Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers

Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind…

The great Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa

“I believe the best way to help students to become musicians at the highest level is to share chamber music work with artists of great experience.” Seiji Ozawa.

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data. Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all, but …how?

Islam in China – a Strange Fit?

A film portrait introduces Roberta Tontini and her research. The PhD candidate examines the development and changing characteristics of Islamic law in China. The author evokes a harmonious relationship between Sunni Islam and the teachings of Confucianism…

Amanda Palmer: The art of asking

Don’t make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan…

Liu Bolin: The invisible man

Can a person disappear in plain sight? That’s the question Liu Bolin‘s remarkable work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called “The Invisible Man” because in nearly all his art, Bolin is front and center — and completely unseen…