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Oumaima Hajri on the responsible application of AI
Future Internet Lab
Chris Julien on Nieuwsuur: AI devours electricity
We must take into account the huge power consumption of artificial intelligence. On 31 May, researcher Chris Julien of Waag Futurelab was on Nieuwsuur.
TextileLab
Ban the destruction of unsold textiles and electronics
Unsold textiles and electronics are still being destroyed. This needs to stop, Waag and 45 organisations argue in a letter to the European Parliament.
Smart Citizens Lab
Why climate journalists need you
Share your knowledge and experiences of heat on Kenniscloud and collaborate with climate journalists on journalistic stories about heat.
Future Heritage Lab
UNESCO names De Digitale Stad as Memory of the World
Waag is excited and honoured to announce that De Digitale Stad will be added to the UNESCO international register Memory of the World.
Maker Education Lab
Quantum's Got Talent: Open Call
For Quantum's Got Talent, we are looking for artists, designers and students who want to create new work at the intersection of music, sound, audiovisual art and quantum physics.
Maker Education Lab
Workshop origami for better spatial awareness
PhD researcher Marten Westerhof researches how spatial insight can be enhanced by using making education. Read more about his experiences while giving an origami workshop to primary school pupils.
Maker Education Lab
The computer on a spectrum
The promise of quantum is great: it would be the new 'supercomputer'. But those promises remain mostly hypothetical. We do not yet know at all what will actually happen and what applications of quantum will look like. Let's nuance and demystify!
Future Internet Lab
Waag develops minor: The internet is broken, but we're going to fix it
During the minor, students learn about the problems of the internet, but also how we can solve these problems.
TextileLab
Fabricademy: come innovate the textiles industry at Waag!
Apply now for Fabricademy 2023 at Waag. In six months, you will learn everything at the intersection of textiles, technology and biology in this globally recognised course.
How to end poverty with Abdelhamid Idrissi
A good night's sleep for the whole family: that is Abdelhamid Idrissi's goal with his Studiezalen foundation and FRIS Supermarket. New episode of the Planet B podcast is out now.
Maker Education Lab
Critical making: exploring societal issues with students
What exactly is 'critical making' and how does it contribute to citizenship skills of secondary school students?
Open Design Lab
VOJEXT S+T+ARTS selected artist in residences
We are happy to share with you the selected artists for the VOJEXT S+T+ARTS residencies. The selected artists were announced during the S+T+ARTS presentations at European Robotic Forum 2023 in Odense (Denmark).
Future Heritage Lab
A history of change: Stories of circularity and making in Noord
Waag is committed to keeping makers in the city. But who are these makers and what is their story?
TextileLab
Shemakes: Enabling Textile Labs and Women Innovators
Come and take a look at the learnings of Shemakes, a project that aims to bridge the gender equality gap and move towards sustainability, in the textile and clothing industry.
Urban Ecology Lab
Onkruidenier: learning from the smallest extremophiles
What does the landscape want to become? A conversation with two ecosystem futurologists from artist collective the Onkruidenier.
Gray boxes versus a Food Park: With Natasha Hulst
Who owns the soil? The Lutkemeerpolder will be developed into a mega distribution center, or it can become a Food Park. A visit to the green Planet B of Natasha Hulst, one of the initiators of Food Park Amsterdam.
Biased Technology: Behind Shirley
Art-installation ‘Behind Shirley’ by Ibiye Camp explores racial bias in photography and in facial-recognition software.
Waag Futurelab: Alliance Against Military AI
Waag Futurelab is part of the Alliance Against Military AI. We urge the Dutch government to immediately stop their development of AI in the military domain.
Urban Ecology Lab
Artistic fieldwork: Space for silence and bewilderment
What does the city landscape want to become? Artistic artist Esmee Geerken: ‘It would be good to revalue the space for mythologies, animals, silence and less heard voices.'
Future Internet Lab
Code for Children's Rights: Partners disappointed in ministry's approach
The partners in the Code for Children's Rights are disappointed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs' approach of digital children's rights.
Smart Citizens Lab
What are the effects of heat waves on our society?
In the project Thermo-staat we examine the effects of heat on the living environment of residents. Visit the Thermo-staat website that was launched today!
Future Internet Lab
We asked ChatGPT to reflect on its values
ChatGPT has been dominating the news for weeks on end now. How does this all-knowing AI tool feel about the values of open, fair, and inclusive - and does he uphold them?
How to deal with AI? Two tips for visual artists
AI art-generating platforms are alarming visual artists: they fear their work being chartered for commercial ends, or even worse: to get out-competed by AI art. Two practical tips for humans to deal with AI art platforms.