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NewsFusion for July 2025

Science...

• Vera Rubin Observatory poised to find many more intersteller objects (Space.com)
• First robot soccer match was action (and AI) packed (Gizmodo)
• Synchron brings new functionality to brain-computer interface (WIRED)

Design...

• Shade in the city: heat waves inspire adding more shade to urban planning (Fast Company)
• Mediterranean gardens are trending in outdoor spaces (Veranda)
• Rezoning threatens NYC's garment district (Business of Fashion)

Culture...

• Indigenous youth launch kayak journey to celebrate dam removal (AP News)
• Morvern Graham shares Scottish myths and folklore through storytelling (morverngraham.co.uk)
• Maasai-owned Oldarpoi Mara Camp offers unique perspective on community, culture, and conservation (oldarpoimaracamp.co.ke)

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NewsFusion for June 2025

Science...

• Heatherwick Studio and Aurelia Institute offer visions of off-world agriculture (Wired)
• Infared contact lenses allow users to see at night (DW)
• Keeping robots charged up (The Conversation)

Design...

• Native Fashion Week celebrates community (Vogue)
• Milan's San Siro Stadium getting attention for it's optical illusion (Yanko Design)
• Design Shanghai 2025 is set to wow the world once again (Designboom)

Culture...

• Ethiopian culture retold through blockchain (Wallpaper)
• Arts of Oceana galleries reopen at The Met (metmuseum.org)
• More Native students wearing Regalia at graduation ceremonies (Indian Country Today)

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NewsFusion for February 2025

Science...

• Blue Origin completes 10th human spaceflight using the New Shepherd rocket system (Geekwire)
• Meet Rosie, a new pharmacy robot (WWMT)
• A new generation of scientists find projects that opt out of big-city life (Nature)

Design...

• First ever NASCAR EV Pacecar at 2025 Daytona 500 (Car and Driver)
• Singapore's best and worst buildings (Financial Times)
• The best street style from 2025 London Fashion Week (The Cut)

Culture...

• VR's role in reviving endangered languages and culture (The Conversation)
• National Nordic Museum hosts 7th annual Sámi Film Festival (National Nordic Museum)
• Opening ceremony for new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) set for July 3, 2015 (Cairo Scene)

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NewsFusion for November 2024

Science...

• New sea slug discovered (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
• Austin's Avride & Uber partner for robot deliveries (KXAN)
• Small tech matters, nanocientist Debbie Senesky shares her thoughts (Stanford Report)

Design...

• Darlington school in Sydney wins 2024 World Building of the Year (The Guardian)
• BoF releases The State of Fashion 2025 | BoF
• Innovations ahead for Forumula 1 car design (Sports Illustrated)

Culture...

• First Lahaina, Hawaii residents returning in time for Christmans (KHON)
• Native American Veterans reflect on military service and family ties (MPR News)
• The Met announces reopening of Arts of Africa Galleries (The Met)

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NewsFusion for June 2024

Science...

• Boeing's Starliner transports astronauts to ISS | Space.com
• Construction robots in Seattle speed process and improve safety | Geekwire
• AI to help wildlife conservation | WWF

Design...

• Dezeen's picks for 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen | Dezeen
• British fashion designer Craig Green's return runway nods to sons and fathers | Wallpaper
• Taschen publishes two-volume set on printed textiles | PRINT

Culture...

• Sharing Old Delhi's Queer history | AFAR
• UNESCO honors Peruvian ceviche with Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity status | UNESCO
• 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture underway in Hawaii | festpachawaii.org

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NewsFusion for November 2023

Science...

• Patrol and delivery robots to share sidewalks in South Korea | The Register
• UK is first to approve CRISPR treatments | Nature
• Women in wildlife conservation; the importance of mentorship | The Wildlife Society

Design...

• Sustainability is the common thread at 2023 Lakmé Fashion Week in India | BBC
• Students reimagine South Miami in studio course | University of Miami
• 2023 Dubai Design Week - wrap up | Wallpaper

Culture...

• Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo prioritizes cultural identity and sustainability in her designs | CNN Business
• Kohala community, Hawaii Land Trust working to save voyaging temple on Big Island | SF Gate
• Chilean Indigenous Startups Shine at the 2023 World Indigenous Business Forum in Papua New Guinea | Contxto

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NewsFusion for August 2023

Science...

• Fusion energy created a second time | PopSci
• Heritage algorithms infuse science with art, design, and culture | The Conversation
• China's Fourier Intelligence set to mass produce humanoid robots | South China Morning Post

Design...

• Rokeya Khanum shares insights into her successful slow fashion brand | Harper's Bazaar
• SkyX drone recharging stations extend range for drone-as-a-service offerings | Core77
• Toyota Rsearch Institute invites AI into automobile design strategy and planning | Toyota.com

Culture...

• Wildfires in Hawaii impact individuals, families, communities, as well as history and culture | PBS News Hour
• Native America Calling: podcast on the importance of tribally owned and operated museums | Indianz.com
• It's a wrap on the 2023 Paddle to Muckleshoot Tribal Canoe Journey in the Pacific Northwest | Muckleshootcanoejourney.com

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NewsFusion for August 2022

Science...

• Artemis gets green light | CNN
• China building largest array of telescopes to study sun | Space.com
• Robots could help reduce chemicals in farming | ABC 10 News San Diego

Design...

• The 2022 Seattle Design Festival is in full swing | Seattle Design Festival
• Harvard Design Magazine's 50th Issue | e-flux
• Victoria and Albert Museum featuer innovative fashion from Africa | NPR

Culture...

• Korean pop culture fest, KCON LA, wows online and offline crowd | Variety
• Vogue's favorite artists from 2022 Santa Fe Indian Market | Vogure
• Hawaiian cultural leaders offer powerful testimony on the Thirty Meter Telecope (TMT) project on Mauna Kea | West Hawaii Today

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NewsFusion for September 2020

Science...

• The Robot will see you now: artificial intelligence in Israel’s hospitals | The Times of Israel
• The batteries of the future: Sodium instead of lithium | Deutsche Welle
• How to Ensure the U.S.’s Quantum Future | Scientific American

Design...

• Google Maps Now Shows D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Street Murals | Time
• How the Design of Natural-Disaster Relief Is Complicated by the Pandemic | Architectural Digest
• MoMA curator Paola Antonelli on the defining designs of 2020 | Fast Company

Culture...

• Mining Company Rio Tinto Blew Up A 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site. Its CEO Is Resigning | NPR
• Neilson Powless (Oneida) makes history as the first Native American cyclist to ride in the Tour de France | ESPN
• Conservation leader Laura Thompson was an advocate for Hawaii’s natural and cultural resources | Star Advertiser

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NewsFusion for June 2018

Science...

• Robots can now grow mini organs from human stem cells | Science Daily
• Wildlife are punching in at night to avoid humans | Gizmodo
• China plans mission to moon's dark side | NBC News

Design...

• Punk Rock's impact on design | Fast Company
• Voter Guide design can impact elections | WAMU
• Transparent is the new black in Paris | GQ

Culture...

• Sacred artifacts returned to Alaska's Chugach tribe | CNN
• World premier of Disney's Moana launches with blue carpet | KHON
• Wairoa Māori Film Festival reflects full spectrum of Māori experience | kiaora.tv

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NewsFusion for April 2018

Science...

• Space debris problems just keep growing | Washington Post
• Finally...the physics of vampires and sunlight vs. candlelight | Forbes

Design...

• Milestone at the 2018 Oscars, Wes Studi shares Cherokee language in Veteran tribute at 90th Academy Awards | Indian Country Today
• Planning ahead for rising seas with buoyant buildings | NBC News

Culture...

• Hawaiian Airlines shares how passengers can help reef health | Hawaii News Now
• 25 languages to listen to before they disappear | The Independent
• Colorado Ballet's Moccasins en Pointe, created in collaboration with Mandaree Singers and Lakota fancy shawl dancer Keya Clairmon also performed at Denver Powwow | First American Art Magazine

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NewsFusion for December 2016

Science...

• Jumping robot inspired by small primate may help in rescue efforts | Washington Post
• Breakthrough Foundation hands out over $25 million in prizes to 1000+ physicists, life scientists and mathematicians | New York Times
• Germany's Wendelstein 7-X reactor, or stellerator is one step closer to making limitless power from nuclear fusion a reality | Popular Mechanics

Design...

• RISD design students help NASA with Mars space suit | USA Today
• Sailor Brinkley Cook, Christie Brinkley's daughter, applaud's models and offers reality check for young girls after Victoria's Secret fashion show | Harper's Bazaar
• Ghana is becoming the one to watch in global architecture, combining modern aesthetics with ancient traditions | CNN

Culture...

• Tribes celebrate victory against DAPL | Seattle Times
• Along with being good sportsmen, Maori All Blacks bring culture, honor, respect to their game | ESPN
• Festival Tokyo, Japan's finest performing arts festival, runs through December 11, 2016

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Science...

• Scientists in Brazil create robot-like machine to help spinal injury patients | NPR
• ScienceDebate offers 20 questions for US 2016 presidential candidates | Science Debate
• The physics of those amazing gymnast flips in the Olympics | Wired

Design...

• Letter signed by over 100 designers in support of Apple teaches the US Supreme Court about design law and the role of design in tech | Quartz
• A brief history of athletic wear and fashion in the Olympics | Jezebel
• Sports-themed architecture, town planning, and other arts used to be competitive sport in Olympics | Curbed

Culture...

• Maori worldview leads New Zealand to grant personhood to lands and rivers | NY Times
• 2016 World Nomad Games just around the corner, September 3-8, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
• Shifting Sands Reveal ancient Hawaiian Petroglyphs at Waiʻanae on Oahu | MauiNow

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NewsFusion for June 2016

Science...

• Elon Musk wants to build robot to do housework, hold conversations, and play games | Computerworld
• Algorithm helps computers predict human behavior by watching TV shows | Popular Science
• A lesson in physics from American Ninja Warrior | Wired

Design...

• Ed Welburn reflects on being the highest-ranking African American exec in the auto industry | Fortune
• Florence design school, Polimoda, combines fashion and business departments for future of fashion | WWD
• Handwork and technology unite in Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit ManusxMachina: Fashion in the Age of Technology | The Economist

Culture...

• Canadians look to make National Aboriginal Day an official holiday | CBC
• Hawaiian and New Mexican tribal students and teachers take part in innovative new program, Aloha-K’é | Indian Country Today
• What US Tourism means for Cuba | ABC News

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NewsFusion for April 2016

Science...

• Humans turned on by touching robots in sensitive places | TechTimes
• Space X Falcon 9 lands at sea, relaunch planned | LA Times
• Scientists revise 'tree of life', bacteria much of Earth's biodiversity | New York Times

Design...

• The innovative women who changed the course of car design | WNYC
• Finding sustainable and ethical fashion for plus-sized women just got easier | EcoCult
• Design thinking could be answer to improving governing and public service in the future | The Hill

Culture...

• CualaNYC to become New York City's first annual Irish cultural festival, April 19 - June 2
• Frank Waln relates Native American story and experience through hip hop | WBUR
• Ancient Nasca engineering mystery solved from space | BBC Future

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NewsFusion for April 2016

Science...

• Green sea turtles beginning to recover in Florida and Mexico | HNGN
• April is Global Astronomy Month | Astronomers Without Borders

Design...

• Eco Fashion Week just ahead, April 9-14, Vancouver
• Wallpaper's 2016 Salone del Mobile preview | Wallpaper
• New Airbus interior solves jet lag with LED lighting | Inhabitat

Culture...

• Beyond South Africa: exploring Mozambique, Namibia, and Zanzibar | Essense
• Joseph Medicine Crow crosses over at 102 - author, historian, activist, Medal of Freedom recipient, last Crow War Chief, last link to Battle of Little Big Horn | Washington Post
• How to visit sacred places in a modern world...with grace and respect | The Cutlureist

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NewsFusion for March 2016

Science...

• Wellcome Awards spotlight amazing images of science | Smithsonian
• RobotWatch | Mimicking ants, microrobots can pull 2 ton car | New York Times
• Backpacked pigeons are helping track London air quality

Design...

• Modern Irish fashion and accessory design a true treasure | Irish Times
• Photo exhibit features best of Russian Architecture | Russia Beyond the Headlines
• Get the inside scoop on graphic design industry and careers in new book | Wired

Culture...

• WOMADelaide one of the biggest and best WOMAD Festivals yet
• Its sakura season, follow the cherry blossom progression in Japan

RobotWatch | The New Atlas

Boston Dynamics (BD) recently released a video of their new and improved Atlas robot. Lots of great new features and abilities including being tether free, the ability to avoid obstacles, and to function outside.



What also becomes clear in the new video BD released on the new model is that humans will have no problem pissing off robots. It's a little too Terminator AND Battlestar Galactica for our taste because they we all know they will someday want to get even. Luckily, Scifi also tells us that robots will very likely be pretty sassy in their own right so hopefully this trait evolves faster than their interest in kicking our asses.

Here's a link to a post featuring one of our favorite sassy robots.

RobotWatch | Robot Storytime

Great article by Ashley Rodriguez over on Quartz. In Reading stories can make robots more sympathetic to humanity, and less likely to kill us, Rodriguez relates efforts to ensure that robots won't want to go all Cyclon (or other sci fi robot) on us and put an end to humankind.

RobotWatch | Robots Teaching Themselves

Now you all know that we are BIG fans of robots here at Future-ish. But we also get a little freaked out when things come a little too close to cylons in Battlestar Galactica or any other scifi in which robots get a little too advanced for our own good.

A new development is both very cool AND a little scary: robots that teach themselves. Yay but eek! Berkeley postdoc Igor Mordatch has created an algorithm that allows robots to perform taks, achieve goals, and teach themselves all along the way. Lucky for us, most of the fascinating work is being done mostly via simulated software robots at this stage.

Read more in Will Knight's article, A Master Algorithm Lets Robots Teach Themselves to Perform Complex Tasks on MIT's technologyreview.com.