Creepy Portraits Made Using DNA from Gum & Smokes
The chewed gum, fingernail clippings and cigarette butts you leave behind in public places could say a lot more about you than you'd like to imagine. Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg makes this ...
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.
Future Past: 7 Weird Wonders Predicted 100+ Years Ago
"These prophecies will seem strange, almost impossible," reads the intro to a 1900 article printed in the Ladies Home Journal entitled 'What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years.' And over a ...
Odd-Wheel Wonders: 11 Novel Vehicles with 1 or 3 Wheels
We've gotten accustomed to the idea of vehicles having two or four wheels. However, not all vehicle designers are so restrained in their ideas. All of these conveyances are unique because of ...
The Stunning Instrument That Sounds Like an Orchestra
Stringed instruments have been played since time immemorial, and naturally as technology improves plenty of people are trying to recreate that kind of sound digitally. Of course, nothing compares ...
All-in-One Bicycle Helmet: Sleek Integrated Lights & Signals
Bicyclists need this. Incredible design is not just about looking good (which this does) or working well (which this does), but weaving the solution so that each seems the natural outcome of the ...
In The Fold: 10 Futuristic Folding + Flexible Computer Ideas
The concept of computers has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. They have gone from room-sized monstrosities to desktop beasts to laptop machines to tiny powerhouses that we can carry ...
Origami Kayak: Packs Flat, Folds Up to Form its Own Case
Portaging in the wild is one thing, but try walking your canoe or kayak down the street (let alone through an airport) and you may smack someone right in the head - hence this city-friendly ...
Lunar Power: Solar Spheres Energized by Both Sun & Moon
Magnifying light by a factor of 10,000, this liquid-filled, sun-tracking, energy-harvesting glass sphere is so powerful that it can not only harvest solar rays directly but is even able to draw ...
Dialed In: 15 Cool & Quirky Radio Design Concepts
The long history of radio and radios has progressed from polished wood, vacuum tube powered monstrosities through cheap Japanese transistor models to bass-pounding inner city “ghetto blasters” ...
Cranking Out Memories: Analog Playback for Digital Videos
Being able to store old videos in digital formats has helped preserve some of the world's most important footage. It has also helped us keep all of our old family memories intact without worrying ...
