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Researchers from the Technical University of Munich have developed an innovative system for blind people, which consists of goggles equipped with 3D dual infrared cameras and a haptic feedback sleeve. The pads inside the sleeve will vibrate against the forearm, to warn of obstacles detected by the c...


	

	Three journalists were killed in the first three weeks of 2022, sparking nationwide protests. But not only narcotraffickers are to blame: The state, corrupt private companies, and even media companies themselves hold responsibility for leaving journalists vulnerable on the frontline.

	The prec...

Inside Swedens "100,000-Year" Solution To Bury Nuclear WasteAs last fall’s climate summit in Glasgow made it clear that the world is still on route for major planetary disaster, it also brought the question of nuclear power squarely back on the agenda. A growing number of experts and policymakers n...

East v. West v. South: Three Pandemic Realities, One World“Tonight we can … find the smile again.” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen cast aside the typical Danish reserve as she proudly announced that Denmark would be the first European country to lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions from Feb. 1....

Swiss businessman Uli Sigg is the most important collector of Chinese contemporary art. In 2012, he gave away most of his collection to the M+ in Hong Kong. Now the museum has opened as the Communist Party is cracking down hard on freedom of expression. So how do you run a museum in the face of widespread censorship from Beijing?

After years of delay and controversy, the opening of this landmark institution may have proven a watershed moment for the regional art scene. But does its cultural vision live up to the promise?

The work of famous exiled artist Ai Wei Wei will not be featured

AT A SPECIAL PREVIEW EVENING FOR M+, local artists and patrons—and some internationals who had abided Hong Kong’s rigorous quarantine measures—cautiously entered the Brutalist-style building, at 700,000 square feet one of the largest contemporary art museums in the world.The museum has weathered criticism from its inception, dating back to a 1998 proposal for a cultural district complete with sites dedicated to visual and performing arts. In the 2000s, Hong Kong was unfairly stuck with the...

The M+ Museum is finally open in Hong Kong. In an increasingly repressive political climate, can it sustain the cultural optimism it once promised?

AT A SPECIAL PREVIEW EVENING FOR M+, local artists and patrons—and some internationals who had abided Hong Kong’s rigorous quarantine measures—cautiously entered the Brutalist-style building, at 700,000 square feet one of the largest contemporary art museums in the world.The museum has weathered criticism from its inception, dating back to a 1998 proposal for a cultural district complete with sites dedicated to visual and performing arts. In the 2000s, Hong Kong was unfairly stuck with the...