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george13walters:

One of the images from my digital art book; FUTURE FANTASTIC: 21st Century Digital Art available on Amazon.com for $12.95.

© 2010 George Walters

smarterplanet:

3D Printing On Street Corners: A Future Scenario? — The Pop-Up City

Rapid prototyping is still the domain of nerds, but it’s just a matter of time before 3D printers become mass consumer products. With its Kiosk project, Antwerp-based design studio Unfold explores a future scenario in which digital fabricators are so ubiquitous that we see them appear on street corners, just like fast food is sold on the streets of New York City. 

The designers developed the concept for a mobile cart inspired by Bruce Sterling’s science fiction short story Kiosk and equipped with 3D printing technologies.

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gjmueller:

Silver Ballpoint Pen Can Draw Functional Electronic Circuits on Paper

First mightier than the sword, now mightier than the laser.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign made a new type of liquid metal ink that stays liquid in a pen, but dries after being applied to paper, wood or another surface. The liquid consists of silver nanoparticles that were reduced in size using acid, and then modified with cellulose so the fluid has a more inky viscosity.

Draw a line, and when it dries, the result is a silver wire that can conduct electricity. Researchers built an LED display with their school’s initials, UIUC, and the lovely sketch below depicting a house and trees. The ink serves as wiring for the LED mounted on the roof of the house, and it’s powered by a five-volt battery connected to the edge of the painting, according to a UI press release…

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abcworldnews:

Plane of the Future: Airbus Reveals What Air Travel Will Look Like in 2050; The Cabin Will Offer Panoramic Views 

The Guardian:

A futuristic concept of air travel in which passengers will be able to gaze up at sunny or starry skies through a transparent cabin has been presented by planemaker Airbus .

The concept cabin for travellers in 2050 would be a bionic structure that mimics the efficiency of bird bone.

It would provide strength where needed, and also allows for an “intelligent” cabin wall membrane which controls air temperature and can become transparent to give passengers open, panoramic views.

The cabin would have seats that fit passengers’ body shapes and travellers might be able to read bedtime stories to their children back home, Airbus said.

Photo Credit: The cabin of the future designed by Airbus Photograph: Airbus/PA

(via newsweek)

ryanpanos:

Urban Omnibus » 50 Ideas for the New City

d1g1tal:

Hipster Baby: Who Needs a Future, We Have iPhones

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thefile:

 ▣ Inside Open House’s Blueprint for the Future

See related story: House of the Future Taps Nature for Novel Designs 05.01.07

Seoul Commune 2026, Mass Studies

Seoul Commune 2026: Rethinking “Towers in the Park” is Mass Studies’ response to Le Corbusier’s classic residential plan, currently popular in South Korea. Their proposal not only transforms the towers into whimsically curvilinear forms, it literally integrates park and towers, clothing the latter in living geotextiles. The project proposes a solution to increasing urban density, rethinking personal space as a hive of small private living areas augmented by larger communal spaces.

Illustration: Mass Studies

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