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Still Processing at Nxt Museum

Exhibition

Still Processing at Nxt Museum

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March 2, 2026

Latency, Authority, and the Performance of Real Time

Performance

Latency, Authority, and the Performance of Real Time

, and Staff Writer

February 26, 2026

Wendy Yu and the Engineering of Choreographic Systems

Featured

Wendy Yu and the Engineering of Choreographic Systems

From Dance Training to Spatial Computation

, and Staff Writer

March 4, 2026

Latest

Good Reads

The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty

, and Staff Writer

March 2, 2026

The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty

Projects

A Design, Animation, and Sound Collaboration — Bosmans × Waltz × Poon

, and Staff Writer

March 1, 2026

A Design, Animation, and Sound Collaboration — Bosmans × Waltz × Poon

Projects

Fluid Current, A Water-Activated Light Circuit — Sander Hagelaar

, and Staff Writer

February 27, 2026

Fluid Current, A Water-Activated Light Circuit — Sander Hagelaar

Good Reads

Slow Technology Reader

, and Staff Writer

February 26, 2026

Slow Technology Reader

Projects

METALLY, A 3D Printed Book with Embedded Circuits

, and Staff Writer

February 25, 2026

METALLY, A 3D Printed Book with Embedded Circuits

News

Is the Desktop Dead?

Future Tech

Is the Desktop Dead?

, and Staff Writer

February 23, 2026

Robotic Couture at New York Fashion Week

Fashion

Robotic Couture at New York Fashion Week

, and Staff Writer

February 18, 2026

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

robotics

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

Future Tech

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

Cognitive Bloom Reimagines AI

AI + Machine Learning

Cognitive Bloom Reimagines AI

, and Staff Writer

February 15, 2026

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

Future Tech

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

, and Staff Writer

February 11, 2026

Tezos and HEK Basel Partner

Blockchain

Tezos and HEK Basel Partner

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February 10, 2026

US Copyright Office Reaffirms Human Authorship in AI Works

Society

US Copyright Office Reaffirms Human Authorship in AI Works

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February 6, 2026

Future Tech

Generative Systems Without Screens

Generative

Generative Systems Without Screens

, and Staff Writer

February 25, 2026

Is the Desktop Dead?

Future Tech

Is the Desktop Dead?

, and Staff Writer

February 23, 2026

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

robotics

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

Future Tech

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

Algorithmic Visibility

AI + Machine Learning

Algorithmic Visibility

, and Staff Writer

February 14, 2026

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

Future Tech

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

, and Staff Writer

February 11, 2026

AI + Machine Learning

Anemoia at MIT

, and Staff Writer

February 10, 2026

Algorithmic Ecologies

AI + Machine Learning

Algorithmic Ecologies

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February 4, 2026

Emergent Practices

Post-Digital Craft Is Not Nostalgia

Emergent Practices

Post-Digital Craft Is Not Nostalgia

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February 17, 2026

Speculative Protocols

Design

Speculative Protocols

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January 30, 2026

AI + Machine Learning

Circular Data

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December 13, 2025

Designing the More-Than-Human City

Architecture

Designing the More-Than-Human City

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November 30, 2025

The Design-Tech Continuum

Design

The Design-Tech Continuum

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October 25, 2025

Expanding Immersive VR

Arts

Expanding Immersive VR

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October 19, 2025

The Rise of the Researcher-Artist

Arts

The Rise of the Researcher-Artist

, and Ken Krantz

September 26, 2025

Data Made Tangible

Design

Data Made Tangible

, and Staff Writer

September 23, 2025

Materials + Methods

Designing With Physical Computation

Design

Designing With Physical Computation

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February 16, 2026

When Materials Compute

Materials + Methods

When Materials Compute

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February 8, 2026

Living Materials at Scale

Sustainability

Living Materials at Scale

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February 2, 2026

Smart Materials and Responsive Building Envelopes

Architecture

Smart Materials and Responsive Building Envelopes

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January 17, 2026

Materials That Behave

Materials + Methods

Materials That Behave

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January 16, 2026

Regenerative Intelligence

Materials + Methods

Regenerative Intelligence

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November 28, 2025

From Data to Matter

Generative

From Data to Matter

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October 28, 2025

Architectures of the Low-Tech Future

Architecture

Architectures of the Low-Tech Future

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September 22, 2025

Projects

A Design, Animation, and Sound Collaboration — Bosmans × Waltz × Poon

Projects

A Design, Animation, and Sound Collaboration — Bosmans × Waltz × Poon

, and Staff Writer

March 1, 2026

Fluid Current, A Water-Activated Light Circuit — Sander Hagelaar

Projects

Fluid Current, A Water-Activated Light Circuit — Sander Hagelaar

, and Staff Writer

February 27, 2026

METALLY, A 3D Printed Book with Embedded Circuits

Projects

METALLY, A 3D Printed Book with Embedded Circuits

, and Staff Writer

February 25, 2026

NOEMA, A Spatial Audio Interface for AI as Atmospheric Intelligence

Projects

NOEMA, A Spatial Audio Interface for AI as Atmospheric Intelligence

, and Staff Writer

February 24, 2026

Chromaplane, An Analog Electromagnetic Instrument

Projects

Chromaplane, An Analog Electromagnetic Instrument

, and Staff Writer

February 22, 2026

Woven Presence - AI, Textile Surface, and Hybrid Embodiment

Projects

Woven Presence - AI, Textile Surface, and Hybrid Embodiment

, and Staff Writer

February 14, 2026

The Bird of a Thousand Voices Installation by Boris Acket

Projects

The Bird of a Thousand Voices Installation by Boris Acket

, and Staff Writer

February 10, 2026

Fluid Dynamics, Lighting Objects from Medical Manufacturing Waste

Projects

Fluid Dynamics, Lighting Objects from Medical Manufacturing Waste

, and Staff Writer

February 3, 2026

Good Reads

The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty

Good Reads

The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty

, and Staff Writer

March 2, 2026

Slow Technology Reader

Good Reads

Slow Technology Reader

, and Staff Writer

February 26, 2026

Good Reads

Love Machine

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February 21, 2026

Contemporaneity in Embodied Data Practices

Good Reads

Contemporaneity in Embodied Data Practices

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August 2, 2025

DeepAesthetics, Computational Experience in a Time of Machine Learning

Good Reads

DeepAesthetics, Computational Experience in a Time of Machine Learning

, and Staff Writer

May 2, 2025

Technotopia, A Media Genealogy of Net Cultures

Good Reads

Technotopia, A Media Genealogy of Net Cultures

, and Staff Writer

April 5, 2025

How Artifacts Afford, The Power and Politics of Everyday Things

Good Reads

How Artifacts Afford, The Power and Politics of Everyday Things

, and Staff Writer

March 7, 2025

Cyberfeminism Index

Good Reads

Cyberfeminism Index

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February 19, 2025