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Oct. 18, 2023
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Engineering at the limits of complexity with molecular-scale parts
Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space
Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion
Enhancing human physical capability.
Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection.
Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society.
Looking beyond smart cities.
Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy
Designing systems for cognitive support
Exploring the essence of code as a creative medium.
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion.
Engaging people in creative learning experiences.
Inventing disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and creating new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis.
Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation.
Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering.
Inventing, building, and deploying wireless sensor technologies to address complex problems in society, industry, and ecology.
Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people.
People and intelligent machines in a creative, symbiotic loop
Democratizing access to space.
We’ll create transformative technologies, experiences, and systems that address the dual challenge of climate change and energy.
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