Emobots: my feelings, my thoughts, my woes
We traveled to San Francisco to meet the humans behind Woebot and Replika, two particularly friendly artificial intelligences who respond to our emotions and inquire about our mental health.
by Cherise Fong
Cherise Fong a travaillé dans des start-ups web à New York, Monaco et Londres avant de devenir journaliste indépendante. Elle a collaboré notamment avec CNN.com International, MCD, Poptronics… Pour Makery, elle donne des nouvelles des labs et de la culture maker au Japon, aux Etats-Unis et dans le monde entier, et assure également l’essentiel des traductions en anglais.
Top 10 of wood and bamboo bicycles
Our selection of bicycles made of wood and bamboo, handcrafted by artisans or built by you. From the professionally polished to the customized DIY, every frame is unique.
BioCamp: Cultivating a DiYbio garden in Tokyo
For eight days in February, 20 artists and scientists explore together in Tokyo the field of possibilities in DIYbio within the framework of BioCamp: Gardens of ‘Biotechnik’.
Chinese police are already wearing the surveillance glasses of the future
The massive migration to celebrate the New Year of the Dog will be subject to piercing surveillance by Chinese police wearing AR glasses equipped with facial recognition software.
And the YouFab Award 2017 goes to…
Bioart, minimalist architecture, haptic digits, 3D-printed new materials… winners in review of the 6th edition of the YouFab international competition for digital fabrication.
Top 10 chatbots of our times
Not all conversational robots are sinister or subservient. With minimalist means, some manage to explore new styles of human-machine interaction. Our top 10 chatbots.
Shojinmeat wants to grow meat like we brew beer
Before the industrial vats, Shojinmeat Project’s first objective is to culture meat cells in home incubators. This Japanese citizen science movement has nothing to do with artificial burgers or vegan activism.
The first robot citizen is a citizen of… Saudi Arabia
On October 25, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to the humanoid robot Sophia. Will this AI have more rights than the Saudi women?
The Malaysian Fab Space in the Japanese department store
Niched on the third floor of a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s first FabCafe opened just over a year ago.
First 3D-printed bridge for cyclists in the Netherlands
The first civil infrastructure for bicycles to be 3D-printed in reinforced pre-stressed concrete opened to cyclists in the village of Gemert, Netherlands.
Smart Cities Asia: Will tomorrow’s smart city be a sustainable one?
Should the smart city be the sandbox of the Internet of Things? The Smart Cities Asia conference, held in Kuala Lumpur on October 2-3, explored various manifestations of high-tech urbanism.
Top 10 prototypes to augment your bike
Far from bicycle doping on the Tour de France, there is no shortage of smart accessories to enhance your own ride. Introducing our top 10 most promising (and most successful) cycling prototypes.
I waste, they waste, we rescue
From surplus supermarkets to public refrigerators to food-tech, initiatives are proliferating in the fight against food waste. A worldwide round-up.
Japanese chatbots impersonate werewolves
In Yokohama on August 31 and September 1, an artificial intelligence tournament invites contestants to develop manipulative impostor bots.
Kamikatsu, the Japanese village of almost zero waste
The movement is picking up speed, from San Francisco to Abu Dhabi, from Nestlé to Ikea, from governments to communities. In Japan, the tiny village of Kamikatsu, is leading the way toward zero waste.
When new technology zooms to the rescue of ancient heritage
From 3D reproduction to laser-cut models, heritage sites around the world are getting a makeover thanks to digital innovations.
Meet Solarcast, Safecast’s newest DIY environmental monitoring device
Safecast, best known for its DIY Geiger counter, the bGeigie, just announced on April 29 its newest device: Solarcast has sensors to measure temperature, humidity, radiation and air quality.
Agriculture: the smart DIY greenhouse from Japan
Conceived with Japanese farmers in mind, UECS-Pi is a functional prototype of an autonomous greenhouse that runs on a Raspberry Pi connected to an Arduino.
Magic Calendar, when paper gets smart
A wall calendar made of intelligent paper that displays the latest updates from your smartphone is the idea underlying designer Kosho Tsuboi’s “Magic Calendar”.
New material self-heals like Wolverine, stretches like Mr. Fantastic
Researchers from the University of California presented a rubber-like material that is stretchable and transparent, conducts ions and can heal itself to regain all its fantastic properties.