Twill by yiibu

A weekly dispatch on our evolving relationship with technology.

Topics: Near-future design, autonomous everything, design ethics, machine learning and the human impact of embedding technology into everyday life.

Previous issues

#16

June 20, 2016

Twill #16: Creative algorithms, walking with satellites, flat-pack robots and the link between the space shuttle and a horse's rear end. – This week: Creative algorithms, walking with satellites, flat-pack robots and the link between the sp
#15

June 14, 2016

Twill #15 - Web meets world, Alexa goes to the hospital, media-making AIs, bovine facial recognition, bicycle face…and more. – This week: Web meets world, Alexa goes to the hospital, media-making AIs, bovine facial recognition,
#14

June 3, 2016

Twill #14: Robot nurseries, on-demand toys, tanks with pixels, Tesla and the moth… – This week: Robot nurseries, on-demand toys, tanks with pixels, Tesla and the moth, 5 ways to use a mi
#13

May 9, 2016

Twill #13: Tangible VR building blocks, smart Soba tattoos, new UI metaphors, Emojigeddon and decoding culture on the Chinternet. – This week: Tangible VR building blocks, smart Soba tattoos, new UI metaphors, Emojigeddon and decodin
#12

May 1, 2016

Twill #12 - IKEA thinks we're crazy, the networking of everything, smombies and a humanoid merbot. – This week: IKEA thinks we're crazy, the networking of everything, smombies and a humanoid merbot.
#11

April 25, 2016

Twill by yiibu - Issue #11 – This week: The web is Doom, social media shamans, Uber countermeasures, the power 1/2 billion 'losers
#10

April 17, 2016

Twill: Algorithmic voyeurism, Internet war, several doses of pop culture and a new section on robots! – This week: Algorithmic voyeurism, Internet war, several doses of pop culture and a new section on rob
#9

April 10, 2016

Twill - DIY VR hardware, robotic natives, invisible trains, wi-fi geofencing, Pavlov 2.0, and some very cool robots. – This week: DIY VR hardware, robotic natives, invisible trains, wi-fi geofencing, Pavlov 2.0, and some
#8

April 3, 2016

Twill - Humanising VR, adopt a robot, names that break databases, an AI creative director, and the past and future of multi-sensory immersion. – This week: Humanising VR, adopt a robot, names that break databases, an AI creative director, and the
#7

March 28, 2016

Twill - Issue #7 Playing Counterstrike with vegetables, hacking Wikipedia and real-time face spoofing. – Playing Counterstrike with vegetables, hacking Wikipedia and real-time face spoofing.
#6

March 20, 2016

Twill #6 - Invisibility cloaks, robot case law and what happens when an AI overhears the news. – Invisibility cloaks, robot case law and what happens when an AI overhears the news.
#5

March 13, 2016

Twill #5 - Personal heating bots, pre-crime and Facebook's AI reads Peter Pan – A personalised heating bot, the many ways we favour right over left, what cities to avoid once robots
#4

March 6, 2016

Twill by yiibu - Issue #4 – Un-trustworthy robots, two robot dogs, the past and future of the electric car, and a really disturbi
#3

February 28, 2016

Twill by yiibu - #3 – Highlights: Who's to blame for AMP?, creepy space music, drone choreography, mechanical ottomans and
#2

February 21, 2016

Twill by yiibu - No.2 – Not sure yet if each week will have a theme, but this instalment has a distinct machine learning bent
#1

February 14, 2016

Yiibu No.1 – Hello, and welcome to the inaugural issue of TwillWe soft-launched the newsletter two weeks ago (as i