Can robots love us?
BBC - Three is exploring the latest robots being developed to engage with humans on an emotional level.
After turning to cutting edge tech since an accident five years ago which left him as a double amputee...
London rooftops snapped up for “vertiports” as drone travel moves closer
dezeen - Landing and recharging pads for drones will become ubiquitous atop urban buildings within a few years, according to a company that is buying up London rooftops for a network of drone ports.
Duncan ...
Shape-shifting Cypher sculpture by Ozel Office is controlled by motion
De Zeen - California architecture studio Ozel Office has created a blobby robotic sculpture that changes shape in the presence of people, or through the movements of those wearing a matching virtual reality hea...
Mercedes-Benz’s latest concept car takes its design cues from art deco
Dee Zeen - This concept car from Mercedes-Benz pairs future technology with elements of the past, featuring a design inspired by art deco.
The Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet, unveiled at the Pebble Beac...
Jaguar Land Rover’s prototype driverless car makes eye contact with pedestrians
De Zeen - Jaguar Land Rover has created self-driving cars with eyes that are used to communicate with pedestrians when it's safe to cross in front of them. - read more ...
Free love and women: The sexual revolution 50 years on
DW - The "sexual morals" of postwar West Germany were characterized by taboos and ominous warnings. Masturbating could lead to a degenerative disease, so they said; an erection was an abnormal swelling; the fem...
Photographers Who Captured the Ecstasy and Abandon of Rave Culture
Artsy - In the summer of 1989, amid the sweltering heat of one of the driest summers in the U.K. in three centuries, the countercultural spirit of electronic dance parties, or raves, spread across the nation. ...
Gallerist Mary Boone Pleads Guilty for Filing False Federal Tax Forms, Over $3M in Unpaid Taxes
Hyperallergic - Art world giant Mary Boone, a dealer who first launched onto the art scene in the 1980s, has pleaded guilty to filing false federal tax forms today, September 5. Boone faces up to six years in p...
When art plays with illusions
DW - With the installation Richie's Plank Experience, visitors embark on a virtual reality trip. Walking on a plank above the roofs of an animated city while wearing VR glasses, they look upon the abyss. The in...
The Most Important Art World Stories You May Have Missed This Summer
Artery - Welcome back, artworlder. How was your summer? Well, while you were cavorting on Hydra, in the Hamptons, or elsewhere, the art industry kept churning. People changed jobs, galleries made moves, fairs w...