ma yansong, carlo ratti, and stefano boeri on designing the future before it arrives

ma yansong, carlo ratti, and stefano boeri on designing the future before it arrives

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meet labububot, MIT’s rolling franken-robot composed of twelve labubu heads

the project playfully critiques social robots while asking what the monsters we create reveal about ourselves.

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MIT museum video traces how janet echelman translates climate data into woven art

modular emergency habitats transform from flat objects to 3D structures by pulling a string

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turns out pompeii used self-healing concrete that lasts for thousands of years, research finds

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vibrating ceramic ring produces drinking water from humid air in few minutes

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MIT brings planetary futures and post-crisis architecture to palazzo diedo for venice biennale

MIT and antikythera explore planetary futures at 'the next earth' in venice's palazzo diedo

gpTea: an interactive AI-powered tea set that facilitates storytelling between distant friends

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MIT engineers 3D print recycled glass to build sturdy ‘LEGO’ bricks for buildings and facades

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MIT's rocket horizon project reimagines spaceX starship HLS as sustainable lunar habitats

MIT's 'harness the heat' is thermally active urban furniture to regulate city temperatures

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MIT's robot arm can tailor a dress using computerized knitting and heat-activated yarns

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MIT researchers’ new technique can 3D print furniture in a few minutes using liquid metal

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MIT builds an open-source hydrogen electric motorcycle that runs on fuel cell

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how to store and supply electricity? just mix water and cement with carbon, researchers say

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MIT's wearable ultrasound device could detect breast cancer at early stages

using an attachable patch to the bra, the wearable ultrasound scanner developed by MIT researchers takes images of the breast tissue in various angles.

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laura maria gonzalez cultivates sustainable biocement from microbes for exhibition at MIT

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MIT students blend woodworking with robotics to construct two-person stool

MIT MAD announces cohort of future world-changing designers

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why was ancient roman concrete so durable? MIT discovers 'self-healing' ingredient

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inflatable anthropomorphic sculpture uses soft robotics to mimic breathing

site-responsive pavilion in mexico merges traditional papercraft, 3D-printing + recycling

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MIT’s superthin solar cells convert any surface into a power source

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small MIT robots can construct big things on their own, from vehicles to buildings

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Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2026 $ 115,875.00 USD deadline: october 20th, 2026

2026 London Design Awards Season 2 deadline: december 17th, 2026

Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces Edition #3 $ 11,618.00 USD deadline: october 12th, 2026

Wege Prize 2027: a Student Design Competition for the Circular Economy deadline: october 4th, 2026

Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #4 $ 11,773.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026

Kingspan MICROHOME 2026 $ 115,875.00 USD deadline: november 2nd, 2026

2026 NY Product Design Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026

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