Film
The New Technological Cold War Runs Through a Cable on the Ocean Floor
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of Meredith Lackey's Cablestreet, a surreal documentary short about Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Technology
Film
How the First Smartphone Came Out in 1994, But Flopped
A new documentary examines the downfall of the software company General Magic, and raises questions about Silicon Valley's philosophy on failure.
Art
Thinking About Information Technology as an Evolution in Language
With roots in activism, accessibility, and design, Spectacular Grammar considers technology's progressive potential for empowerment.
Interview
An Afrofeminist Project Uses Technology to Empower Marginalized Communities
NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism engages Black womanhood and technological possibility, rejecting the marginalization of people of color in the scientific realm.
Art
An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord's 'The Society of the Spectacle'
The spectacle can be found on every screen that you look at. It is the advertisements plastered on the subway and the pop-up ads that appear in your browser.
Art
Building a Glitch in 3D
If you look at a photograph of the newly worked facade of Switzerland's House of Electronic Arts Basel, it may appear as if the image failed to properly load.
In Brief
Protect Yourself from Unwanted Photographs with This Hoodie
Attention shoppers: are you tired of paparazzi following you around, taking bright flash pictures and selling them to tabloids?
Performance
Between Now and Nowhere: A Performance Dissects Reality
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — In an age where our attention often frays and never lingers, it is rare to find something that holds it unwaveringly for 60 minutes.
In Brief
Researchers Decipher the Map That May Have Guided Columbus Westward
You might call Henricus Martellus's 1491 world map — which many believe Christopher Columbus consulted before setting out on his voyage — a symbol of the limits of human knowledge.
In Brief
Social Media You Can Wear as a T-shirt
Using thermochromatic ink, a soft circuit, and Bluetooth, Social Textiles link items of clothing to their wearers’ smartphones and alerts them when other Social Textiles users with similar interests are in close proximity.
Opinion
The Dystopian Possibilities of a Drawing Machine
For all those who could never quite manage a straight line in Drawing 101, Saurabh Datta may have an answer.
Opinion
Microsoft HoloLens Renders the Internet in 3D
The cyberpunk literary tradition anticipated a series of real-world technical developments in which the digital and the spatial converge.