Category: Human-Machine Interaction

The holiday season means a million different things to a million different businesses. For some, it’s high sales season. For others, it’s time to spend that budget. But the standard across all businesses seems to be the desire for change. Entering a new decade, I’m sure the calls for radical change will be even more… Continue reading TikTok is the Future of Ecommerce. It Better be in Your 2020 Marketing Plans

What do people most likely feel after being in virtual reality? Isolated. You can’t interact with the person sitting next to you. Good luck taking a phone call or responding to text messages. You’re completely cut off from the world. Yet, Facebook has made a baby step in lessening this VR isolation through hand-tracking. Controllers… Continue reading What Facebook’s Hand-Tracking Will Do for VR

Ronald McDonald, Homer Simpson, and Barbie. Three of the most influential people to never live. For the past 60 years, these “beings” have made an impact in every household across the US and abroad. How? Because an idea, a manufactured personality, and an image are all it takes to create a “person” that others can… Continue reading Lil Miquela – the Digital Human – Has a Better Resumé than You

If you met a transhumanist at a bar, then it’s probably a conversation you’d try to get out of. Not because they were talking crazily. Rather, because your visceral reaction is like vinegar and water. Who would want to upload their consciousness to silicon? Why should we trust Artificial Intelligence to merge with the human… Continue reading Cyborg Olympics & Quadrepelegic Gamers – A Positive Look at Transhumanism

There seems to be endless missions out there to teach kids STEM, enroll them in coding camps, and ensure they understand the language of technology. Meanwhile, kids are severely lacking in learning the language of humans. 64% of all eighth-grade students are unable to read proficiently. Further, 82% of black students and 77% of Hispanic… Continue reading Solving the Literacy Crisis with Music Lyrics

Travel is one industry that’s been very receptive to innovators and changes. In the span of two decades, the Internet has brought two titanic shifts for the travel agency. At first, Orbitz, Kayak, and Booking.com put travel agents out of business. Now, they’re getting an opportunity to rebrand their services and curate travel for a… Continue reading Travel Agencies Are Being Rebranded as Digital Goods

After choosing what to wear in the morning, the vast majority of us give almost no thought to our clothing because our clothing gives no thought to us. It’s a utility that sits idle 95% of the time until it’s time to lend us some covering. But like anything in this crazy, tech-filled world, our… Continue reading Smart Clothing Will Know Our Bodies Better Than We Do

If Jerry Lewis were still alive today, he’d probably be raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association on a Twitch livestream. Seriously, Twitch, YouTube, and other social platforms are proving that they could be great places for public charity events. Twitch gamers raised $75m for charity between 2012 and 2017. That’s right, those kids “still… Continue reading What Nonprofits Can Learn from DTC Companies like Warby Parker

Headphones are on the verge of becoming something so much more than we can imagine. No longer just an accessory, they’re becoming a device that’s at the center of our attention. AirPods are more than earbuds. They’re a computing platform capable of reducing life’s friction and bringing us new experiences. If you don’t understand the… Continue reading Apps for the AirPods… A Card Up Apple’s Sleeve?