The Design Cage has a high-speed Internet connection and a wide variety of software and hardware:
| Publishing Tools | FrameMaker, Acrobat, AuthorIT, WebWorks Publisher, Javadoc, Doxygen, Word, Powerpoint, Camtasia Studio |
| Graphics Tools | Illustrator, Photoshop, SnagIt |
| Platforms | Windows, Mac OS, Linux |
| Languages | Java, C++, C, Javascript, HTML, XML |
The Design Cage has developed documentation for graphics and multimedia APIs, speech recognition technology, database and messaging systems, and network and test hardware.