Sophia Epstein

Interview / The Realities of Robotics – Contagious Communications

As artificial intelligence and machine learning keep filling up our Twitter feeds, we find out where robotics fits into the technological revolution.

This tiny Q-Bot could save you a fortune on heating bills

The Q-Bot is currently being used by UK councils to insulate homes

Predictive Fulfillment - Excerpt from Contagious Magazine

With the ever-rising expectation of getting whatever we want, whenever we want it, companies are no longer waiting for orders to be placed. Instead, they...

Adobe / Satirical Style – Contagious Communications

Software company promotes its stock image library with an ironic fashion line

letgo / Customisable commercials – Contagious Communications

Listings company creates Hollywood-style templates for users to spice up their ad

How to make your own Pi-powered vegetable orchestra

Have you ever wished you could beatbox using real beets? We hadn't either, but Portland-based designer Scott Garner did.

Microsoft / Computerised Conversation – Contagious Communications

Tech giant builds virtual bots that can chat with customers on Skype

These floating murals are designed to disappear

Gatorade / Sweat Tech – Contagious Communications

Drinks brand launches smart technology to improve athlete performance

How the Royal Mint produces two billion coins a year

More than two billion British coins were issued in 2015 – and every single one of them was made here.

Patience and Marsquakes: inside Nasa's InSight mission to Mars

Getting to Mars requires a lot of skill and a lot of patience.

This farm is hidden 33 metres below London

Forget everything you were taught in biology -- plants don't need sunlight to grow.

Virtual and real worlds collide in this drone-filmed music video

Half director, half programmer, Daito Manabe uses technology to bring alternate realities to life.

This bridge-building supercrane can lift 1,750 tonnes

This supercrane is strong enough to lift entire sections of a bridge, so they don't have to be assembled in the air.

Widerøe / I’m A Substitute For Another Guy – Contagious Communications

Norwegian airline launches tongue-in-cheek business service startup

These rescue robots are efficient lifesavers

Robin Murphy provides a special kind of emergency help: robots.

The custom-made town where driverless cars learn to drive

Driverless cars are prowling the streets of Mcity -- an ultra-realistic test site in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

These walls eat smog

The building above aims to cut air pollution. Designed by Rome-based architects Nemesi Studio, the Italian Pavilion at the Milano 2015 Expo is covered in...

This striking art is actually an oily suspension of nanoparticles

Linden Gledhill uses high-speed photography, microscopes and magnets to capture the quirks of ferrofluid.

Avis / Car Care – Contagious Communications

Auto company gives free rentals in exchange for befriending the elderly in Norway