Waterless Washing Machine
When I first stumbled across Elie Ahovi’s brilliant idea of a waterless washing machine, the professionality of the campaign made me truly believe this was on the market already. Imagine! A more time efficient and ecologically conscious solution to one of the most hideous household chores that many of us endure day-in-day-out. Imagine having the...
![The Future of Trash-Based Bio-Fuels [Infographic]](http://urbnfutr.theurbn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/waste-to-fuel-from-rochestercitynewspaper-com-290x286.jpg "The Future of Trash-Based Bio-Fuels [Infographic]")
The Future of Trash-Based Bio-Fuels [Infographic]
If it takes one ton of garbage to generate 70 gallons of ethanol, is it really worthwhile? By decreasing the need to chop down trees, triggering new employment sectors and overhauling the way in which we power our vehicles… It seems trash-based bio-fuels will assume a strong ranking in the future of energy on Planet...
Life in 2050: An Infographic
Thanks to the smart people at GOOD, we now have a beautiful infographic displaying the crowd-sourced visions of the future. Using data from Pew Research and the Smithsonian Magazine, the visual map indicates the most vital breakthroughs we can expect to see. The over-arching message is that technological advancement will surge ahead offering up conversation-ready...
Natural Disasters in 2050 – Episode 1: Floods
With city-wide flood disasters predicted by 2070, it has become ever more paramount that humans hone their abilities to accurately predict and counter-act the dangerous forces of nature. Most of us are beginning to realize that if we treat the world as well as we possibly can, as a collective unit, the devastation will be...
Ark: The Back-up Plan
First posted on the UT by ‘Russian Ark’ by Nicolas Sampson. As climate change increases and the predictability of weather pattens declines, how will will cope with the increasingly extreme meteorological conditions? If a Wallâ‹…E, hyper-commercialized starliner is unrealistic in our lifetimes, then perhaps the Russian-made ‘Ark’ is. All images via Remi Studio. The ‘Ark’...
Road Raised
The City of Many Layers The sci-fi movie fantasies depicting the cities of tomorrow have a range of commonalities: the sheer density of urban form, the soaring building heights and the multistorey compartmentalization of space into different uses. The ground becomes the seedbed for humans to pass around with proportionally greater ease – a more...
