The Amazon Echo Is Winning the Race to a Screenless Future

For a screen-less gadget, the Amazon Echo is a stunning success. But can it get smart enough fast enough to truly peel people away from their smartphones? The post The Amazon Echo Is Winning the Race to a Screenless Future appeared first on WIRED.

Illuminating the Dark Art of Making Neon Signs

Commercial uses have dwindled in recent years (blame LEDs), but the craft of making these neon signs is still alive. The post Illuminating the Dark Art of Making Neon Signs appeared first on WIRED.

Workers Find Safe Spaces In Private Slack Channels, But How Safe Are They?

Workers always find ways to confide - through sign language on assembly lines or now, digitally, on private Slack channels. But privacy experts warn these safe spaces may not be as safe as they seem.

COS and Hay add garden furniture to collaborative Spring 2016 collection

Fashion brand COS and furniture company Hay have updated their curated collection of furniture and homeware with a set of outdoor chairs, plant pots and accessories (+ slideshow). (more…)

A Dizzying Infographic Traipses Through 146 Years of Music

Color-coding and interconnections among 234 music genres put the history of pop music on display. The post A Dizzying Infographic Traipses Through 146 Years of Music appeared first on WIRED.

Why Most Gay Men Still Aren't Allowed to Donate Blood

The shooting at a gay night club in Orlando shines a spotlight on one of the FDA's most controversial blood donation policies. The post Why Most Gay Men Still Aren't Allowed to Donate Blood appeared first on WIRED.

Popular projects by Peter Zumthor feature on Dezeen's latest Pinterest board

We've created a new Pinterest board dedicated to the buildings of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, including facilities for a Norwegian tourist trail and a memorial commemorating witches burnt at the stake.

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Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is "mountainous outside and cavernous inside"

Movie: in this exclusive video interview, Bjarke Ingels explains how his firm BIG used stacks of fibreglass boxes to create a huge undulating structure on the lawn in front of the Serpentine Gallery in London. (more…)

California Rape Case Sentence Sparks Outrage

Former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in county jail for sexual assault. Prosecutors had recommended six years in prison. An online petition seeks the judge's recall.

“… have a tendency to latch onto big opinions about How Things Should Be.”

I like Rachel Nabors measured thinking in this week's Web Animation Weekly:

Scrolljacking has become a dirty word. But what is scrolljacking, and is it really all bad? Motion design on the web is young. Many agencies latch on to the newest techniques to dazzle clients, but industry heavyweights and aspiring leaders also have a tendency to latch onto big opinions about How Things Should Be.

At best: design innovation should propel the web forward while experienced leaders apply the brakes of caution lest we hurt ourselves or our users. At worst: creative trends make portions of the web uninhabitable for users; or would-be heroes bolster their own position by adopting black and white views on new and possibly revolutionary design techniques. For this reason, we must turn to research and facts rather than opinions and fashion to help us think for ourselves.

Find and replace "scrolljacking" with "whatever controversial thing people are talking about".

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Dis-moi Elliot

Dis-Moi Elliot is an immersive and interactive experience specially designed to break down prejudices about people with autism. This website reveal us daily difficulties of Elliot, a young boy with pervasive developmental disorders.

The Crisis in Flint Isn't Over. It's Everywhere.

The toxic disaster in Flint is not an isolated incident. US water infrastructure is a shambles, a haven for poisonous compounds and lethal bacteria. The post The Crisis in Flint Isn't Over. It's Everywhere. appeared first on WIRED.