Click, Hum, Whir: An Orchestra of Obsolete Technology
In the broad scheme of audio technology, cassette tapes had a rather rough go of things. Their predecessor, the vinyl record, had been around for decades before and even now continues to be a ...
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.
Wind Shield: Invisible Air Umbrella Keeps You Dry in the Rain
Umbrellas are already halfway there: compact as possible, they deploy in a quick motion and retract almost as easily. But problems remain: they are wet when you walk indoors, and their ...
Illuminating Inventions: 10 Twists to Simple Street Lights
Street lights are a ubiquitous part of the urban landscape - so much so that most of us hardly notice their presence at all. What would happen if improving the aesthetics, functionality and ...
Brown to Green: Ashtray Doubles as an Urban Planner
Smoking is prohibited in plenty of public places these days, but for folks who just can't quit, why not do something positive for the environment with the product of that habit? The Cindy ashtray ...
Tap That: 10 Terrifically Techy Keyboard Concepts
With the exception of a few spectacularly ill-advised ergonomic keyboard redesigns, the collection of keys that we use to input data to our computers has been relatively unchanged for quite some ...
Knitting in Reverse: Un-Knitting Machine Unravels Sweaters
For any knitter who has ever looked at an ugly sweater and thought wistfully of all of the projects they could complete with that wasted yarn, the Un-Knitting Machine is a gift from the crafting ...
22 Imaginative Flyby Concept Aircraft From Days Gone By
At some point the science of flight became a reality. At the time, it seemed like such a futuristic shift, however, that imaginations continued to soar forward into the future, thinking about ...
The Charge Cycle: Bike-Powered Public Phone Charging Station
Soon, you'll be able to charge your iPhone at strategic locations around New York City - but you'll have to put in a little leg work. The Charge Cycle is a stationary bike equipped with an iPhone ...
Sculpture Showcases Smart Metals that React to Hot & Cold
A heat-reactive metal sculpture at the Materials & Applications gallery in Los Angeles opens and closes according to environmental conditions, 'breathing' like human skin. 'Bloom' was ...
Happy Trailers: 11 Cool Campers & Mobile Home Concepts
Is there anything better than hitting the open road and going wherever the feeling takes you? It's so much easier to pick up and set off on a spontaneous camping trip when you've got a camper or ...
