I spend about 10% of most work days keeping up on emerging technologies, experiential activations, interactive art, advances in scientific research, and other things that grab my attention. When I read something that I find interesting, I generally push it out to my twitter followers. Each Friday I review my feed and compile the stories that have resonated most with my followers over the previous week.

What happened to the virtual reality boom that headset makers expected in 2016?

Are driverless cars just the “faster horses” of our time?

Ethics will be the next frontier for artificial intelligence:

How Vuzix hopes to end-run Microsoft & Google at the augmented reality market’s low-end:

The US DOT designated 10 sites in 9 states as testing grounds for driverless cars:

An artificial intelligence from CMU has racked up an $800k profit over a team of poker pros:

A roundup of the most important applications of artificial intelligence from Forrester’s TechRadar:

You could buy an umbrella drone to follow you around for a mere $1600:

Stanford scientists are teaching their robot ‘Jackrabbot’ how not to be awkward in public:

Autonomous Ubers return to California streets with human drivers in control:

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