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Hyperloop Hotel: Zoom from City to City in a Luxury Lodging Pod

Hyperloop transit is about to make the world a whole lot smaller, and with it could come a system of luxurious private pods outfitted like high-end hotel rooms so you can zoom from one city to ...

Bikesphere: Car-Detecting Ring of Red Light Puts Cyclists in a Safety Bubble

There’s no missing cyclists - or the zone of space you need to safely pass them - when they’ve got a ring of red light encircling them as they ride down the road. Michelin’s new open-source ...

Artistically Enabled: 18 Weird & Creative Handicapped Parking Signs

Blue & white Handicapped Parking signs and stencils are one of urban life's most familiar icons... and then there are those that have been creatively hacked. There's a fine line ...

Search for Spoke: 8 Closed & Abandoned Bicycle Factories

These closed and abandoned bicycle factories are relics of a bygone era before two-wheeled vehicles were supplanted by those with four wheels and an engine. One of those ...

Park Places: 10 Creatively Paved, Painted & Personalized Driveways

Do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? These unusual painted driveways prove that when it comes to painted pavement, nobody's really asphalt. The Milne Boys Home in ...

Binational Megacity: Master Plan Designed to Span US-Mexico Border

Border City is being designed as a bridge between nations, a novel approach to creating international unity at a time when some politicians call for building walls. Proposed by architect ...

Unfree Wheeling: Amusingly Surreal Vintage Soviet Auto Ads

The Soviet Union not only manufactured cars, they exported them to buyers charmed (or duped) by some amusingly and bemusingly photographed advertisements. Putin the pedal to the metal ...

Urban Camo: Bus & Train Fabrics Turned into Wearable Textiles

Transportation system patterns, right down to seat cloth details, are designed to last and look good even when stained by dirt and spilled drinks over time, making them an oddly suitable choice ...

Close Calls: 12 Breathtakingly Creative Garage Doors

A garage door's main function is keeping what's inside safe from prying eyes but these creative garage doors keep all eyes focused on the outside. Sometimes great garage doors ...

Street Smart: Theft-Proof Bike Comes With Recovery Service Guarantee

Even the strongest bike locks aren’t totally foolproof, but when locks fail or risky storage options don’t pay off, the makers of this smart bike will send a recovery team after your ride. ...

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