Money is an ancient technology. In this presentation, Andreas M. Antonopoulos examines the historical context of money as a technology and analyses the inflection points that lead to the most recent innovation

The need for ultra high definition maps for self driving cars is creating a new kind of map - the High Definition or HD map - with resolution down to a few centimeters. This is a new version of the one

The vacuum-sealed hyperloop train system came one step closer to reality last week, when a company working on bringing the transit system to life announced the next step in a global competition. Los

Chinese philosopher, Confucius, praised Go as the only game worth playing. Originating in China at least 2,500 years ago, Go is a simple game of encirclement but one with a strategy deeper than chess,

Video: The BitBarista is a self-service coffee machine that accepts BTC. Not only that, it will send people BTC if they were to help ensure it remains operational, e.g. maintenance tasks, refilling, etc.

Video: Compelling article by Daniel Oberhaus for Motherboard, that brought back great memories of my time there and led me to search for some videos of that magical, challenging, hard-to-describe place.

Nature has amassed 3.8 billion years of R&D on how to engineer and design things and systems. So when designers are looking at how to solve problems, they should pay closer attention to how the

Re:scam, developed by Netsafe, engages with scammers over email, asking them a never-ending series of questions. It imitates real human tendencies, complete with humour and grammatical errors.   The aim

The western section of London's main shopping street is to be transformed into a pedestrian zone filled with public art, it was announced today. London mayor Sadiq Kahn has revealed plans to start imposing

A Wired exclusive interview with engineer Qi Lu, Baidu's chief operating officer. What is Baidu’s equivalent of Siri or Cortana? We are focusing on two platforms to bring our customers and partners together.

Great intuitive video on what #backpropagation is and how it works behind the scenes to train neural networks. Via Jason Mayes

A digital design class at Columbia University has led to some provocative questions about New York City. The work by Charles-Antoine Perrault destabilizes our conception of Manhattan, which we so strongly

MVRDV in collaboration with local architects TUPDI has completed the Tianjin Binhai Library, a 33,700m2 cultural centre featuring a luminous spherical auditorium around which floor-to-ceiling bookcases

Knowing how many people are at an event is critical for planners and venue managers, but unless you’re carefully tracking everyone who enters and leaves, it can be easy to lose count. A human can ballpark

A design team led by Perkins Eastman and Arup has been selected to redesign Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. The team’s proposal beat out bids from Groundworks Office and Kuth

Indeed, it's increasingly clear that Facebook did not police its platform effectively during the 2016 election. This week, the company will have to answer questions from Congress about its missteps, including

Simple, plain-English explanations accompanied by math, code, and real-world examples: (Image via Wired)

Urban planners talk about two visions of the future city: heaven and hell. Hell, in case it’s not clear, is bad—cities built for technologies, big companies, and vehicles instead of the humans who actually

Pretty interesting — even though clearly informational — piece by Quartz and Retroreport, titled the Future of Money. I found particularly striking the part about 'stone money' which I didn't know at all

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