Category Archive: environment

Nov 05

Massive Make-Believe Mushrooms in Mumbai

mumbai1 mushroom

From Design Boom’s DIY submissions, a nifty piece of sci-fi that captures what the future of biotech may look like. Tobias Revell, a british interaction designer, has documented the dharavi slums of mumbai, india, showcasing how genetically modified mushrooms have revitalized the poverty stricken city in the ‘new mumbai’ of the future. Originally from amsterdam, highly …

Continue reading »

Sep 27

Male Models Paying to Get Beat Up

For some reason, male models are paying $150 to get beat up by actual fighters in NYC underground boxing clubs. It has something to do with proving their manhood. Way I see it, if those guys will only be your friends if you pay them to beat you up, they’re not really your friends anyway. …

Continue reading »

Jul 16

Emerging Megaregions

megaregions

This picture comes to us from America 2050 via the twitter feed of Tim Maly. You can click on it for a bigger image and you should probably give Tim a follow. America 2050 explains: As metropolitan regions continued to expand throughout the second half of the 20th century their boundaries began to blur, creating …

Continue reading »

Jun 17

New Insect Drone Research from US Defence Agencies

insect drones

Bio-mimicking MAV (micro aerial vehicles) are nothing new. (Been blogging about them almost as long as I’ve been blogging.) But, if you’re new to this, these are drones, that is, flying robots, that look and act like natural creatures. Insects, birds, whathaveyou. There’s some new work being done out of John Hopkins university –funded by US Defence agencies– that …

Continue reading »

Apr 21

Earth Day: Science Fiction Writers in Toronto Star

LOADING

For Earth Day, the Toronto Star asked 15 science fiction writers, including me, how we’d tackle climate change. To save some space, my answer was edited down. Here’s my full reply: The environment is something I watch on TV. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, it’s a pristine world free of human interference. But it’s also …

Continue reading »

Mar 02

Speech Jamming Gun

speech-jamming-gun-640x353

This gun, created by Japanese researchers, is capable of stopping speech at a range of 30 metres (100ft). I’m sure we could all think of a use for it. The dystopian, silence the protesters, angle jumps right out at ya. But I would remind people that the police already have used bullets, batons, tear gas and tazers. …

Continue reading »

Feb 13

Genome of Potential Biofuel Source Mapped

tree factory

Researchers have mapped the genome of a possible biofuel source with the goal of breeding a more efficient strain. It’s hoped that the carbon neutral, perennial grass could reduce pollution. redOrbit says: According to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statistics, total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. — which include carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases released into …

Continue reading »

Feb 04

Brilliant Noise

Art, maybe just a translation of raw nature. Brilliant Noise by Semiconductor: Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt Avaliable on DVD! with 12 alternate soundtracks semiconductorfilms.com/WorldsInFluxDVD.html Brilliant Noise takes us into the data vaults of solar astronomy. After sifting through hundreds of thousands of computer files, made accessible via open access archives, Semiconductor have brought together some …

Continue reading »

Nov 13

Cartography of the Anthropocene

Via the always interesting Global Guerrillas, here’s a new way of looking at the planet: A cartography of the Anthropocene. If you, like my spell check, have no idea what the Anthropocene is, this might help: Here is the definition more or less impressionistic we propose for the Anthropocene: “A period marked by a regime change in the activity …

Continue reading »

Sep 09

Empty City to be Built for Experiments in New Mexico

abandoned-miniature-city

pic nicked from here A twenty square mile model of a US City will be built in New Mexico to test renewable energy innovations, intelligent traffic systems, next-generation wireless networks and smart-grid cyber security systems. Built by Pegasus Global Holdings at a cost of 200 million, The Center, will be empty but will replicate a city that houses 35,000 …

Continue reading »

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Older posts «