Drone Dispatch: Trouble in Mechanical Paradise

Emerge 2014 is all about who we are in relation to technology and our environment. It’s a glance deeply inward, as well as an analysis of our changing human and

We are delighted to present the first publication from ASU’s Emerge festival: a report gauging the ethical impact of our 2014 event, which investigated “The Future of Me” through a

Designed to create a moiré pattern effect, ASU MFA student Thad Trubakoff’s “Sirens” is a kinetic wall sculpture that reinvents the kaleidoscope by generating intense visual and audial effects as it

Science fiction legend and Emerge spiritual leader Bruce Sterling is hard at work with collaborators from the Turin Maker Lab on his project, “My Future Frontier/Mi Futura Frontera,” which explores

How will ubiquitous computing – wearable, intelligent, integrated with your nervous system – change how you define “me”? What if the blind could see and the deaf could hear through

Lock away your (de)vices and immerse your soul in contemplation. The Ministers of the Digital Tabernacle will inspire you to observe a period of digital abstinence and confess your digital

Future Face Lounge is a space where participants define their own histories and forecast their futures, and a new community is formed. When visitors enter Future Face Lounge, they reveal

Ever consider crowd-sourcing the design of a building? Of a city? The voices of a choir and the stones of a building have much in common. At Emerge 2014, join

John Cage Meets “A Chorus Line” You think social media is pervasive now?  Explore what happens when the exchange of knowledge, ideas, words, and emotions in social media is transformed into

The STEAM Carnival, based in Los Angeles, hooks players with high-energy amusements that  leverage their interests in music, fashion, and games to expose them to the STEAM disciplines – science,

“There Is Danger” is an Americana dream-pop band which brims with “lush bedroom-pop heartbreakers suitable for your next 4 a.m. drive out of town.” You can hear the wanderlust in

The Mandala – Tibetan sand painting – is a quintessential expression of Buddhist art constructed from dyed sand particles, and a centuries-old visual art form. It represents rich and rational

An experiment in crowdsourced architecture masterminded by ASU’s John Ball provided a glimpse of a radically democratic urban future where citizens have the power to hack and remake their lived

The STEAM Carnival team from California provided an experience of the future of play in their booth featuring face tracking, digital image distortion, and motion sensing technology. Does play become

Students from ASU’s Center for Cognitive and Ubiquitous Computing demonstrated how prototype wearable electronics could assist people with disabilities, or people recovering from serious injuries. Are we hurtling toward a