Technology is a core content area not only for WebUrbanist but in our daily lives whether we like it or not. These innovations, creations and aberrations are meant to incite conversations about the past, present and future relationships of humans and the technologies that we deal with all the time and that envelop, support and grow our urban environments in ways we can often not predict.
If you're that person who's always asking for a ride or help moving, or you're just too crazy busy to go grocery shopping or clean your own house, there's a range of apps that could make your ...
Who needs a garage when your autonomous vehicle could simply pull up into a port inside your home and seamlessly integrate itself with the interior? Hyundai wants to give us all another reason to ...
A series of roads and public buses in Israel are being retrofitted to test an electromagnetic induction system designed to recharge vehicles on the go, eliminating the cost, time, emissions and ...
An art project launched four years ago illustrated how scraps of DNA found in public could be turned into eerily lifelike composite sketches and three-dimensional models -- now the police appear ...
Looking and working remarkably like the robots in the 2009 movie Avatar, the 1.5-ton, 13-foot-tall ’METHOD-2’ by South Korean firm Hankook Mirae Technology has officially taken its first ...
“This isn’t fake, I promise,” said filmmaker Casey Neistat as he announced the impending debut of his ‘Human Flying Drone Holiday Movie’ on Twitter with a dubious-looking graphic. ...
It may not slip into your pocket with quite the ease of a Leatherman, but this Millennium Falcon multi-tool is a lot more fun to use when the hyperdrive breaks down and R2 isn’t around to fix ...
When you pick up this bright yellow receiver, you won’t hear a dial tone on the other end - what’s waiting for you instead is some of the worst music the 1990s had to offer. The ‘90s are ...
Iconic for its role in the counterculture movement of the 1960s, the Volkswagen Bus has seen many an amateur transformation into campers over the decades since, and now it’s gone solar ...
Well, here’s one way to get some exercise and simultaneously enjoy views of a beautiful city without getting rained on or dealing with traffic. Gliding along the surface of the Seine in ...
