Smart Glass: Flip a Switch to Make Opaque Turn Transparent
Kiss curtains, blinds and shades goodbye - smart glass is not just an Xbox enhancement. Smart glass technology is evolving and faster than ever. It can shade rooms on demand, making them ...
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.
Thinker Thing: 3D-Printed Object Made Using Brain Waves
Small electrical impulses detected by a brain-computer headset produce strange and amazing 3D printed objects in a new project by George Laskowsky of Thinker Thing. The Emotiv EPOC headset ...
SoundTank: Mobile Sound System or Armored Vehicle?
You might think twice about approaching a neighbor to turn down their loud music if it were emanating from the SoundTank, a mobile audio system by Berlin-based artist Nik Nowak. The imposing ...
Kite Cameras: Aerial Photography Accessible to Anyone
Towers convey power, and height is both literally and metaphorically connected to broader and better views - but here come kites to undermine that top-down view. Kite photography is ...
Future Perfect: 7 Potential Wonders of the World
One hundred years from now, will we be living on other planets, teleporting from place to place, communicating to each other telepathically, or even becoming immortal by shifting human ...
Solar Socket: Portable Plug-In Creates Free Energy to Go
With batteries running low, your eye roams the room for a place to plug in, but then you remember: you brought your own power supply - all you need now is a window. Portable, easy and green, this ...
Find the Perfect Parking Spot Before You Even Leave Home
There are countless maps and other direction-finding methods for your smartphone that can help you get to where you want to go - but once you get there, you still have to worry about parking. ...
Wearable Tech: Mask Gives Users Superhuman Senses
Put on a futuristic-looking, geometric white mask and you'll suddenly have superhuman senses, hearing targeted sounds from long distances or applying effects to images in real-time. The 'Eidos' ...
Future Present: 7 Soon-to-Be Wonders of Technology
Within five years or less, we could be chatting with the three-dimensional holograms of faraway friends, controlling our computers with mental commands, charging our phones with energy harvested ...
Fighting the Future: 3D-Printed Gun Fired, Blocked by US
The story has unfolded fast, and people on both sides are furious. Within days of a successful test firing of the Liberator, this working 3D-printed weapon has attracted the attention of the ...
