Telepresencing, Perpetual Motion, Guerilla Technology in Transport. It all sounds pretty tame. What about the hoverboards?? BBC View full entry
"Every time we speak of certain cities, we are saying something about Venice." On the romanticism of disaster, New Orleans flooding and the inevitable comparisons to Venice sinking. n+1 View full entry
New Orleans could lose as much as 80 percent of its black population if its most damaged neighborhoods are not rebuilt and if there is not significant government assistance to help poor people return, a detailed analysis by Brown University has concluded. NYT View full entry
English Heritage, now granted a capital development programme, will follow in the footsteps of its peers, the National Trust and the Landmark Trust, in renting historic sites for weekend holidays and short stays. May I offer you the Marble Arch, at the centre of one of the busiest traffic islands... View full entry
"More than 2 tons of marijuana were found inside one of the longest and most sophisticated cross-border tunnels ever discovered, officials said Thursday. The size and scale of the tunnel ”” the 21st discovered in more than four years ”” stunned authorities, who said that... View full entry
localized temperature differences (can) become a global weather problem, a meteorology expert says. Natnl Geo View full entry
"An acrobatic mouse is threatening Bush administration efforts to give Western developers an upper hand over endangered species." The little critter stands (jumps?) in the way of any development project that threatens its habitat, a broad swath of Colorado and Wyoming. cnn View full entry
Houses on one-acre plots with low tiled roofs, two car garages and picket fences, picture windows, neatly curtained, looking out on trimmed lawns ”” a transplanted subdivision of New Jersey, complete with rambling ranch-style homes? No. Just a private housing estate in suburban... View full entry
Will the war-torn Liberian capital's first traffic lights cure gridlock? "The lights, built by the peacekeeping mission of the UN, have given motorists new hope that normality is returning." BBC. View full entry
Nearly 30,000 unemployed farmers and factory workers have taken to the streets in Beunos Aires to scavenge for a living. The cartonero movement (half of which are actually children) has won legalization and subsidized programs for recyclers, fueling job growth, cleaner streets, and an improved... View full entry
Shanghai use to be call the Paris of the East. Now it seeks to reclaim this title by decapitating some of its historic districts for 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Reuters l India vs China View full entry
Tunnels under Gaza and the arms traffic they sustain: architecture, resistance, terrorism, urban design, war. NYT. View full entry
"The first official history of the $25 billion American reconstruction effort in Iraq depicts a program hobbled from the outset by gross understaffing, a lack of technical expertise, bureaucratic infighting, secrecy and constantly increasing security costs, according to a preliminary draft." Read... View full entry
NYC's Bloomberg says “only a miracle could stop soaring mortgage rates from eating into housing prices.” Meanwhile the prestigious panel at Haute Living remain optimistic. View full entry
Six former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, including five who served Republican presidents, said Wednesday that the Bush administration needs to act more aggressively to limit the emission of greenhouse gases linked to climate change. SFGate | related, more, more View full entry
