The best of technology in 2021
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What will be the biggest technology trends in the future?
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Coline Marotta’s reaction to the digital erosion of our ‘real’ lives at PUBLIC Gallery
PUBLIC Gallery presents Live a Little, the debut UK solo show of Coline Marotta. It showcases a new series of paintings and drawings produced during her residency with the gallery. These playfully react to the digital massacre of our age.
Rise of the racist robots – how AI is learning all our worst impulses
There is a saying in computer science: garbage in, garbage out. When we feed machines data that reflects our prejudices, they mimic them – from antisemitic chatbots to racially biased software. Does a horrifying future await people forced to live at the mercy of algorithms?
What will the car of 2040 be like?
Following the announcement petrol and diesel engine cars will be banned from sale in 2040, the car of the future is up for grabs
Building Prey: how artists shape video game worlds
Via concept art and sketches, we look at how developer Arkane envisaged one of the most visually spectacular games of the year
Mat Collishaw restages 1839 photography show in virtual reality
Artist says VR will change our outlook as he prepares Somerset House display based on Henry Fox Talbot’s seminal exhibition
Magic black: Air-Ink, the art supplies made from vehicle pollution
Inventor Anirudh Sharma is capturing carbon from car exhausts to turn it into ink. And he’s got his eye on London’s black cabs next
Can .art domain give the art business an online boost?
Arts institutions now have the option of a new internet suffix which aims to offer greater intelligibility and authenticity and maybe help the art market
Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition
Hyperface project involves printing patterns on to clothing or textiles that computers interpret as a face, in fightback against intrusive technology
MozEx: celebrating open internet, technology and creativity through digital art
MozEx an exhibition of digital art – spread out across all nine floors of Ravensbourne in Greenwich. Curated by the digital learning teams at Tate and V&A.
Vincent van Bot: the robots turning their hand to art
Twenty-six robots designed by students across the US will compete in an art contest that offers a glimpse into the creative potentials of artificial intelligence
iPhones are now the choice of drug barons and arms dealers
Letters: Apple has gained the world but lost its soul. The company has lost touch with its engineering genius and is behaving something like a rogue state
Negative humanity: the birth of the digital death mask
The same facial recognition technology that monitors unsuspecting Russian citizens was used to produce this eerie portrait of a Pussy Riot member
Move over, James Bond and Iron Man, here comes my jetpack …
Until now, the idea of flying your own jetpack has been largely fantasy. But 2016 could be the year when it takes off commercially
Smartphone backlash: the mobile that gives you your life back
The Punkt phone, launched at the London design festival, lets you call and text. It also has nice buttons and is easy to hold. And that’s about it. Would you pay £229 for it?
Lift-off ! My 90-second ride into the future of virtual reality
The man who put the 3D visual magic into Harry Potter has set his sights on the future of everything – from ‘experiential branding’ to training surgeons. Our critic lifts off at the London design festival
Pop-art update for stylish retro Ruark radiogram
Luxury British audio brand Ruark has unveiled two sleek, stylish new monochrome finishes for its hugely popular and influential flagship retro-looking R7 radiogram music system.
What is Snapchat? CEO Evan Spiegel explains it all for parents
‘Pictures are being used for talking,’ says social app’s boss, as he tries to help people understand why children are taking ‘a zillion photos’
Google to begin testing purpose-built self-driving cars on public roads
Small electric two-seater pods will take to public roads – but must be fitted with a removable steering wheel and pedals, and limited to 25mph
How #tattoogate has highlighted a wider problem with wearables
Reports that tattoos prevent the Apple Watch’s heart rate monitor from working are far from being unique to Apple, but as wearables go mainstream so will their failings
Digital Art in the Future: What to expect?
As technology continues to revolutionize the world, digital artists are now able to present their artwork faster and cost-efficiently to the public. From the looks of it, technology is showing no signs of slowing down. Thus, it is expected that more innovations will appear and revolutionize art in the coming years.
Environmental artist Aaron McElligott tells how he makes virtual worlds ‘real’
‘There’s still an aim to reach total realism, which isn’t a bad goal’