Technology, he notes, has always mediated our relationship with nature: First came tool making and fire building, then books, binoculars and Gore-Tex. Cameras have long brought the world’s most remote ...

What Does a Software Engineer Do? Software engineers combine engineering principles with computer programming and coding languages to design, build, ... the tools of today’s technology-driven world ...

On Thursday, President Barack Obama appointed Megan Smith the new U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Previously a vice president at Google, Smith ran the company’s secretive skunkworks and led ...

Design is a rather broad and vague term. When someone says “I’m a designer,” it is not immediately clear what they actually do day to day. There are a number of different responsibilities ...

The best way to think about persuasive technology is to start with the iconic furniture store Ikea. Sandra Burri Gram-Hansen, an assistant professor of communication and psychology at Aalborg ...

What Are “Ethics in Design”? People in the field are calling for more ethical decision-making—but it’s hard to pin down what exactly that means.

Government investments in technology do not have a good track record, but this could be different. “My optimism for 2023 continues to grow as the CHIPS Act begins to help accelerate innovation and ...