MUTEK Montréal 2019: Old and New
Three standouts from an event that melds tech, music and visual art
Tag: Programming
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Hexapod
$349.00
With education as its primary function, STEMI’s hexapod kit teaches users how to build a six-legged robot and then program its movements. Of the many brain-expanding elements, a better understanding of 3D …
Via ted.com
Artist R Luke DuBois’ Eye-Opening Data Portraits
At this year’s TED conference, artist R Luke DuBois shared with the audience a few of his latest works. While he doesn’t paint, draw or take photos, DuBois can weave together incredibly …
Via theverge.com
AI Lands a Historic Victory Over the Human Mind
The field of artificial intelligence landed a significant victory over the human mind today, as Google’s AlphaGo program was able to defeat legendary player Lee Se-dol at the game of Go. AI …
Via mashable.com
Eight Ways to Encourage Girls to Code
Many people understand there are a lot fewer women in computer science, but don’t know what to do about it—or, worse yet, just fall into acceptance. For those who wish to help …
Via wired.com
All of Facebook’s Free Design Tools are Now Available in One Place
Facebook has just unleashed a stack of free design tools to help budding software engineers build more beautiful apps. Posted in the social media giant’s Github account, the collection of online resources …
Via wired.com
Hackers Wirelessly Control a Jeep
Two years ago, hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek took control of a car while sitting in its backseat—all through their laptops that had been hard-wired into the vehicle. Since then, Miller …
Via bloomberg.com
Understand Code in 38,000 Words
For the uninitiated, the world of coding and computer science might seem akin to the Matrix, where combinations of letters and symbols somehow make inanimate objects spring to life. But with computers …
If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript
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In Twitter engineer Angus Croll’s new book “If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript,” he imagines how well-known literary figures from James Joyce to J.D. Salinger to Tupac would write JavaScript code. It’s a fun, …
Kaho Abe of the NYU Game Innovation Lab
Exploring the intersection of wearables, fashion and bringing gaming into physical environments