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‘Weird Cuts’ is Google’s new AR experiment that lets you cut out pieces of reality to make collages
In addition to preserving art and historic landmarks around the world, Google’s Arts & Culture division also likes to collaborate with artists to experiment with integrations between technology and art.…
Meow Wolf, the George R.R. Martin-backed immersive experience designer, pushes into XR
It’s been a long time since the original 10 members of Meow Wolf’s art collective had to scrounge in dumpsters for the raw materials to bring their galaxy-spanning visions to…
In 2018 the ticketing industry finally killed the ‘sold-out’ show
Among the many myths that were laid low in 2018, perhaps none was as welcome to throngs of live-event fans as the fantasy of the sold-out show.
Banksy’s rigged art frame was supposed to shred the whole thing
In the connected future will anyone truly own any thing? Banksy’s artworld shocker performance piece, earlier this month, when a canvas of his went under the hammer at Sothebys in London,…
Nearly every aspect of the current ICO market is pay-for-play or otherwise tainted. I do not paint the industry with such a broad brush lightly but this sort of chicanery…
NASA to screen ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ on the International Space Station
Being an astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station shouldn’t mean that you have to miss out on much-anticipated movie releases like Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In…
Romain-Jerome builds a Batman watch that tells you your time is up, bat
Watchmaker Romain-Jerome has announced a new Batman-themed watch that looks like something Bruce Wayne would wear to the club. The watch, which is based on R-J’s Skylab design, features a…
UK regulator says ICO investors should be ‘prepared to lose your entire stake’
The UK’s markets regulator has added its voice to warning calls from across the world around the dangers of ICO investing. ICOs, also known as token sales, have brought in…
Chat app Kik to raise $125M through an ICO in September
Messaging app company Kik has revealed that it plans to raise $125 million via its ICO. The company first announced the plan to hold a token sale in May, taking…
Autodesk Generative Design takes in constraints and makes its own 3D models
It’s easy to see machine learning as a creativity-killing, bubble-inducing agent invading our Facebook News Feeds and dumbing-down our Netflix habits. But increasingly, machine learning is finding a home helping…
The Trayvax Element is a minimalist wallet for the paranoid beer-lover
I went digging recently for another minimalist wallet and boy did I find one. My old one, two pieces of titanium attached with a rubber band, was getting too old…
Bolt Threads debuts its first product, a $314 tie made from spiderwebs
It may not look like a bunch of cobwebs, but the tie you see above was spun from the same material spiders spin out from their behinds. The difference is…
Snap crosses the pond and makes a home in the UK
In a different kind of British invasion, Snap (the company that launched 1,000 ephemeral selfies) has planted its disappearing flag in the UK for its international home-away-from-home as it preps…
