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Wolfhouse tarot cards
A Philip Johnson House, Transformed Into a Community Hub for the Future
5 minute read
Toto Washlet C200
The Boundless Benefits of a Bidet
5 minute read
Weber Workshops Key Coffee Grinder
For a More Flavorful Cup of Coffee, Upgrade to This Grinder
1 minute read
Courtesy Tertulia
This New App Gives Readers a Place to Convene and Connect
3 minute read
An MRI of the human brain.
A New Study Unpacks How the Brain Encodes Information About Odors
2 minute read
Vertical split screen of a woman wearing a face mask and a man wearing a space helmet
Designer Lydia Cambron Makes a Quarantine Version of the Finale of “2001: A Space Odyssey”
6 minute read
“Communicating Vessels” by Jenny Gräf Sheppard, on at the Sound Studies Lab through fall 2023. (Courtesy Sound Studies Lab)
A Lab in Copenhagen Looks at How Sound Explains the World
6 minute read
CW&T’s Time Since Launch clock. (Courtesy CW&T)
A Brooklyn Studio Whose Creations Alter Our Perspectives on Time
3 minute read
The San Jose Museum of Art’s clock tower
An Unsettling Sound Installation Blasts Cold, Hard Facts Into Downtown San Jose
3 minute read
The I Miss the Office website, showing a few different rooms issuing sound.
The Ambient Sounds of Your Office, Simulated by a Cheeky Website
2 minute read
Ford's Mustang Mach-E GT perfume bottle
Ford’s New Mach-Eau Cologne Delivers the Scent of Gasoline to E.V. Drivers
2 minute read
Crypto Island podcast cover art
PJ Vogt’s Crypto Island Podcast Explores the Wild Wild World of Digital Currency
5 minute read
A screen shot of the Drive & Listen website
Real-Time Radio and Street Sounds Bring These Virtual Driving Tours to Life
2 minute read
The interior of Google's first retail store.
Google’s First Retail Space Is Simultaneously Tranquil and Teched-Out
3 minute read
Slow’s Slow Jo 17 watch. (Courtesy Slow)
Streamlined Watches Designed to Slow Down Time
2 minute read
Three screens from Max Richter's Sleep app.
An Epic Lullaby by Max Richter, Rearranged in a Meditation App
1 minute read
Filmmaker Grace Boyle tracking sensory data in the Amazon. (Photo: Fábio Nascimento. Courtesy Greenpeace)
This London Studio Draws on Smell-O-Vision as a Tool for Promoting Social and Environmental Advocacy
4 minute read
People dancing at London's Covent Garden
This Digital Tool Kit Reveals How Art Benefits Our Brains
2 minute read
Rendering of Drift’s indoor drone performance, “Social Sacrifice” (2022). (Courtesy Drift and Aorist)
In Venice, “CodeX” Offers an Optimistic Take on the Future of Art and Technology
6 minute read
PlantWave device
A User-Friendly Device That Creates Ambient Music With Plants
5 minute read
Paper bag on a table with food
How the Too Good to Go App Aids in the Fight Against Food Waste
3 minute read
Vollebak’s Indestructible Puffer. (Courtesy Vollebak)
From an Indestructible Puffer to 100-Year Pants, Vollebak Makes Clothes for the Future
4 minute read
Silicone earplugs against a blue velvet background
Protect Your Hearing With These Otherworldly Earplugs
3 minute read
Poster for the Netflix movie "The Social Dilemma"
The Dark Side of Social Media, Explained by the People Who Created Itπ
1 minute read
The Isle Royale in Lake Superior, one of the sites rendered digitally in “A Species Between Worlds.” (Courtesy Life Calling Initiative)
An Exhibition Ponders Technology’s Grip on Human “Reality”
5 minute read
Tech entrepreneur and strategist Azeem Azhar
The Media That Helps Azeem Azhar Make Sense of Complexity
5 minute read
Installation view of “Plastic: Remaking Our World.” (Photo: Bettina Matthiessen)
At Germany’s Vitra Design Museum, an Exhibition Considers the Promises and Problems of Plastic
6 minute read
Clinical psychologist Margaret Klein Salamon.
This New Online Forum Lets Anyone Air Their Anxieties About the Climate Crisis
2 minute read
The Get Sleepy podcast art.
Nod Off With This Podcast Made to Put You to Sleep
1 minute read
Petit Pli clothing
Pleated Clothing Designed to Grow With Your Kid
3 minute read
Dr. Uma Valeti in a still from the documentary “Meat the Future.” (Courtesy “Meat the Future”)
This Documentary Follows a Start-Up Taking Animals Out of Meat Production
4 minute read
Screens from the Kama app featuring suggestions and techniques.
This New App Puts Sex Therapy Within Reach for All
2 minute read
“Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand” by John Markoff
A New Biography Looks Back on Stewart Brand’s Planetary Impact
12 minute read
Cassina's Radio in Cristallo
A Beautiful Bare-Bones Radio, Designed by an Architect Who Strove for Simplicity
2 minute read
Flos Parentesi lamp in Orange Signal and turquoise
How Two Italian Designers Who Never Met Created an Iconic Floor Lamp
3 minute read
A Smallhold minifarm installed at a Whole Foods in Brooklyn. (Photo: Deirdre Lewis)
Smallhold’s Mushroom Minifarms Give New Meaning to the Term “Local Food”
3 minute read
Saws, Planes, and Scorps by David Heim
The Seductive Appeal of Handmade Woodworking Tools
6 minute read
Timeanddate.com’s Night Sky Map. (Courtesy Time and Date AS)
A Digital Space Tracker That Prompts Users to Look Up
2 minute read
A view from a window looking out onto a neighborhood and sea beyond
A Website That Lets You Enjoy Rooms With a View
1 minute read
A classical painting depicting two men and a woman with a funny contemporary caption
In Her New Book, a Comedienne Explains the Mansplainers of the World
3 minute read
Alien Listening Book
Why Aliens Could Be Able to Listen to NASA’s Golden Record—Even If They Don’t Have Ears
7 minute read
A woman with white headphones on a green background.
These Headphones Create Superior Sound and a Quiet Mind
1 minute read
Sarah Socia. (Courtesy OVR Technology)
The Real-Life Benefits of Augmenting the Metaverse With Scents
8 minute read
“Me + You,” an A.I.-powered installation by Suchi Reddy
This Sculpture Wants to Know How the Future Makes You Feel
3 minute read
Courtesy the Chipstone Foundation
Glenn Adamson on “Material Intelligence” and Why It Matters
13 minute read
Eat Okra co-founder Anthony Edwards in a pink shirt on the sidewalk.
Find Black-Owned Restaurants Near You With the Eat Okra App
1 minute read
Air Eau de Parfum by Air Company
A Carbon-Negative Perfume That Evokes the Earth’s Natural Elements
2 minute read
The classic “Blue Marble” image of the Earth, taken by the Apollo 17 crew on Dec. 7, 1972. (Courtesy NASA)
Marina Koren on Rethinking the “Overview Effect”
16 minute read
A blue printed textile hung with aluminum wire in an art gallery.
In Wisconsin, an Exhibition of Analog Art Shaped by Digital Themes
3 minute read
Aryballe’s “universal odor sensor" device on a white background.
This “Digital Nose” Could Help Your Fridge Detect Spoiled Food
2 minute read
A trigeminal-based temperature illusion device developed by Jas Brooks, Steven Nagels, and Pedro Lopes. (Courtesy Jas Brooks)
What Will the Metaverse Smell Like?
13 minute read
Zuma Lumisonic speaker
This Discreet Speaker Combines Mood-Enhancing Lighting With Superior Sound
2 minute read
Photo: Andrew Zuckerman
A Start-Up Is Monitoring Space Junk to Enable a More Sustainable Space Economy
8 minute read
A man standing in a building looking out the window
Symphonic Masterpieces in Better-Than-Ever Fidelity, Mixed by a German D.J.
2 minute read
Plush, knitted lights in multiple colors with a hand squeezing them.
These Knitted Kinetic Lights Take Playtime Seriously
2 minute read