John Brownlee
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Adobe Experience Design CC: Articles, Photos, Videos, Info
Read about Adobe Experience Design CC and what makes it innovative for users, developers and partners. Includes press releases, videos, screenshots and downloads. → Read More
A New Google Experiment Translates Your Doodles Into Satellite Imagery
Land Lines will match any squiggle you draw to a real place on the planet. → Read More
Why Is The Home Automation Industry So Obsessed With Voice Control?
Even the Facebook founder agrees: voice assistants aren't ready for full-time, prime-time. → Read More
5 Alternatives To American Ballot Design (And Why They Suck, Too)
Could redesigning the ballot system strengthen our democracy? It's complicated. → Read More
Experience The Trippy Life Of An Ancient Redwood
Hug this tree in virtual reality, and you'll be sucked into an experience that can only be described as mind-altering. → Read More
What Peter Thiel And Elon Musk Deserve For Christmas (According To An AI)
An AI bot called Gifted recommends presents based upon pictures of the recipient. Its suggestions can be a little hit or miss, though. → Read More
MIT's Neri Oxman 3D Prints Death Masks For Alien Martyrs
These algorithmically designed masks explore life, death, and rebirth while blurring the line between biology and manufacturing. → Read More
These Robot Race Cars Make Machine Logic Fun
Sam Labs' DIY Hot Wheels are the perfect foot in the door for the neonate coder. → Read More
The Google Earth Of Radio Lets You Listen To Any Station In The World
Browse the world's radio stations, just by spinning a globe. → Read More
A Map Of The United Megaregions Of America
New research shows the country isn't divided into states as much as it is divided into megalopolises. → Read More
The Fundamentals Of Computer Science, Explained Through Sand
Once you understand what this machine is doing, you'll understand many of modern computer science's fundamentals. → Read More
A Digital Exploration Of Nature's Beautiful, Melancholy Sounds
The Great Animal Orchestra is the second best thing to marching into a National Forest with a blindfold on. → Read More
MIT's Inflatables Are The Bubble Wrap Of The Future
Aeromorphs, a new way to design inflatable materials, could also change the way we build furniture and design fashion. → Read More
Forget Echo: Alexa Is Built Right Into This Lamp
The voice interfaces of the future may be embedded in the products and appliances all around us. → Read More
Teaching AI To Play Video Games Could Make It Much Smarter
An Elon Musk-backed nonprofit is teaching AI to play Grand Theft Auto V and other titles. Here's why. → Read More
A Jigsaw Puzzle As Infinite As The Cosmos
The Infinite Galaxy Map can be added to forever, or at least until you run out of table space. → Read More
A Jigsaw Puzzle As Infinite As The Cosmos
The Infinite Galaxy Map can be added to forever, or at least until you run out of table space. → Read More
The World's Least Efficient Type Machine Takes 30 Minutes To Write A Single "A"
The machine is designer Sooji Lee's attempt to bring craftsmanship back to the age of digital reproduction. → Read More
There’s No Checkout At Amazon’s AI Grocery Because It Already Knows What You’re Buying
Amazon Go uses machine learning, computer vision, and other sensors to keep track of what you're buying in meatspace. → Read More
6 Gifts For Serious Travelers
Because if you can't give the gift of travel this Christmas, at least you can give the gift of traveling well. → Read More