animals Synthesized Sounds of the Sea marries ambient electronic music and stunning underwater animals Thom Dunn

obituaries Alan Rath, pioneering tech artist, dead at 60 Gareth Branwyn

art Call for entries: Share Festival 2020, themed "RIOTS Here we are" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants An embroidered computer whose circuits are ornate, golden thread Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Bruce Sterling's 2018 SXSW keynote: Disrupting Dystopia, or what the tech arts scene could and should be Cory Doctorow

art A walking volcanic poop-bot Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Makers: enter the Share Festival's ARTMAKER Prize competition for sincere electronic art Cory Doctorow

art A fake HP printer that's actual an office-camouflaged cellular eavesdropping device Cory Doctorow

art Hollow rock turns into a router full of survival info when you build a fire beside it Cory Doctorow

art Disembodied mechanical random clickerfinger Cory Doctorow

music Tina Turner dead at 83 Rob Beschizza

new york city New York City taking more steps toward congestion pricing plan Ruben Bolling

racism Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri, punishes student who recorded teacher's racial slurs Rob Beschizza

policing the police NYPD cops charged with swiping pricey champagne at Electric Zoo music festival Carla Sinclair

Ryuichi Sakamoto Listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto's funeral playlist Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Gadgets This eBike makes cycling easier and more fun than ever before — and you can score it for half off Boing Boing's Shop

Technology The world's smallest clean room is inside this tiny train car that travels back and forth across a road (video) David Pescovitz

art Legendary gag cartoonist Sam Gross has died Ruben Bolling

AI Grimes invites fans to collaborate with software that mimics her voice and encourages users to be "tasteful" Jennifer Sandlin

synthesizers Listen to this weird instrumental Moog cover of "Hey Jude" from 1969 Thom Dunn