Tag: futurism
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A New Poetic Role Of Technology In Our Homes
Digital Domestic Dialogues “Digital Domestic Dialogues” stages a near future in which technology has acquired an emotional and sensitive intelligence: it is capable of exciting itself and others through everyday gestures as an analog and primordial archive of human communication, culture and social dynamics. Robots and users interact with a range of seemingly familiar objects…
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Future Of Happiness Will Be Brain Stimulants
Happiness…..I popped the pink pill into my mouth and waited for the expected feelings of ecstasy. No, the pill wasn’t the drug XTC, but rather a legal and safe “hacking” alternative. Then I put on my trans-cranial stimulation device, known as “The Thync,” and waited to see what happened. Wow! After five minutes, it felt…
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Nanni Balestrini Political Art Retrospective Exhibition Includes Early Computer Works
CENTER FOR ITALIAN ART ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION: NANNI BALESTRINI: ART AS POLITICAL ACTION ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOICES ON VIEW NOW UNTIL- JUNE 22, 2024 Nanni Balestrini, Cavallo, 1963. Collage on paper. Private collection, courtesy Frittelli arte contemporanea, Florence (New York, February/March, 2024) – The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) has launched its new exhibition, NANNI BALESTRINI: ART AS…
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Making Life Easy With Easier Parking
With driverless cars already on the streets, will there be similar AI breakthroughs in the future of parking? In the ’60s, The Jetsons, a cartoon about a family living in the future, featured a flying car that folded down into a briefcase when not in use. It is unlikely that we will ever see that solution…
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AI Aggregates, But Dyslexia Innovates
The rise of AI is truly remarkable. It is transforming the way we work, live, and interact with each other, and with so many other touchpoints of our lives. However, while AI aggregates, dyslexic thinking skills innovate. If used in the right way, AI could be the perfect co-pilot for dyslexics to really move the world…
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AI Induced Shifting Subtexts- What Is And What Isn’t Art?
Let’s go back to 2016 and re-consider how the works highlighted below are more relevant today than ever when asking “What is and isn’t art?”. The recent surge in AI and chatbot produced ‘art’ has created new challenges in recognition, interpretation and validation. Or has it? [J.Barker Content Producer for The Silo] It became immediately…
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The Revolutionary Fairlight CMI Music Synthesizer
He listened to Mike Oldfield. He saw the pictures on the albums and he read about ‘this thing called a Fairlight’. Which raised Klaus’ curiosity about this ‘Computer Instrument’. Fellow keyboardists told him it was a mission impossible, getting your hands on one. But Klaus managed to find the holy grail… ‘To me, It’s still fresh.…
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Classic British Electronic Drums Remain Desirable
“Why on earth do you collect old Simmons electronic drums?” At some point I stopped counting how often I was asked this question. But probably the following story is a part of the answer. Years ago, in May 2015, a scientific assistant of the National Museum of Music Research in Berlin contacted me. He explained…
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The Godlike Power Of Money
God-like powers? The United States Federal Reserve essentially drives the entire world economy. Money runs the world’s economy. It determines who rules nations, and it rules lives. These are the three most significant properties attributed to the power of money, in addition to its basic function as a medium of exchange. But we can attribute…
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What Is The Future Of Book Libraries?
“Libraries are our friends” said famed writer Neil Gaiman. Katharine Hepburn once asked “what in the world would we do without our libraries?” When last polled about a decade ago in 2011, Toronto was home to ninety-eight public libraries and two book mobiles; with approximately thirty thousand programs hours and more than 19 million in…
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Self Driving Vehicles And The Trolley Problem
With the imminent arrival of Autonomous Vehicles, many people have started worrying about the safety of this new technology, especially when an issue arises to do with choice. In this piece, we’ll delve into the issue of the “Trolley Problem” and how AVs will deal with this and whether all manufacturers have the same stance.…
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Out Of Work? You Could Be A Contestant On A Future Game Show
After perusing the many niches of reality TV — well-to-do housewives in multiple major cities, the rugged Alaska lifestyle, and working the dirtiest jobs known to man — employment strategist Richard B. Alman wonders why we haven’t seen a show about a popular and compelling subject: long-term unemployment and drop-outs. (Spoiler alert- Life imitates art,…
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Listening To Acousmatic Music Is A New Experience
Acousmatic music is defined by the use of recorded environmental, or “everyday,” sounds as raw compositional material; thus, questions regarding the relationship between sound and source (or implied source) are raised, leading to an investigation of concepts of mimesis in this music that stirs up nineteenth-century debates over absolute versus programmatic music. Issues of sound…
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Crypto Currency Pop Quiz
Which digital currency originated from the Doge meme and was originally introduced as a joke? Is it the same currency that quickly developed into an online community and that was capitalized a few years ago at over $240 Million USD? Take this pop quiz challenge and find out. Featured image via- darkwebnews.com UPDATE- How Pi…
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There Are New Forms Of Money On The Horizon
Take a look at these transactional trends to see how you might be spending your money in the future. What does the future hold for the way we pay? Paying for your purchases used to be to the most straightforward task around, you’d exchange your coins with the cashier and in return you’d receive your…
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Worlds Leading Architects Include Sir Norman Foster
Who is Sir Norman Foster? A British born architect world renowned for his ground-breaking interpretations of neo futuristic and post-modern design, that’s who. Perhaps most famously known for designing and constructing “The Gherkin” tower in London, England at a cost of 138 million pounds. This office building is sure to turn the heads of tourists…
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Digital Habits Is Innovation Platform Founded In Milan Italy
Digital Habits is an extension of the international design studio Habits. Founded in Milan in 2012, it specializes in connected objects. For example, a few years ago during the 2017 edition of the Superdesign Show by Superstudio, Digital Habits examined in depth the relationship between the user, the context and controls of electronic products.Since then,…
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Human Consciousness & Artificial Intelligence Meet In Designer’s Fabrics
Featured Designer Brian Swift used PAOM to print fabric for his latest collection inspired by the Technological Singularity: a theoretical time in which human consciousness and Artificial Intelligence merge and become a new, unrecognizable species. Brian collaborated with a machine learning algorithm to imbibe his photographs with a psychedelic quality. These computer generated compositions were then…
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Selling An American Comedy Icon’s UFO House
It took awhile, but eventually, Bob Hope’s UFO house sold for $13 million USD, after first being listed in early 2013 with a price tag of $50 million USD. Having gone through a couple of price cuts over the years, the most recent cut lowered the ask to $25 million USD. But with no comparable…
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ELEKTRO MOSKVA- Intriguing Documentary About Soviet Music Synthesizers
I spent most of yesterday afternoon watching and taking notes from the 86 minute documentary ELEKTRO MOSKVA. This film is so rich and interesting that I found myself sitting in reflection every time I jotted down another intriguing story element…..and believe me there were lots. The film’s official website describes itself like this: “ELEKTRO MOSKVA…
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Our Cashless World Of Alternative Payments
The payments world has long been governed by the world’s great financial institutions. Banks and states have dominated the world’s spending habits, regulating transactions and payment methods. The last decade has seen a shift away from the great institutions having total control over the financial landscape, and it’s been largely down to the digital revolution.…
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Digital Bus Stops Replacing Paper Timetables In Australia
Catching a bus in Sydney just got a whole lot smarter, thanks to the new digital bus stops from Mercury Innovation and Visionect. These intelligent signs run on solar power and have been developed on energy-saving electronic paper technology to ease the daily commute in the bustling Australian metropolis. eStops New digital bus stops have…
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The Best Inventions Of 2017
These are real inventions: self healing concrete…airport sleeping pods…DIY drones and that’s just for starters. So much incredible technology and cool imagination at work. Watch this video and tell us below which is your favorite by using our live video uplink from your smart device. [vidrack align=”center” ext_id=”345″ desc=”some description”]
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Art Of Painting With Camera Focus At Hurban Vortex Exhibit In Cannes
If you could choose just one photo exhibit to see all year, it would have to be Hurban Vortex in Cannes. Often, photography is the visual equivalent of telling a one-word story, expressed through an immediately comprehensible image. In contrast, Parisian photographer Boris Wilensky takes you on a journey through time, space, and humanity. His…
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Why You’ll Be Wearing Your Next Computer
Imagine looking in your glasses to see updates from your friends on social media. The future is coming sooner than you think and yes, you will be wearing your next computer- check out this future ready infographic from our friends at Frames Direct. Supplemental- Building the World of Tomorrow, 1939 New York World’s Fair The first…
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Iconic Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Last Home Now For Sale
Frank Lloyd Wright designed over 1,000 structures (532 were completed) in his 70-years-plus career – mostly homes but also hotels, schools, churches, the Johnson Wax Headquarters and the Guggenheim Museum. This iconic American architect’s final design was the Norman Lykes House in Phoenix in the same year of his death in 1959. It is now for sale…
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Album By Yellow Salamand’r 4 Is More Than Soundscape
I really like this album, there’s some great soundscapes but also a sparseness and edge of tension at times. The production is excellent allowing sounds to evolve and grow. Fact: you will find a variety of recorded sounds that combine with layers of noise and drone elements and this results in the expected elements of experimental…
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3rd Concours d’Elégance Elite Concept Car Event
Peter Auto is delighted to announce that the Concours Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille, which will be held on 4th September in the Chantilly Domain for the third time, is welcoming two new partners: BMW and ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jets). BMW was present at the 2015 event as entrant in the Concours d’Elégance reserved…