IDEO’s “The Future of Moving Together”

More than just an autonomous car, IDEO’s “The Future of Moving Together” vision also promotes fostering community and connection between real-life people by encouraging ride-sharing. Essentially, humans are removed from the scenario, only to be added again—albeit in a much more social way. Core77 spoke with Danny Stillion (Partner and Executive Design Director of IDEO) to discuss the company’s most recent transportation project and how …

The New Medium of Mixed Reality

As Artsy notes, the last few years have seen virtual reality advancements in the art world never before thought possible. It’s a medium that’s long-been labeled the next big medium. At this week’s Armory Show art fair in NYC, however, a new medium has taken hold and it’s all thanks to a new development by Microsoft. Amsterdam-based art duo Studio Drift has debuted the first …

fuseproject Designed Cobalt Office Security Robot

Yves Behar's visual language for a roaming, sensor- and algorithm-based watchdog

Upon its unveiling yesterday, the Cobalt office security robot—developed by Palo Alto-based Cobalt Robotics Inc and designed by Yves Behar’s fuseproject design studio—defied our expectations of mobile robots with human tasks. The Cobalt wasn’t designed to replace tradition human security guards, but to increase their reach in 24-hour surveillance scenarios. Each robot has the sensing and computational skills of an autonomous car, more or less. …