"Is this the future we want?"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers are shocked to learn Elon Musk is creating implants that connect human brains with computers and questioning the UK's visa services amid rising concern over the treatment of overseas creatives. Read on for more...     "Is this the future we want?" Elon Musk has launched a tech startup that builds implants to connect human brains with computer interfaces via artificial intelligence. Read more ›   "The whole campus layout is out of date" Commenters think the National Museum of the United States Army, designed by SOM, is already looking dated. Read more ›   "She is absolutely right" Readers are debating South African Zahira Asmal's decision to cancel a lecture in the UK after a "humiliating" experience with visa services.  Read more ›   "Squeezes the balls of evil men" A chair designed as part of a tongue-in-cheek project that aims to offer a solution to "manspreading" has caused uproar. Read more ›     "Like giving Jane Fonda a facelift" One reader thinks that Fraher & Findlay adding a wildflower-topped extension to this 20th-century house has not solved all its problems. Read more ›   "An impractical open squat toilet" A toilet has been designed to allow females to pee sitting down quickly and safely at outdoor events, but not everyone is relieved. Read more ›   "Work on getting more leg room instead" Airbus has unveiled a bird-like concept for a hybrid-electric airliner, but commenters think the designers' focus should be elsewhere. Read more ›   "Another giant leaves us in 2019" Commenters are mourning architect César Pelli, renowned for designing landmark skyscrapers around the world, who died aged 92. Read more ›     "I'll make sure London doesn't go under" Squint/Opera has reissued speculative visualisations of London in 2090, when climate change has left the city under water. Read more ›   "I wish I could still use one" Readers are reminiscing as Owen Hopkins looks back at 35 years of the Apple Mac, from the Macintosh 512k to the Mac Pro. Read more ›   Last chance to enter mobile design competition There are less than two weeks left to enter Samsung and Dezeen's competition to create new accessory and wallpaper designs for mobile. Read more ›   "This is so sad" Readers are disgusted to learn that a flamethrower drone attachment that can shoot a seven-metre-long stream of fire is being sold online. Read more ›   "Amazing merge of great design and nature" A campsite in Yosemite by Anacapa Architecture and Geremia Design has delighted with its Airstream trailers and luxury cabins. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Senior technical architect at MAD Architects in Beijing, China Interior architectural designer at Harrods in London, UK Interior architect at Jouin Manku in Paris, France Landscape architect at Gustafson Porter + Bowman in London, UK Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise