On Fridays I post here my favorite stories about emerging technologies, experiential activations, interactive art, advances in scientific research, and other things I find inspirational.
Against every VR company’s advice, two researchers spent 48 hours in nonstop virtual reality:
Image: Dean Johnson
Alphabet’s X labs is working on an air traffic control system for delivery drones:
Image: Alphabet
Meta wants you to use its AR headset and new Workspace software to be more productive at work:
Image: Meta
SwapBots are modular blocks that can combine to make various augmented reality creatures:
Image: SwapBots / The Next Web
MIT CSAIL researchers used their GelSight sensor technology to give robots a sense of touch:
Image: Robot Locomotion Group at MIT
This week a robot called AI-MATHS will be taking China’s grueling gaokao college entrance exam:
, Image: Quartz
China’s Autonomous Rapid Transit (Art) is a rubber-wheeled train that runs on virtual tracks:
Image: CGTN/YouTube
HoloKit is a clever Google Cardboard-like rig for augmented reality:
Image: Amber Garage
Paul Allen built the world’s largest plane, the Stratolaunch, to fling satellites into space:
Image: Stratolaunch Systems Corp
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an autonomous stone stacking robot:
Image: ETH Zurich
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