Interactive systems lab
GameLab
Play the prototypes, then study what changed, what broke, and what each build teaches about AI-assisted product work.
Arcadia
Bring all eight Summer Into AI builders into one walkable world: 47 experiments, 13 repository exhibits, and a town beyond the arcade doors.
Enter Arcadia →Blackbird Recon: SR-71
Fly an SR-71 through a three-sortie Cold War reconnaissance campaign, from takeoff and cockpit navigation to recovery.
Enter flight operations →Textile Alchemy
Drop, pull, and tune three live textiles across sculptural forms in a browser physics lab.
Open project →RevereBike
Race a 1776 horse bike across ramps, heat, and touch-friendly controls.
Open project →Ceiling Fan Field Lab
Diagnose wiring, parts, and bench tests in a practical repair lab.
Open project →First Job Finder
Turn a teen job search into a focused local plan.
Open project →Independence Town
Build a small town, complete useful work, and earn Friday fireworks.
Open project →Zezek the Goblin
Run and mutate a tiny local character model in the browser.
Open project →MMS4 Ephemeris Lens
Explore MMS4 magnetosphere data through a guided browser scene.
Open project →NASAPD
Explore NASA patent data through a heavy WebGL starship bridge prototype.
Open project →Paint Portal Public Art Gallery
Walk Chicago public-art records through a neon photo-backed gallery.
Open project →Motor Fuel Underground
Compare motor-fuel tax rates with filters, rankings, and stress tests.
Open project →Transporter TSI Riot
Remix transportation service indexes into air, rail, and surface lanes.
Open project →Micromobility Riot Map
Map bikeshare, dockless bike, and e-scooter records as a punk data scene.
Open project →Emission Factors Zine
Compare supply-chain CO2e factors through sector stickers and clues.
Open project →Long Live the Beat
Play through NCHS life-expectancy and death-rate records from 1900-2018.
Open project →MazeFall
Descend through procedural mazes while building survival synergies.
Open project →Prompt Stack
Build better prompts under pressure in a portrait-first card game.
Open project →Whack Smoke
Test clicker pacing with upgrades, combos, and arcade pressure.
Open project →Stochastic Parrot
Use recall mechanics to explore AI concepts in a pirate memory game.
Open project →Timestorm Baseball
Play a Founders-versus-British baseball prototype on a 3D diamond.
Open project →1776 Liberty
Push through Redcoats in an 8-bit Founding Fathers platformer.
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