The future of AI research

*As described by people who know what they’re talking about. https://aaai.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AAAI-2025-PresPanel-Report-Digital-3.7.25.pdf

Opinel “Atelier” knife features walnut and ebony

*Classing up the perennial regional farm-tool by adding a chic luxury handle.

Morakniv knife-factory tour

*Those are some quite cheap but much-respected cutting implements. https://youtu.be/q6KDnGPok2U?si=vZnSeyVM5AL81vOO

Meanwhile, at Transmediale

As we further step into 2025, we’d like to share some updates. We’re currently in the midst of our selection process for next year’s festival curation, and are heartened by the response 🤍 We have received an overwhelming number of applications from talented curators, collectives, and thinkers. Thank you to all those who have applied! […]

Share Festival 2025: “Tomorrow Now, Art of 2050 AD” Call for Artists

********** English below ********** Share Festival annuncia la XVII edizione di Share Prize! Share Festival, storica manifestazione italiana dedicata all’arte contemporanea in dialogo con scienza e tecnologia, apre ufficialmente la call for art per Share Prize XVII, il concorso internazionale che premia la sperimentazione artistica e l’innovazione creativa. 🎯TEMA SCELTO PER QUESTA EDIZIONE: TOMORROW NOW: […]

Star Trek Tricorder “highly accurate fully functional prop replica”

https://www.thewandcompany.com/tricorder/ https://www.thewandcompany.com/tricorder-manual/ The Wand Company ­ Tricorder update #23 It’s time at last ­ Dear Redacted, It’s been a long time coming, but The Wand Company is thrilled to let you know that Tricorder production has started, and finished Tricorders are now rolling off the production line. After the enormously extended development, I am sure […]

Ancient Roman multitool

https://www.domusartificis.com/en/prodotto/ancient-roman-tool/

The European Three-Day Survival Kit

*Obviously next to no effort has been put into the design of this EU emergency “bug-out bag,” so I’m very tempted to assemble and promote one with the sponsorship of Share Festival. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_856

The Public Cloud Manifesto

*Pirate Party activists. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16leSSrAIv93sHu8H-paiHsl1GpPe077OjIjuwRtgq68/edit?tab=t.0 The Public Cloud Manifesto Introduction We hurtling at full speed toward an age where our children will inherit a world perhaps more precarious ever since the 1800’s. If current progress continues, they might very well own nothing & be forced to rent everything. Most aspects of their lives will be digital, […]

The United Nations Open Source Principles

https://unite.un.org/news/osi-first-endorse-united-nations-open-source-principles The UN Open Source Principles Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions Design for reusability: Designing […]