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 complex portraits of his subjects through unconventional applications of programming and code. In one project, he downloads millions of dating profiles to map out the way people speak about themselves across the country. …
Originally presented at the recent TED2016 event in Vancouver, Meron Gribetz’s speech on future human-technology interaction has finally made it to the TED website. During the 10-minute talk, Gribetz delves into the issues with computer and cellphone screens and how they seem to separate us from the real world. As a solution, he introduces and demonstrates Meta 2, an augmented reality headset that could help …
Once again set in Vancouver, TED 2016 was a gift that will keep giving. Beyond the invaluable networking, unique experiences and engaging installations, attendees were treated to a high concentration of inspiring, even life-changing, talks—several of which are already online for public viewing. Throughout the year the talks we witnessed will be rolled out for all to see. In the mean time, however, we present …
