Arts Jul 06 New Orleans was once the center of U.S. slave trade. This artist wants to make sure we don’t forget By Roby Chavez
Nation Sep 24 McDonald’s pledges to phase out plastic in Happy Meal toys, a new app treats spider phobias and other stories you missed A new app helps treat spider phobias using augmented reality, researchers teach cows to use the potty and McDonald’s says it’ll phase out fossil-fuel based plastic from Happy Meal toys. Check out these stories and others you might have missed… By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin
Arts Jul 05 Watch 6:48 Artists reimagine monuments through augmented reality In a time of much reckoning over American history, there are questions raised anew about what a monument is and who should be honored. A new exhibition in Los Angeles explores that, in what is known as “augmented reality." Jeffrey… By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson
Arts May 29 Watch 6:44 In Miami, how art intersects with technology and climate change In Miami’s famed mural district, Wynwood, a combination of art and technology is raising awareness about the threats of climate change. South Floridians are no strangers to stronger storms, so-called sunny day flooding and rising seas. These augmented reality murals… By Alicia Menendez, Lorna Baldwin
Science Jul 14 Pokémon GO uses augmented reality — or does it? Pokémon GO’s pocket monsters may be taking over the world—but they’re not quite part of it yet, a tech pioneer insists… By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American