Ilias participated at the Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) New Materiality; a program dedicated to contemporary art practice; challenging participants to engage with materials in unconventional…
JIDA Summit at MIT Media Lab
JIDA, or the Joint Improvised-threat Defense Agency, is a new group in the US Department of Defense tasked to think creatively about how all kinds of improvised threats–from online terror to…
MIT workshop on Physical computing and Urban Studies
Arlene’s bag of environmental and bio sensors takes its second annual trip to Cambridge for the “Physical Computing and Urban Studies” workshop at the MIT Department of Urban…
OpenIR is a finalist in OpenIDEO’s Climate Resiliency Challenge.
We almost got the band back together! OpenIDEO’s challenge to propose solutions for climate-related resiliency in urban slum environments provided a great opportunity for the team to work…
MindRider is a finalist at Fast Company Innovation Awards
Every autumn, trendy business magazine Fast Company celebrates its picks for most innovative product, startup, idea, and more, at the Fast Company Innovation Awards. MindRider was invited to apply…
“Ma Belly” belt in UNICEF’s Wearables For Good competition
A belly belt is a common must-have item for pregnant women in the United States–try searching for it on Amazon, and you’ll be served with a huge number of products. But what if the…
MindRider on HWTrek’s Asia Tour of Taipei, Beijing, and Shenzhen
A once-in-a-lifetime trip now happens every year! HWTrek (pronounced Hardware Trek), a new startup focused on supporting and brokering support for western crowdfunded startups from Asian…
Mozilla Hive’s “Emoti-Con” festival of youth technology at the New York Public Library
It was a big day for many youth technologists in New York as they came together for Mozilla Hive’s Emoti-Con, a festival of their own inventions, creations, and potential. Think science fair…
Ilias Koen solo show at Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens
From Ilias: The way we interact with knowledge creates profound changes on the way we materialize our objects of aesthetics. This series of drawings employ visual operations such as…
Sensor City Bike Tour at New Museum’s IDEAS CITY Festival
Ever wondered what kinds of sensors surround you as you walk on the street, enter your home, and take public transit? Lower East Side locals and visitors to the New Museum’s IDEAS CITY…