Designer Giuseppe Salerno has released a typeface calledArcano Type, available as a font and vector, that was painstakingly hand-drawn over four months. The calligraphic font, which is designed for large text, was drawn using Chinese ink on Japanese calligraphy paper and then scanned and traced in Fontlab. The font is available for a meager 30 euroshere. The 💜 of EU tech The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art....

Are carebots ’empathetic’ enough to replace human doctors? Technical and ethical problems Adopting the evidence that positive messages help patients in the digital age is both technically and ethically problematic. While some of the components of a positive message (“this drug will make you feel better soon”) can be straightforwardly delivered through a mobile phone, via a video call, or even by a carebot, it seems to be inherently problematic for others....

If there’s one topic that’s likely to elicit strong feelings among vehicle aficionados, it’s the conversion of a classic car into an electric vehicle. During the past few years, there’s been a flurry of electrified classic vehicle unveilings from newly launched independent firms, such asLunaz,Electric Classic Cars, andElectrogenic, as well as an arrayof manufacturer-backed efforts includingJaguar’s E-Type Zero,Volkswagen’s e-Kafer, and theRenault 4 e-Plein Air. Yet not everyone’s happy about it and many among the antique car enthusiasts find the conversion to electricity, well, a sacrilege....

If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that we’re looking at health and fitness this week, particularly through a technology lens. I won’t lie: I met this news with a groan. As Brad McCarty, fellow editor and my sole colleague in The Next Web’s Foes of Fitness club, said best:‘feeling the burn’ is not our idea of a good time. We prefer to stay in shape by working our fingers over the Xbox controller....

By now it is common knowledge that ebooks comprise an ever-growing slice of the book market, and are quite likely to become the dominant book format in the next quarter century. Quick, simple distribution, ease of sale and purchase, and the ability for extensive continuing revision make ebooks a format that is a winner for both publishers and readers alike. But there is a disturbance in the book market’s dynamics. Authors have realized that the advantages of ebook publishing, in many cases, allow them to bypass their old publishers and strike out on their own, taking a much larger cut of the profits along the way....