Category: Publications
Reimagining the Differential Analyzer: Presentation at TEI ‘26 in Chicago
Can a mechanical computing device from the 1930s become a hands-on resource for systems thinking…
Generative AI as a Tool for Design Ethics Education
In an article published in the journal Cybernetics and Human Knowing, Thomas Fischer describes an…
Presentation of Analog-Digital Hybrid Parametric Design Modeling at eCAADe 2025
On September 4th, 2025, Xue Chao and Bao Boyu, Master’s students in the Design Cybernetics…
The Contemporary Elementary Non-Trivial Machine
In a world increasingly dominated by technological systems that promise reliability, predictability, and control, there…
The Appropriation of Autopoiesis in Architecture
The term autopoiesis, a neologism made up of the two ancient Greek words autos (self)…
Speculative Remake of the Ashby Box
While working at the Biological Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois in the 1970s,…
Cross-Morphological Heat Sink Comparisons
This project was motivated by an interest in exploring applications of additive manufacturing beyond functional…
Design Cybernetics
Design cybernetics offers a way of looking at ourselves – curious, creative, and ethical humans…