The Future Ink Project is a collaborative research project between Wacom and Ars Electronica Futurelab to explore the future of creativity from all aspects of ink. As the world’s leader in pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and digital interface technologies, Wacom brings people and technology closer together through natural, intuitive interface solutions. Through the joint…
Art Thinking Initiative (ATI) is a joint consulting program between Hakuhodo and Ars Electronica Futurelab to incorporate the method of Art Thinking into the management and R&D of companies, research institutions, and government organizations. Hakuhodo is a leading communication design and marketing solutions company in Japan with its core philosophy centered on People Thinking. Since…
The festival site at POSTCITY in Linz was used as a stage for Open Futurelab until 2019. Created with the Japanese public broadcasting company NHK, Media Platz was a prototype of an open media plaza consisting of cardboard and high-resolution screens, which was used as a forum for public debate. Various panel discussions took place…
From November 16th to 17th 2019, the Ars Electronica Futurelab contributed to the International Science Art Festival in Matsudo, Japan, for the second time – with an “Ars Electronica Salon” on the theme of “Future Citizen”.
In the beginning, there was a shared research interest: How can swarm-based technology be embedded in everyday media use and what new possibilities of communication or artistic expression does it offer as a visual medium? The Japanese telecommunications company NTT and the Ars Electronica Futurelab have been investigating these questions since 2017 and have repeatedly…
What does our road traffic look like when automation becomes reality? How does a traffic policewoman work in a world where cars drive themselves? What does a driving instructor do when you no longer need a driver’s license?
Since 2018, together with Japan’s largest public broadcaster NHK, the Ars Electronica Futurelab has been pursuing questions about the future of the next generation of 8K ultra-high definition TV technology. As early as 2016, NHK began producing 8K material, developing recording and playback technology, and launched the first 8K single channel, making it one of…
Living numbers is an edutainment program for children, which uses life-size animations to bring life and animal relations closer to its viewers. It was developed within the scope of Beyond the Frame – 8K Future Projects presented at Deep Space 8K during the Ars Electronica Festival 2019.
Technology, digitization and industry are changing the world around us. Developers, planners and executors in architecture, construction, engineering and manufacturing — they all contribute to these changes and turn visions into reality. But the possibilities offered by digital and new technologies also raise questions: How should companies position themselves? How do we want to work…
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT and the Ars Electronica Futurelab have been working together since 2017 on how to use drones—aka unmanned aerial vehicles—as a means of communication. The Sky Compass project laid the groundwork in 2017; now, Swarm Compass takes this initiative to the next level.
Swarm Arena is the latest outcome of joint research efforts by the Ars Electronica Futurelab and Japanese telecommunications giant NTT. The collaboration started in 2017 with the aim to work on using unmanned aerial or ground vehicles (UAVs and UGVs) as a means of communication.