Tagged: future
The Rise of the Killer Drones
ntlks blog: On the New Aesthetic
More ruminations on the New Aesthetic, prompted by Bruce Sterling’s essay in Wired, which I’m still thinking about.
An Essay on the New Aesthetic
Over on Wired, Bruce Sterling has written an essay on the New Aesthetic. Interesting read; the blog he refers to is one I have followed for a while now.
Aurthur C. Clarke predicts the future in 1974 with a pretty…
Aurthur C. Clarke predicts the future in 1974 with a pretty remarkable degree of accuracy.
“Rue Future”, illustration by Eugène Hénard for his…
“Rue Future”, illustration by Eugène Hénard for his article “The Cities of the Future”, American City, January, 1911.
More available at the Cornell Library web site, and at Ptak.
An illustration by Masaki Hisatani from 50 Watts’ post…
An illustration by Masaki Hisatani from 50 Watts’ post Space Teriyaki 4, “Visions of space and the future in Japan in the 70s and 80s”.
Closer Than We Think! Factory farms of the future, envisioned by…
Closer Than We Think! Factory farms of the future, envisioned by illustrator Arthur Radebaugh, 1961.
Seems strangely familiar.
Except for the monorail tank cars. But there’s still hope…
Food Project Proposes Matrix-Style Vertical Chicken Farms
Wired.com has a rather bizarre story of an architecture student’s proposal to grow chickens en masse.
André Ford’s proposal, called the “Headless Chicken Solution“, is to grow chickens with their cerebral cortex removed. The chickens would be placed in huge vertical frames of 1,000 animals each, and could thus be grown in extremely confined spaces in urban areas. Muscular stimulation would be provided via electric shocks.
Read the story at Wired; more pictures available here.
An LED attached to a self-guiding bullet illustrates changes in the projectile’s trajectory. T
