All things future

“The living room is dominated by a custom-built unit of dark wood and industrial steel that rotates 360 degrees. Depending on how it is positioned and which panels are opened, the piece can serve as a desk, entertainment center or storage.”

This is a bit off topic but I figured I’d post it anyway.

[fak3 | NYT Article]

levelHead v1.0, 3 cube speed-run (spoiler!) from Julian Oliver on Vimeo.

[make magazine]

[Shapeways | via Jamais Cascio]

Timex, in collaboration with Core77, held a global design competition called 2154: the future of time design. The above is one of winners.

“TX54 is a disposable timepiece that is worn on the user’s thumbnail. While its translucency makes it blend seamlessly with the hand, a selection of text color options and a glow feature that activates on command make it easy to read.

Friend: Timekeeping goes off the wrist and onto the fingernail. Let’s see, when I fly to Europe, I can keep New York time on my left hand and London on the right!

Moya: I thought this was a solid idea that was very personal and the design was well executed. The concept addressed the triumvirate of appearance, user interface, and technology. Better yet, it gives more than a passing nod to marketability.”

[Core77 / Timex]

This electic car can go from driving around on the street to riding on rails and back… It’s the car of ‘the future’ according to a Cincinatti tv station! We just need a network of fugly rails everywhere. By the way 1996 called and they want their html back.

[via auto blog green]

[via Pink Tentacle]

[Open Futures on Vimeo]

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The map above was created by Lee Byron by scraping some data from Walk Score. It would be nice to have these for every city!

[map by Lee Byron | Walk Score]