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Arduino heads to Maker Faire Bay Area for landmark 20th anniversary celebration
The open-source electronics company will showcase its latest hardware and host a talk by co-founder Massimo Banzi at the September event in Vallejo, California.
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Ars Electronica 2026 Draws Record Crowds Back to Linz City Center
The festival welcomed 125,000 visitors across 40 venues in downtown Linz, marking a successful return to the city center with extended visitor engagement and a new distributed exhibition model.
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Ars Electronica 2026 Tackles Power, AI and Democracy Across Five Major Conferences
The festival's September programme interrogates who shapes the future through discussions spanning digital polarization, Europe's technological independence, AI's social role, tech billionaire influence, dehumanization patterns, and water governance.
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Linz's University of Arts Transforms Ars Electronica into a Multivenue Campus Questioning Technology's True Cost
From September 8–13, 2026, the University of Arts Linz will activate the city with contributions from a dozen degree programs and 21 international partner institutions, presenting around 200 works that challenge technological optimism with cultural alternatives.
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Art and Science Converge at Ars Electronica 2026 to Tackle Society's Hardest Questions
The upcoming Ars Electronica Festival demonstrates how artistic practice and scientific inquiry combine to create meaningful innovation. Through interactive installations and collaborative projects, the event explores everything from AI ethics to the future of healthcare.
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45 Universities Converge on Linz to Explore the Future Through Art and Dissent
The Ars Electronica Festival 2026 will host a Campus Exhibition bringing together academic institutions from across the globe to examine how young artists and students are negotiating humanity's future in times of uncertainty and shrinking academic freedom.
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Invisible Forces Made Audible: Why Ars Electronica's 'Chijikinkutsu' Still Matters
A Japanese sound artist's 2015 Golden Nica winner merges Earth's magnetic field with ancient acoustic tradition, inviting listeners to slow down and perceive what technology usually hides.
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Ars Electronica Names Paolo Almario and Sara Azadkhani as State of the ART(ist) 2026 Winners
The Austrian festival's annual award for artists working under threat has selected a Colombian installation exploring political corruption and an Iranian photographic series on legal persecution of women.