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

digital art Artist creates digital fluid simulation jewelry that flows like water Mark Frauenfelder

police Florida cop watching porn on his phone while driving crashes into car stopped for school bus Allan Rose Hill

charity Rare coins and other valuables found in Salvation Army donation buckets across the US Allan Rose Hill

Entertainment A deep, deep dive into the history of Disney's animatronics Ruben Bolling

Science Cyborg cockroach production nears one per minute Rob Beschizza

Technology Man spends year creating aluminum iPhone housing from solid metal block Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Thinking of renting a gaming PC? Think again. Rob Beschizza

music Retrospective of the world-changing Yamaha DX7 synthesizer Rob Beschizza

politics China bans exports of crucial tech minerals gallium, germanium, and antimony to U.S. Ellsworth Toohey

maps This detailed map of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" will blow your mind Jennifer Sandlin