Articles by Stacey Szewczyk
Thync Relax: First-Of-A-Kind Wearable for Stress Relief
Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman introduces the prototype for Thync's second-generation stress-relieving wearable: Thync Relax. The neck-worn device works by signaling nerves along the back of the head to trigger the brain’s natural calming mechanism.
3D Graphene Lab’s Dr. Daniel Stolyarov Is Engineering The Future Atom By Atom
As the sole manufacturer of graphene-enhanced printing materials, 3D Graphene Lab co-founder Daniel Stolyarov is at the forefront of a game-changer in the 3D printing industry.
Wevr's New Transport Platform Opens Up Brave New World Of VR To Creators And Fans
Game developer Tyler Hurd, who created a reactive VR music video experience around Future Islands’ synthpop ditty 'Old Friend' for the HTC Vive, is one of a new wave of digital artists who are being tapped to expand the content side of the VR market.
'S.E.N.S.' Is First-Ever Graphic Novel To Get VR Treatment
French game developer Red Corner has developed a VR game based on comics artist Marc-Antoine Mathieu’s 'S.E.N.S.,' a popular graphic novel set in a shape-shifting monochrome landscape in which the only rule is to follow the arrows.
Tasting The Future Of Food At Brooklyn's MOFAD Lab
The Williamsburg-based Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD Lab) is part-Smithsonian Institution, part-Wonka Chocolate Factory: the world’s first large-scale museum with exhibits you can eat.
Douglas Rushkoff On 'Throwing Rocks At The Google Bus: How Growth Became The Enemy of Prosperity'
Douglas Rushkoff talks about his latest book and why, in a digital age, reprogramming to create greater value beats rock throwing.
Comics Historian Makes A Case For A Jack Kirby Museum On Gotham's Lower East Side
The Jack Kirby Museum is currently situated online and consists of an extensive digital archive of original works drawn from private collectors and the Kirby family.
Biohacking The Future Of New York City With Terreform ONE
Terreform ONE is a Brooklyn-based design studio that's using design-thinking to reinvent the wheel.
Far-Out Gifts For Fanatical Fans From NYC's Forbidden Planet
Valentine Chhann, Toy buyer for Forbidden Planet NYC, offers five sure-fire gift picks for pop-culture vultures.
Dipping Into New York's Waterways In The World's First Floating, Self-Filtering Pool
Architect Dong-Ping Wong is preparing to launch the world's first floating, self-filtering pool on New York's waterways.
Robotic Church Founder Chico MacMurtrie And The Giant Inflatable Bridge He's Making For Super Bowl 50
Renowned for his large-scale, performing robotic installations, sculptor Chico MacMurtrie is currently working on an inflatable 60-foot bridge slated to debut at Super Bowl 50.
Inside the Market for Plush Toy Organs With I Heart Guts
Wendy Bryan is not your average mother of three. By her own description, she's a gut wrangler. Her company, I Heart Guts, makes plush toy internal organs.
Tawnie Bow Poised Atop A Growing Market For Cosplay Wigs
Tanya Mangiafico of Tawnie Bow Studios is at the helm of a growing wig business catering to cosplayers, fans who dress like comics and anime characters at conventions and other events.
Thrift Store Shopping With An Expert Cosplayer
Cosplayer Tea Berry-Blue combs through the thrift shops of Greenwich Village for definitive costume pieces.
Bang A Gong: Interview With Gamelatron Project Creator Aaron Taylor Kuffner
Aaron Taylor Kuffner, the artist behind the Gamelatron Project, creates robotic Indonesian gamelans that perform in museums, private galleries and urban spaces, where they create transformational soundscapes.
ALLie 720-Degree Camera Kills Selfie, Turns Lens On Self
The ALLie Home camera captures and livestreams 720-degree (360 x 360) HD video that can be viewed via smartphone, tablet and virtual reality headset.
Sabine Seymour Has Designs On Your Dumb Clothes
SoftSpot is a new system of fabric-printed sensors that fashion-tech expert Sabine Seymour believes can revolutionize the way we wear our clothes.
Timbersled Rolls Out New Line Of Dirt-To-Snow Bike Conversion Kits
Timbersled has rolled out it’s 2016 line of dirt-to-snow bike conversion kits across the U.S. and Canada, increasing options for the popular winter powersport.
Eben Upton Serves Up Two New Helpings Of Raspberry Pi At World Maker Faire New York
Raspberry Pi scored two major hits at this year's World Maker Faire New York among young fans who strained to get their hands on the company's new 7" touch screens and Sense HAT sensor-laden add-on.
Young Designers Explore New Dimensions In Fashion At 3D-Printed Re-Making Patterns Exhibition
Eyebeam Art + Technology and Shapeways brought 15 designers together to create garments using the latest 3D software and printing techniques. The resulting designs were shown at the Re-Making Patterns exhibition in New York City in September 2015.
Adafruit's Limor Fried Ushers In A Cool New Age for Hobby Electronics
Not Just For Nerds: Adafruit Industries is infusing new life in the fusty world of hobby electronics.
MIDI Machine Music: An Interview With Musical Roboticist Eric Singer
As one of the world's leading creators of musical robots and large robotic orchestras, Eric Singer is the go-to guy for experimental music composers, Grammy-caliber performers and world-class arts venues seeking a hassle-free backup band.
Exploring The Future Of Fashion With Final Frontier Design
Ted Southern and Nikolay Moiseev are the cutting-edge design duo behind Final Frontier Design, a small Brooklyn-based company that creates space suits for NASA and commercial space travel and is developing space-age gloves, jackets, headgear and compression garments for terrestrial use.
Searching For Life On Mars With Stephen Gorevan Of Honeybee Robotics
Stephen Gorevan, chairman of Honeybee Robotics, a Brooklyn-based company best known for the work it’s done to equip NASA’s Mars rovers with robotic life-detection components, talks about aerospace technology and the future of space exploration.
Mythos & Moxie: Building Virtual Worlds At A VR Hackathon
About a hundred students, programmers and media artists gave up a perfect beach weekend to gather on the Greenwich Village campus of NYU and take part in a virtual reality hackathon. The theme of the event was 'Mythos & Moxie,' and the objective was to use VR technology to tell compelling stories.
Interview With Kegan Schouwenburg Of SOLS 3D-Printed Custom Insoles
Kegan Schouwenburg, the 29-year-old CEO and co-founder of SOLS - a $20M company that 3D-prints corrective orthotic insoles - talks about the future of 3D printing to support custom mass manufacturing of footwear and other product types.
Fizzics Adds Premium Bling to Lackluster Beer
Fizzics is a beer appliance that returns beer to the state it was in when it was bottled, enhancing it with the addition of a wet foam head created by a pressurizing spout.
HP To Roll Out New 3D Printing Feature For Sprout In July
HP will release an update to the Sprout's 3D Snapshot software called 3D Capture in July. Coupled with a 3D Capture Stage scanner, the upgrade will walk users through scanning objects and exporting them for printing in 3D.
OMsignal Smartwear Poised To Give Wearables A Run For Their Money
OMsignal Biometric Smartwear's unique combination of intelligent textiles, hardware and software make the fitness-tracking bracelet seem a bit retro.
Phorm iPad Morphing Touchscreen Preorder And Release Details
Keyboard buttons bubble up out of the Phorm iPad Mini case's touchscreen when you need to type and then disappear when you’re done.
