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Dangerous Heat Is Coming to Cities Very Soon

Fleeing the sweltering, cement jungles of many urban centers during the dog days of summer is going to become even more critical in coming years as temperatures continue to rise. According to a new report from the Urban Climate Change Research Network, based at Columbia University, average annual temperatures in 100 cities around the world…

Conservation Ari Phillips Mar 7

More Than 100 Cities Now Run Mostly on Clean Energy

More than 100 cities now get the majority of their electricity from renewable sources, according to a new report from CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), an environmentally-oriented nonprofit. In a sign that cities are increasingly leading the clean energy transition, this number is more than double the 40 cities that were powered by at…

Conservation Ari Phillips Feb 27

LA Wants a Climate Emergency Department, Because, Yeah [Updated]

Life has not been idyllic in Southern California as of late. Drought, wildfires, and most recently mudslides have upset the balance of a region renowned for its warm, sunny vibe. Climate change has played at least some role in these disturbances, and models predict its influence will only grow in coming decades. Los Angeles’ lawmakers…

Conservation Ari Phillips Jan 18

Watch the City Melt Into Itself in This Experimental Timelapse

This week, the world’s great and good assemble in Paris to discuss the future of our planet. But, on a slightly less serious note, what if things on Earth got so hot that entire cities melted? Directed by Florian Rouzaud Cornabas, this video is an experimental time-lapse, with the forms taken from the urban realm…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 30

Every City Needs an Umbrella Sharing System

In what’s sure to be a blow to convenience store umbrella sales, a company in Vancouver has created the world’s first automated umbrella sharing service that lets members borrow one whenever it starts to unexpectedly rain outside. Like with bike sharing services that have seen limited success in cities around the world, UmbraCity first requires…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 7

21 Photos Of Funny Signs Are Good, Clean Fun

I promise, you have nothing better to do than look at these photos of funny signs, submitted for this week’s Shooting Challenge. Silly[Cross]Walk Best official municipal crosswalk sign ever! I saw this week’s photo challenge subject and absolutely had to shoot and submit this one. It’s in Tempe, Arizona, on Mill Avenue. I woke up…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 18

10 Dark Photos of The Lights Turned Out

Every year, humanity turns off the lights for Earth Hour. Well, some of humanity. As we learned during this week’s Shooting Challenge, a lot of people leave the lights on. Winner: Vincent Thomas Bridge Took this picture of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA while on the way home. It’s normally very brightly…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 31

These Traffic Lights Let You Play Pong With Random Strangers

Two years ago, three German design students set out to solve the most first-world problem that ever was: what to do when waiting to cross the street. Their solution? A system that lets you play Pong with pedestrians on the other side of the street. A few years and one re-branding later, their system is…

Tech News Chris Mills Dec 6

BMW Is Developing Street Lights That Also Charge Your Electric Car

One of the frequently-cited problems with electric cars is a lack of places to charge up when you’re away from home. Rather than create an entire standalone network, BMW is looking to combine charging docks with another common, electricity-powered street fixture: lampposts. According to a Reuters report, BMW has developed two prototypes that meld a…

Tech News Chris Mills Nov 8

This Headset Uses Sound To Navigate Blind People Through Cities

Using substitute senses for visually impaired people isn’t a new idea — even putting aids into hi-tech glasses isn’t new. But this project takes things a step further, piping in relevant information straight into the wearer’s skull. The project is a collaboration between Microsoft, Future Cities Catapult, and the Guide Dogs charity, and it consists…

Tech News Chris Mills Nov 6

Shooting Challenge: Lone Survivor

A virus has wiped out the population of earth…minus one. You’re the last person, living in a world built for billions. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, capture this feeling by featuring just one subject in a vast urban or natural landscape. The Challenge Take a photo in which just one person is featured in a…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 7

Mangled Umbrella Photos Put a Staple of NYC Life In the Spotlight

Navigating the streets of country’s biggest city makes for countless shared experiences. One such phenomenon is the well-known site of a corner-store umbrella lying disfigured during a rainstorm. Photographer Drew Anthony Smith decided that the discarded umbrellas were a worthy artistic subject after moving from Austin, Texas, to Brooklyn and being enthralled with what almost…

Tech News Michael Hession Apr 8

What a Sweltering City Really Looks Like in the Summer

It seems like it’s always hot here in NYC, but it’s not only when the oppressive sun is beating down. No, the buildings like to help spread the love around by hoarding the heat and dishing it out themselves. This is what it looks like. Taken by Nickolay Lamm from StorageFront.com, these thermal images show…

Tech News Eric Limer Sep 1

How to Grow a Chicken from Scratch

So you’ve decided to take the plunge and start raising a brood of urban chicken. Play this right and you’ll have a nearly inexhaustible supply of fresh eggs. But first, you’ll need to manufacture a hen or two of your own. Here’s how to get a chicken from an egg—without sitting on it for three…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 1

This Is What It’s Like To Explore The Underbelly of Your City

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to climb to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge at night, explore the sewers of Las Vegas, infiltrate a privately owned 80-story building in Chicago, or sprint through New York’s subway, this video gives you a pretty comprehensive taster. Made by SilentUK, this film, called Crack The Surface,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 2

The Ultimate Urban Winter Jacket

Usually, when winter is not being a cowardly little bitch, you need a warm jacket to keep from freezing to death. But if you live in a city, like more than half the world’s population, you need something something more versatile—and stylish—than just a sealskin or a pillow with sleeves. https://gizmodo.com/why-is-this-winter-so-weirdly-warm-and-dry-5875592 No, a solid winter…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 27

The Map That Created New York City

Today is the 200th birthday of the street map that spawned the Greatest City in the World. The NY Times has a revealing story on how the grid, which mapped 11 avenues and 155 crosstown streets, transformed New York into a city of right angles. The urban planners had a ton of foresight! Just think…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 21

This Is the New York No One Ever Sees

Armed with gloves, a backpack, and a healthy appreciation for the deadliness of the third rail, urban historian Steven Duncan and videographer Andrew Wonder explore the Undercity. This is the hidden New York. And it’s beautiful. Wonder shot the compilation of urban explorations—appropriately titled Undercity—on a Canon 5d Mark II. The journeys range from sewer…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 3

Dallas’ Eco-Community Could Be the Future of Urban Housing

In 2011, construction will begin on Forwarding Dallas, a hilltop-inspired community that combines renewable energy and rooftop greenery with practical and cost-effective design. Could we be looking at the model for sustainable urban architecture? Portuguese architectural firms Atelier Data and Moov designed Forwarding Dallas for the Re:Vision Dallas competition, which solicited sustainable designs to construct…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 25

Urban

Updates From Doctor Strange 2, Dark Army, and More

Dangerous Heat Is Coming to Cities Very Soon

More Than 100 Cities Now Run Mostly on Clean Energy

LA Wants a Climate Emergency Department, Because, Yeah [Updated]

Watch the City Melt Into Itself in This Experimental Timelapse

Every City Needs an Umbrella Sharing System

21 Photos Of Funny Signs Are Good, Clean Fun

10 Dark Photos of The Lights Turned Out

These Traffic Lights Let You Play Pong With Random Strangers

BMW Is Developing Street Lights That Also Charge Your Electric Car

This Headset Uses Sound To Navigate Blind People Through Cities

Shooting Challenge: Lone Survivor

Mangled Umbrella Photos Put a Staple of NYC Life In the Spotlight

What a Sweltering City Really Looks Like in the Summer

How to Grow a Chicken from Scratch

This Is What It’s Like To Explore The Underbelly of Your City

The Ultimate Urban Winter Jacket

The Map That Created New York City

This Is the New York No One Ever Sees

Dallas’ Eco-Community Could Be the Future of Urban Housing

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