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DUp 163 ☀️ > Breakthrough Tech, AI devices, 7 Visual Trends, 100 CloseUps, DUp24 Priority Passes + more!

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January 17, 2024

☀️ Hello readers! It’s 2024, and we hope you had a fabulous start to the year. If you’re keeping it chill, we have lots of goodies for you to read, watch, and see to begin your 2024! This year we’re thinking about AI devices, how AI is being adopted around the rest of the world, and some exciting AI innovations from India. Meanwhile, in computing, healthcare, and climate tech, there are other breakthrough tech to keep an eye on.

But first - DesignUp 2024 announcements!

☀️ We’re thrilled to announce that DesignUp Conference is back this year in style! Mark your new calendars in advance, because this is THE event you wouldn't want to miss in 2024: 📅 28 Sep - 04 Oct 2024

Check out our website www.designup.io for more details, and this time we aim to bring you an extended festival + conference! 

⏳ Priority Passes, Limited, Loaded!

If you haven't already heard - this year, we've introduced a new type of pass that promises early access & guaranteed savings - the Priority Pass and Priority Pass Plus! Both are super limited, but loaded with benefits:

- Priority queues for registrations (both online & offline)
- For any ticket you buy, you can recover the full cost of your Priority Pass!
Plus, a lot more. 

Check out all the details 👉👉 here 👉👉 and grab yours before it's gone!

🌏️ Around the Web

If there’s one talk on AI you need to watch, make it this one by Ben Evans:

How AI Shook the (Rest of The) World in 2023

With commercial tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney becoming widely available, AI was used for all things wonderful … and worrying. Rest of World connects the dots beyond the West.

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The tendency to think of AI as a magical problem solver is indicative of a desire to avoid the hard work that building a better world requires.”

As 2024 kicked off, we saw some indication of how the tech world might shape up - ICYMI, here’s Rabbit’s R1 designed by teenage engineering:

Does the Rabbit R1 signal a return to nostalgia in design like this minimalist film camera and this very modernist cassette player? Albert Shum says, “More Sottsass than Braun”, and shares thoughts on this emerging category of AI devices:

Designing the AI Phone

Albert Shum talks about the historical trends of UX metaphor and its potential evolution.

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

Every year, MIT’s Tech Review looks for promising technologies poised to have a real impact on the world. Here are the advances that matter most right now.

🧰 Your Toolkit

7 Visual Trends and How They’ll Unfold in 2024

We take stock of where our visual appetite is, from the rise of childlike, crayon-covered graphics to swirly script and big, lumbering paint strokes.

Adobe Unveils 2024 Creative Trends Visual Report

Adobe has a unique vantage point regarding the creative landscape, and this year they say the trends “mirror our disruptive, rapidly changing world…and reflect how both creators and consumers are craving visuals that inspire and reflect the endless possibilities of the imagination.”

💖 Eye Candy

Dizzying Gifs by Etienne Jacob

Etienne Jacob takes a creative approach to coding with his mesmerizing animations that fall at the intersection of art and math.

Top 100 Close-up Photographs of 2023

The best 100 close-up, macro photography, and photomicrography pictures of 2023.

gif by @alboardman

🎉 Welcome to 2024!