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britt h young

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selected publications


essays & features

The Bionic-Hand Arms Race - IEEE Spectrum, August 2022

Who Killed the Robot Dog? - Wired, December 2021

My Body is Used to Design Military Tech - Wired, October 2021

Invested Development: Hacking Ethiopia’s Future - The Drift, September 2021

The fraught rise of Silicon Valley–style development projects in Ethiopia - Rest of World, June 2021

I have one of the world’s most advanced prosthetic arms—and I hate it. - Input Magazine, March 2021

Incubated Futures - n+1, November 2020 (Reprinted in German in TAGEBUCH, March 2021) *featured in Best American Food Writing 2021*

Gaming while disabled—the future of adaptive tech is here - Input, May 2021

Doro Tibs in the USA - Whetstone, April 2021

With Online Spreadsheets, Mutual Aid Networks Are Keeping People Fed During Coronavirus - Eater, May 2020

reviews

A One-Handed Cook’s Favorite Kitchen Tools - Wirecutter, January 2022

A One-Handed Writer’s Search for the Perfect Mechanical Keyboard - Wirecutter, August 2021

interviews

Multiple Metabolisms: An Interview with Hannah Landecker - MOLD, April 2021

Smashing, Smooshing, and Juicing: How a YouTuber Uses Her Limb Difference in the Kitchen - The Kitchn, January 2021