A ‘positive only’ social media app
A new social media app allows users to compliment each other and focuses on positive messages
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A role-playing game helps to develop understanding of discrimination
The VR element helps players experience multiple viewpoints
Earphones controlled by facial expressions
Prototype earbuds could create a brain-machine interface without attaching bulky electrodes to the user
A company building a metaverse for culture
The startup is creating a space for museums in the metaverse, opening culture to a wider audience
Smell maps create new ways of exploring cities
Travellers can make their own map or follow one already made
Olfactory technology brings classical painting to life through bespoke scents
The ten scents bring additional richness to the sensory experience of an art exhibition
A pop-up exhibition highlights material recycling
The collaborative exhibition showcases how discarded garments can be upcycled into new, desirable pieces of fashion
A platform makes it easy to turn smartphones into multimedia museum guides
A startup has developed a CMS that allows exhibitions to create multimedia guides accessible on users’ smartphones
Digital technology and a floating museum bring contemporary art and culture to the people
A new foundation pursues initiatives that make art accessible to diverse communities
A new textile collection illustrates the development of climate change
The range incorporates graphical data about temperature change, sea-level rises, and greenhouse gas emissions
Biodegradable adhesive could replace plastic resin in manufacturing
The corn-based resin was developed as part of an awareness-raising artistic collaboration
Bacteria used to clean ancient art
The organic method has been used on frescoes, statues, and tombs