By her own description, Krista Kim has always been fascinated by the intersection of human existence and digital reality. Kim is a world-renowned digital artist who was one of the first to build and sell virtual real estate—in the form of an NFT known as the Mars House, a […]
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At TED 2023, One Thing was Clear: The Future of AI Cannot Be Modeled
Read my story at Cool Hunting. Artificial Intelligence is a global topic as innovators and tech giants like OpenAI, Google and Microsoft work toward increasingly intelligent chatbots and artificial systems that leverage the trove of information that exists on the web today, alongside predictive models […]
Automakers, Suppliers, and Startups See Growing Market For In-Vehicle AR and VR Applications
Augmented and virtual reality have been used for years in gaming, design and shopping. Now, a new battle for market share is emerging — inside vehicles. Safety-glass windshields offer a new opportunity for suppliers, manufacturers and startups that are starting to adapt this technology: AR overlays […]
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Online Communities
Before the widespread adoption of the internet, power dynamics were primarily constrained to real-world locations: the office, the dinner table, and the bedroom. In the modern era, amplified by algorithms and social media clout, power dynamics have shifted, changed, and impacted our society and culture […]
Behind The Nonprofit That Coaches At-Risk Students And Heals Trauma — One Text At A Time
Ashley Edwards knew as a teenager that she wanted to make an impact on the world. The 27-year-old started doing social justice work at the age of 14 and was fully steeped in it by the time she reached college. And after Edwards met Alina […]
Creating an App to Connect with Adventure Seekers
Connor Woolpert has found a way to do what every person consumed by wanderlust dreams — finding a way to make a living traveling. The explorer bug bit Woolpert, now 23, early. From a young age, he traveled with his father — hiking, surfing and camping all […]
What Color Is A Woman’s Voice? Finding A Visual Language For The Hearing Disabled
Ali Mohamed is a modern Renaissance man. At age 22 he is the founder of VOUND Technologies, a company developing prototypes that could help people with speech and hearing disorders experience sound in a unique way. The technology translates sounds into vibrations, colors and images […]
Building A Team That Could Change The World
As a cofounder of Kinetic Batteries and Solvus Global, perhaps Aaron Birt’s greatest strength is building the right team to affect global change. Together with his partners, the companies are developing processes that help make everything from recycling scrap to manufacturing batteries more efficient and […]
Jeremy Blum: A “Mad Scientist” With A Vision For The Tools Of The Future
Jeremy Blum, 28, self-described “mad scientist” and perennial inventor, is a leading light in the electrical engineering, robotics, and systems architecture fields. He served as a technical lead for the Google Glass project and he’s currently Head of Electrical Engineering at Shaper, a San-Francisco startup […]