Technology

Where the rest of us see subway walls, Tesco’s South Korean supermarket chain Home Plus sees grocery shelves.

Hello! I’m Niklas Roy, an inventor of useless things

Solar-sintering aims to raise questions about the future of manufacturing and trigger dreams of the full utilisation of the production potential of the world’s most efficient energy resource – the sun. Whilst not providing definitive answers this experiment aims to provide a point of departure for fresh thinking.

An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code.

New York-based Tristan Perich is inspired by the aesthetics of math and physics, and works with simple forms and complex systems. The challenge of elegance provokes his work in acoustic and electronic music, and physical and digital art.

The year 2000 – as imagined in 1910 by Villemard.

The rapid-prototyping juggernaut Freedom of Creation is out with what it calls “the most ecological way to create products”: sawdust.

Loving this! Makes 3D printing a lot more appealing.

Combining biological and chemical processes, PepsiCo has identified methods to create a molecular structure that is identical to petroleum-based PET

At the TED Conference I had the chance to ride in one of Google’s self driving cars. It requires no hands on the wheel at all. I expected a very chill 5-10 miles per hour. What happened was much different…

Wow. Now that’s some cool innovation.

“Most people have a horrible relationship with their banks,” says Alex Payne, BankSimple’s co-Founder and Chief Product & Technology Officer. “We wanted to make the experience a lot more human.” BankSimple’s creative director, Bill DeRouchey, puts a finer point on it: “We’re focused exclusively on the user experience of banking.”

Can’t wait for these guys to accept my application for an account so I can leave Citibank forever.