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Future Internet Lab
Open Call for Digital Deal Residencies
Together with our partners in European Digital Deal we’ve launched an open call for artist residencies.
Future Heritage Lab
There is no more room for makers in Noord
Waag mapped the outflow of manufacturing companies from Amsterdam Noord. Of the 100 makers, more than half will have to leave the city within five years.
Smart Citizens Lab
RIVM designates Waags sound meter as most reliable
Waag Futurelabs sound meter proved the most reliable and stable after extensive testing by the RIVM.
FabLab
Fab Academy 2024: Apply now!
Learn how to make (almost) anything - in twenty weeks! Applications for this worldwide renowned digital fabrication education trajectory at Waag are now open.
Secretary of state Gunay Uslu visits Waag Futurelab
Waag Futurelab is happy to announce that secretary of state Gunay Uslu of culture and media has visited us on 13 September.
Future Internet Lab
Apply for the online course 'Samen repareren we het internet'
How can we put public values back into the internet, and what can you yourself contribute to this? Join the online course 'Together we repair the internet'
Creativity is necessary for The Netherlands' future
Waag Futurelab, Akademie van Kunsten, Kunsten '92 and Federatie Creatieve Industrie argue that creativity, arts and culture should be given a key role in shaping the future of the Netherlands.
Future Internet Lab
From Low-Paid Miners to the Monitored Scroller
Talking tech networks with artist Vladan Joler. The creator of Anatomy of an AI System sits down after the PublicSpaces Conference to discuss new extractivism.
Future Internet Lab
Service Providers Request Too Much Personal Data
Service providers request large amounts of personal data to build trust, but there are other options to build trust that protect privacy.
This is why Waag Futurelab looks at intelligence
Throughout the year, Waag Futurelab is taking a closer look at the concept of intelligence. It is about time to review what we mean by intelligence.
TextileLab
Join Fabricademy's thematic modules at TextileLab Amsterdam
This year’s Fabricademy is about to start on September 19th at TextileLab Amsterdam. Did you know you can also register for a weekly theme or a one month thematic module? Read more!
Urban Ecology Lab
Bird sounds counter stress among students
How do students experience their sound environment and what impact does conscious listening have on their mental health? A group of students researched this and built a 'sound oasis in the making'.
Future Heritage Lab
Launching the alliance 'Maakschap Amsterdam'
Waag Futurelab launched a new alliance: Maakschap Amsterdam. Including an important manifesto that has now been signed more than 40 times by various makers and manufacturing companies.
Space Lab
Waag Futurelab at Ars Electronica Festival 2023
From 6 to 10 September, Waag will be part of the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. Here's what we'll be doing!
Waag Futurelab is looking for new Waagers!
Come work at Waag! From September, we are looking for a Business Developer, a communications officer and three interns on various subjects.
Smart Citizens Lab
The story of the citizen scientist
How can different stories help citizen science in making impact?
Maker Education Lab
Technological citizenship: digital legacy and smart oysters
From a grave with QR code to smart oysters that warn dolphins about fishing nets; during the Technological Citizenship project, young people came up with brilliant ideas to expose social issues.
Maker Education Lab
These are the winners of Quantum's Got Talent '23
The winners of the open call for Quantum's Got Talent 2023 have been awarded to Sandipan Nath, Marcus Reitz & Tim Cornelissen and Derek Lomas & Caiseal Beardow (+ team).
Future Internet Lab
It's a wrap: PublicSpaces Conference 2023
Thank you for a great third edition of the PublicSpaces Conference! You can now watch all presentations, panels, workshops and art programmes on demand.
Marleen Stikker visiting editor-in-chief De Groene
Marleen Stikker, director of Waag Futurelab, is visiting editor-in-chief of the summer issue of De Groene Amsterdammer. The theme of this extensive Summer edition is: other intelligence.
Future Internet Lab
AI and Big Tech: Potential of the counter movement
As the Boekmanstichting celebrates its 60th anniversary, Waag director Marleen Stikker was invited to write an essay on the future of the art world in regards to technology.
Future Internet Lab
Waag advises Government Commissioner on General Information Act
In the development of a new General Information Act, the Government Commissioner asked Waag Futurelab to advise on its design.
Open Design Lab
These are the '23 S+T+ARTS Prize winners
The prestigious S+T+ARTS Prize (Science, Technology & Arts) announced the winners with a clear focus on ecology.
Urban Ecology Lab
Field Atlas: Mapping Urban Ecology
The Field Atlas is a subjective map of the Amsterdam Science Park. What would the developing area look like if the (more-than-human) residents were allowed to have their say?