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Art has always been intertwined with technology. New techniques and materials have constantly allowed artists to innovate and create new types of works. The RobotArt competition is designed to highlight different forms of AI creativity and the 2017 competition recently announced its winning entries.

A team at the University of Adelaide has been working to create an AI system that can predict a person’s lifespan just by studying images of their organs, and its early results show its predictions are just as good as a human doctor.

This latest instalment in our series looking at the impact of digital technologies on the art world focuses on the ways artists are taking the torrent of big data being produced and transforming it into works of art.

Video conference calls have become a regular occurrence in offices, but squeezing everybody into frame can be a challenge. To make sure everyone in a tight space can be seen and heard, Logitech has announced MeetUp, a 4K webcam with a wide-angle lens and microphones tuned for small-space acoustics.

Zyl Vardos consistently produces some of the most eye-catching tiny houses around. The firm's latest model stands out from the crowd with an unusual roofline that angles downward. Inside, the compact home sleeps two people and features a high quality finish.

In August 1977, the Ohio State University Radio Observatory picked up a radio transmission that was so strong it inspired the astronomer who discovered it to write “Wow!” in the margin of the data printout. Almost 40 years later, researchers have solved the mystery.

Ori Systems is finally rolling out its modular, robotic furniture into a handful of apartment buildings across the United States. Currently only available for preorder to property developers, the first 1,200 systems will be installed in luxury apartments over the next twelve months.

​​Back before the bicycle was invented, people rode something known as the draisine or "dandy horse." It was like an adult-sized version of the balance bikes still used by toddlers today. Now, a team of computer scientists has created a gloriously retro electric-assist draisine.​

The electric, magnetic, physical or chemical properties of a 3D material can radically change when it's reduced to two dimensions. Now researchers have found the first material that retains magnetism in its 2D form, opening the door to thinner electronics.

Terracamper has long been turning regular, boxy vans into versatile modular campers over in Germany. Now it's coming to North America. TouRig will be one of its partners, transforming Mercedes Sprinter and Metris vans into flexible, modular camper vans built to explore.

DARPA’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) can be fitted for a wide range of missions, but compact UAS can usually only carry one such instrument at a time, and need to land fr a swap over. Now, DARPA and BAE Systems are collaborating on a program to enable smaller UAS to multitask.

A team of engineers at MIT has developed a cheaper UAV design that has the ability to stay aloft for up to five days at low-altitudes on a single tank of gasoline, potentially offering communications support in areas struck by natural disasters.