Lightweight & Portable Egg-Shaped Drone Folds Up Into Shell
Boasting practical portability with an eye to aesthetics, the new PowerEgg stands out against its more ungainly competitors, able to fold up into a smooth oval when not in ...
Category: Technology
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.
Mattel ThingMaker: New Device Lets Kids 3D-Print Their Own Toys
Toy-maker Mattel has announced a 3D printer with a novel application: a way for children to make their own custom toys using a simple digital interface. The app, designed by Autodesk, is easy to ...
The Droids You’re Looking For? 10 Amazing DARPA Robots
No need to get too concerned about a robot uprising just yet, if the finalists at last year’s DARPA Robotics Challenge are any indication, but that doesn’t mean the field hasn’t made some ...
Pay Phones to Free Wi-Fi Hubs: NYC to Replace Outdated Booths
If you’re old enough to remember making quarter calls on pay phones, you might also be old enough to recall an edgier, grittier, graffiti-covered New York City, when the streets were lined with ...
Driving on Auto-Pilot: 13 Future Visions of Cars & Commuting
Within fifteen years we could be zooming around in flying passenger drones and self-driving luxury pods, and claiming packages from driverless delivery trucks that verify our identities by scanning ...
Not Your Average Model Train: Self-Propelled Mechanical Toys
There are no batteries or power cords needed to propel this steam train and a series of other mechanical models, which come in kits of laser-cut plywood so you can assemble them yourself. UGEARS ...
World’s Brightest Flashlight: Brilliant 1000-Watt DIY Lantern
Lighting up the night sky like artificial lightning, this incredible homemade lamp boasts a 90,000-lumen output (over 100 times that of a typical Maglite) that would put the flashiest high-beams ...
Mild Max: Perth Police Put a Stop to Motorized Picnic Tables
In what could be viewed as a pre-apocalyptic take on hacked vehicular hybrids of the Mad Max movies, a pair of picnic table cars have been spotted on the streets of Western Australia's capital ...
Sound Sculptures: Music Translated Into Transforming Objects
An experiment in intentional synesthesia, this combination of sculpture, music and technology enables us to actually see the physical form of individual songs. ‘Reify’ is a collaborative ...
Bio-Wearables: Tech Tattoos Put Working Circuits on Your Skin
Tech Tats use conductive inks to create a circuit board right on your skin, providing a passive and unobtrusive alternative to standard wearables. Smartwatches and fitness trackers tend to stand ...
