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Via motherboard.vice.com
The “Sextech” Patent Has Finally Expired
Since 1998, a patent on “teledildonics”—the connection of sexual-stimulant devices to computers, phones, or tablets has stunted innovation in the sector. The patent strictly protected the—arguably overly broad—idea behind the “method and …
Via wired.com
The Phenomenon of Coming-Out Videos
Whether funny or solemn, earnest or playful, heartbreaking or heartwarming, the coming-out video has become a significant cultural phenomenon. They are also ever-evolving, as Justice Namaste for Wired writes. As social media changes …
Via design-milk.com
Detroit Design Festival Grows to Month-Long Extravaganza
In 2015, Detroit was anointed as the first-ever UNESCO City of Design in the United States. This honor pertains to their astounding past and the continued revitalization coursing through the Motor City …
Via amuse-i-d.vice.com
A Pizza-Making Vending Machine Popped Up in Japan
Italy, the mecca of slow-cooking and pizza perfectionism, drove the first iteration of the pizza vending machine out of town—Claudio Torghele’s Let’s Pizza. Now, the Japanese version, Pizza Self, has appeared outside …
Via fastcompany.com
All the Magical, Technical Benefits of Vollebak’s Graphene Jacket
For the first time, a brand has been able to turn the notoriously difficult to work with, aerospace revolutionizing material, graphene into a piece of consumer outerwear. The thin, expensive graphite-derived matter …
Via artsy.net
The Tricky Expectations of the Photographer/Subject Relationship
Even the language with which we describe the medium—’take’ someone’s picture, ‘capture’ him, ‘shoot’ them—implies a fraught process with an inherent power imbalance. Over the years, photographers have reconsidered what they owe …
Via nytimes.com
Summer Songs Find Popularity in Diversity
There are endless “Summer Hits” playlists and oftentimes their decade—or specific year—of release can be pinned down without even checking the title. As with the Backstreet Boys and Britney—there is a similar, …
Via io9.gizmodo.com
The Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film
Unless you’re a cinephile or recovering film student, it’s unlikely that going into Oscar season you’re able to catch all of the nominated films. One category, however, may make the entire program …
Via nytimes.com
Two Galleries Chart the Development of Painting as Art
As figuration finds its relevancy again in painted art, two galleriesthat have been stalwarts in exhibiting the medium since 1998are demonstrating that its re-found popularity is, in part, due to younger generations’ …