fiber computer and networked several of them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities.

MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design.

The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.