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‘I Felt Like a Time Traveler’: 6 Months Without the Internet

The artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö talks about what life was like when she utterly disconnected from the online world for half a year

5 min readDec 11, 2019

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‘I Felt Like a Time Traveler’: 6 Months Without the Internet

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Architects Are Playing With the Future of Design in Video Games

Game worlds can be blueprints for the real world, liberating spaces where rules can be reinvented and the invisible made visible

6 min readDec 9, 2019

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Architects Are Playing With the Future of Design in Video Games

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This Outfit Can Help Deaf People Feel Music

The SoundShirt translates sound waves into vibrations on the skin, opening up the experience of music to the Deaf

6 min readDec 3, 2019

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This Outfit Can Help Deaf People Feel Music

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The Robots of the Future Should Look Like Puppets

Puppeteers have been effectively animating objects for thousands of years — and they have much to teach a soulless robotics industry

6 min readNov 19, 2019

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The Robots of the Future Should Look Like Puppets

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The Future of Archeology Is Plastic

From yogurt containers to Lego pieces, plastic is already becoming part of the excavated past

7 min readSep 23, 2019

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The Future of Archeology Is Plastic

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Who Controls Augmented Reality?

Apple’s AR artwalk is the latest in a growing crowd, but the growth raises questions about the future of our public spaces

6 min readSep 19, 2019

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Who Controls Augmented Reality?

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The Signal and the Noise

From the Mac startup tone to the Skype ring, sound designers discuss the legacy of their creations

9 min readJul 3, 2019

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The Signal and the Noise

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The Home of the Future Could Be Powered by Microbes

An ecological vision of architecture promises to provide electricity by integrating living systems into the walls of our homes

7 min readApr 22, 2019

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The Dawn of the Cyborg Journalist

As A.I. increasingly infiltrates journalism, the reporting and consumption of news will change forever

9 min readApr 17, 2019

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Israel’s Silent Cyberpower Is Reshaping the Middle East

As its cyber-espionage sector continues to grow, Israel is starting to face questions about who its technology is empowering

8 min readApr 16, 2019

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Thomas McMullan

Thomas McMullan

Freelance writer | @BBCNews @guardian @frieze_magazine @SightSoundmag @wiredUK @TheTLS others | Also @GardensBritish | Rep’d by @harriet__moore | Novel coming

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