Real Holodeck: 360-Degree Immersive Home Gaming Environment
Using a series of networked camera-and-projector units, this working demonstration turns an entire living room into and interactive gaming environment. Dubbed RoomAlive (a successor to ...
Tag: space
Anti-Object: A Public Bench Designed to be Everything-Proof
While many individuals desire multi-functional and space-saving furniture, many cities want quite the opposite: an object that one can sit on but that foils attempts at anything from sleeping, ...
Space-Saving Sleepers: Sofas Convert to Bunk Beds in Seconds
Convertible couch beds are great if you are having a couple over to stay and have the space to fold out into, but these double-decker solutions is a great alternative for smaller apartments or ...
Color-Changing Hammocks: Swing on 20 LED-Lit Circular Chairs
Transforming an outdoor recreational space into an interactive evening wonderland, this series of variously-sized swings (and accompanying activities) encourages playful nighttime ...
The Desertron: World’s Largest Super Collider Lies Abandoned
Designed to break records held by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the Superconducting Super Collider built (and abandoned) in Texas features fourteen miles of unseen and unused underground ...
3-in-1 Cargo Shelters: Expandable Containers Triple in Size
Shipping container shelters combine the appeal of ultimate portability with rugged durability, but these structures add another dimension lacking in the default configuration: three times as ...
Windowless Flights: 2 Planes to Stream Live Panoramic Views
The latest contender for 'most scary yet exciting passenger cabin ever designed' has trumped its predecessor - the first version boasted horizontal strips of screen on both sides of the plane's ...
5,000 Residents Being Evicted from World’s Tallest Vertical Slum
A forced relocation is underway as thousands of squatters are moved by authorities out of their homes and the city of Caracas, some of whom have called the infamous half-finished Tower of ...
Permanent Parklets: São Paulo Turns Street Parking to Parks
In a bold bid to change its urban landscape for good, Brazil's biggest city has given a green light to citizen proposals to transform car parking spots into perpetual park ...
Dubai to Build New 50 Million Sq Ft Climate-Controlled City
Always pushing the limits of posh possibility, this latest endeavor aims to put an entire urban center in a temperature-controlled bubble of indoor spaces, centered around a vast Mall of the ...
