Microsoft is making its first videogame controller designed for people with disabilities, the latest in a growing number of industry efforts to accommodate players who face challenges seeing, hearing and directing the on-screen action.
Outer space isn’t kind to life. Radiation can cause cell damage, and research shows that zero gravity harms cardiovascular health, bone density, sleep, eyesight and muscle tone—all of which hinders humanity’s ability to set up new civilizations beyond Earth. Still, NASA is commissioning plans, and private companies are launching rockets they hope to one day lead to colonizing space and mining exotic materials from asteroids.
Among the designs commissioned by NASA: Space Village One, an expandable space station meant to house...
Microsoft is making its first videogame controller designed for people with disabilities, the latest in a growing number of industry efforts to accommodate players who face challenges seeing, hearing and directing the on-screen action.
A researcher at MIT is working to create a spray that would turn an average houseplant into a cordless, environmentally friendly light.
From probiotics to “lifestyle coaches,” cosmetics guru Bobbi Brown draws her vision for the future of beauty, with a growing focus on more natural ways to improve how you look.