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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.

Nano-House: World’s Smallest Home Built in a Vacuum by Micro-Robots

Standing just over one two-thousandth of an inch (.0006 inches), the world's tiniest home sits on an optical fiber lot that is about a million times smaller than a typical two-story, ...

Car Pool: Converted Caravan Filled with Water to Create Mobile Swimming Unit

The ultimate mobile swimming experience, this gutted camper was carved out to create space for a classic blue pool liner, and secured to allow for folks to slosh around between stops (or possibly ...

Augmented Nature: 6 Ways Robotics Are Aiding Conservation Efforts

Does the idea of deploying robotic plants and animals in natural habitats to help save threatened species and reduce pollution make you feel better or worse about the state of the world? On the ...

Future War: 8 Terrifying Coming Advancements in Military Technology

The kind of military technology only imagined in sci-fi movies like Iron Man and Star Wars could be coming to an international conflict near you sometime in the very near future. As if missiles ...

Welcome to the Future: 6 Creepy Advances in Potentially Dystopian Technology

All we wanted was flying cars and machines that clean up after us, and all we’ve gotten is a nightmare of dystopian privacy-shattering technology set against a hellscape of irreversible climate ...

Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

The island of Nordstrandischmoor is connected to mainland Germany by a tiny narrow gauge railway, on which residents (at least those 15 years of age and older and holding a moped license) can ...

Cat VR: Feline Virtual Reality Technology Aims to Amuse Animal Companions

A new PVRR (Pet Virtual Reality Research) technical brief targets the hundreds of millions of global kitties who might enjoy a romp through a virtual playscape. For starters, be sure to watch the ...

Trash Bot Game & Professor Water Wheel: Gadgets Devour Floating Plastic Waste

Plastic pollution is worse than ever, with scientists recently announcing horrific levels of micro plastics found in Arctic sea ice, but innovative new ways of cleaning it up may give us a sliver ...

684 Miles of Wire: Robots Complete World’s First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge

Weighing close to 10,000 pounds, the complex shape and curvy form of this stainless steel bridge reflects the multi-axis printers that made it, line by molten line, and help highlight the ...

Vespa Revamp: Classic Scooter Brought up to Speed with Electric Redesign

The Vespampère is slim, light and stylish, recalling a vintage classic from 1948 with an electric motor and other contemporary technological tweaks to bring it in tune with the modern era. Among ...

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