Meta’s camera-free Ray-Ban Audio glasses remove the lens, not the
Dallas’s reported AI garbage truck cameras promise efficient enforcement. But
Smart Glasses Have a Bystander Problem
Zuckoff detects nearby smart glasses. Should visible recording signals and bystander consent be built into wearables, rather than outsourced to defensive apps?
The Cloud Has a Noise Problem—and Design Makes It Audible
Basura’s sound-emitting data-centre toy exposes AI’s physical footprint. Can irritating design build political pressure, or only collectible satire?
When AI Listens for Danger, Who Defines Safe Enough?
SIVO.GO’s Dyson Award win spotlights AI sound alerts. Deaf users must shape the testing, priorities and fallbacks that make accessibility trustworthy.
Who Controls a Monument Once It Becomes Digital?
Digital Ajanta opens heritage to new audiences. But who controls its reconstruction, approves changes and profits when a monument becomes a platform?
Designing Against the Algorithm
Anti-AI design promises privacy and human agency. But does rejecting automation redistribute power—or turn resistance into another premium aesthetic?
Luffu Link: When Family Health Becomes a Shared Data Stream
Luffu Link promises shared family health tracking. But when does AI-assisted care become surveillance—and who gets to switch it off?
Can 3D-Printed Housing Deliver More Than a Faster Build?
Denmark’s 36-home experiment tests whether 3D-printed housing can widen access—or simply automate construction’s existing inequalities.
Who Designed Manchester City’s AI Kit?
Manchester City's new Puma shirt was shaped by a fan and AI. We ask who owns the design when participation becomes automated.
