“I’m sorry, you’re dating your computer?!” sputters Rooney Mara’s Catherine halfway through Spike Jonze’s 2013 romance Her. The fact that Catherine – who’s learned that her ex-husband Theodore has taken up with Samantha, a honey-voiced Operating System who screens his emails, entertains his fantasies and sends his writing off to publishers – comes off as judgmental is testament […]
Report: Neha Kale A group of researchers cluster around a humanoid robot with the mannerisms of a child. Nearby, a scientist swaps Melbourne for medieval Angkor by donning a headset while a designer pores over a ring equipped to simulate sight. If you wander into sensiLab, an interdisciplinary facility that launched in May at Monash […]
First published in Renegade Collective, issue 13, August 2014 In Silicon Valley, success is a byword for sacrifice. The Northern Californian postcode might be home to technology companies that have toppled entire industries but it owes its mythical status to the way it fosters an extreme brand of ambition, where achieving an entrepreneurial vision comes […]
Published in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun-Herald The swift uptake of tablet devices has set the stage for a new wave of magazine publishing, without the glossy pages. f you believe the online revolution couldn’t be further away from the tactile thrills of your local newsagent, you may want to reconsider. The tablet […]
