14 2024 May
Imagining the Future of Hip Hop and Art in 50 Years
The day after the Met Gala, the Internet was flooded with deep fakes of celebrities who weren’t there, wearing things they never wore. Some of them...
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10 2024 May
The Lost Emotion of “Perfectly Colorized” Old Black & White Photos
A photographer edited and colorized 30 vintage black and white photos. His intention was to “breathe life into these vintage snapshots, turning monochrome memories into vibrant...
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04 2024 April
How AI Is Making April Fool’s Day Easier … and Harder
This week my Future Normal co-author Henry and I announced a bold new partnership with LEGO to create a series of limited edition future-thinking sets inspired by...
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11 2024 March
The First (And Maybe Last) Song Ever Released as a Slice of Pizza
If you think sales of music in a physical format like a CD are dead, this new single released as a slice of pizza might...
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08 2024 March
The Yolk App Shows the Challenges of Relying on User’s Constant Creativity
Yolk is a new app that lets people “communicate through items that you see” and some reviews suggest they might be forging a new method...
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06 2024 February
Is Poisoning AI The Best Way for Artists to Fight Back?
In less than a week since the AI poisoning tool known as Nightshade was made available online for free, more than 250,000 people have downloaded and...
Read Now26 2024 January
Meet the Bizarre Top Ten Finalists in the 2024 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition
In early March on the campus of Georgia Tech 10 finalists will meet for a face-to-face competition to take home a $10,000 prize and bragging rights...
Read Now09 2023 December
Microsoft Turns the “World’s Most Viewed Picture” into an Ugly Holiday Sweater
“It looks good on a monitor, but better on you.” That’s the legendary tagline for this soon-to-be iconic ugly holiday sweater featuring the “world’s most viewed picture,”...
Read Now02 2023 November
Flushless Toilets, Plastic Reuse, and More Ideas From the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Imagine a toilet that never needs to be flushed. Arid desert land converted into abundant living spaces. Plastic yellow gallon oil containers upcycled into chairs and...
Read Now14 2023 October
SXSW Sydney and a Sneak Peek at the Non-Obvious Podcast
Next week I'll be back in Australia speaking at the international edition of SXSW in Sydney. In addition to doing a Featured Session, I'll be recording two episodes LIVE from the stage for my upcoming Non-Obvious Show podcast (launching later this year).
Read Now19 2023 September
The Creator of the Greatest Software Ever Invented Just Died
Dennis Austin just died and I feel like he deserves a bit of a tribute. Maybe even a parade. He’s the co-inventor, along with Michael Gaskins,...
Read Now12 2023 September
The Magical Mashup of National Parks and a Nobel Laureate’s Poetry
Ada Limón, the current US poet laureate, is teaming up with the U.S. National Park Service and the Poetry Society of America to put two things that...
Read Now21 2023 August
Will Photoshop’s New Expand Feature Lead to False Memories or Realities?
Maybe you’ve already heard of Photoshop’s new “Generative Expand” feature that allows users to “expand images in any direction and generate an additional scene for the space...
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