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.
Back to the future... more than a movie franchise, it's a way of looking at what might be from the viewpoint of way back when. The results are a satisfying combo of wishful thinking, old-school ...
Computers... at home, at work and at play we take these technological marvels for granted yet not long ago we did not compute anywhere. The introduction of computers began at the workplace and, ...
Trains and railroads, synonymous with both the Industrial Revolution and the Old West, were the transportation powerhouses of the 19th century. The 20th century, not so much - but that hasn't ...
Either you're a gamer or you know a gamer. This popular hobby, or obsession in some cases, is a multi-billion dollar business with a wide audience. Game manufacturers know fans feel the need to ...
These incredible concept aircraft push the envelope of what was - and is - possible, though often the envelopes have pushed back enough to ensure they never went into full production. The only ...
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Vehicle cutaways are a very special kind of art that lays bare a driving machine's inner workings for prying eyes to see... without all the messy prying with crowbars and such. ...
Technology has advanced throughout the years at an extraordinary pace, a pace that can only be matched by the rate of "the last model's" obsolescence. How often do we stop to think about the ...
A map of the history of the auto industry would show dozens, if not hundreds of roads not traveled. What if some of these visionary concepts had been allowed to hit the street? These outstanding, ...
Long before the Internet was a glimmer in Al Gore's eye, a different series of tubes helped shuttle messages from one place to another, seemingly by magic. These pneumatic tube systems, many of ...
