We are living in the midst of a dramatic transformation of everyday life and society brought about by the digital revolution. Our daily activities and the various events and environments that surround us generate vast amounts of data. “Data science,” the exploration of its use, and the “data scientists” who specialize in this field are…
Ars Electronica Futurelab, Ars Electronica Festival and the Ars Electronica Center’s Future Thinking School are part of a large-scale pilot project involving more than a dozen Austrian research institutions: AI5production – funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the EU Commission – supports manufacturing companies in Austria in matters of digital transformation in…
Can the human mind and body become the pen that generates ink that expresses our creativity? Life Ink by the Ars Electronica Futurelab in collaboration with Wacom explores the inner mechanism of creativity in our brain and body. The joint research team developed wearable gear that captures brainwaves and body signals in real time. The…
ORI*BOTICS, the art and science of robotic origami, is a follow-on research project that continues the investigation of origami, technology and nature. It extends on our novel methods for designing and making strong, flexible and highly irregular origami from textiles and 3D printing, namely Fold Printing and Fold Mapping.