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Amazingly Detailed Japanese City Recreated In Minecraft
Amazingly Detailed Japanese City Recreated In Minecraft When it comes to Minecraft, people are surprised by the fact that I’m pretty terrible at it. Honestly, I’m not very good. I am the King of Mud Huts who fights off Creepers with nothing but a force of will and a wooden…
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Could You Work In A 3D Printed Office?
When it comes to 3D printing, people can create an assortment of devices from a lightweight electric bike to an entire car, but what happens when you want something a little more spacious? One company has decided to do just that and ambitiously designed a 3D printed office building, something they have…
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Live in a Rural Area? You’ll Have to Request Broadband!
As technology advances, so does the needs and the things that are accepted as standard. Back in the day, it was a luxury to have a dial-up connection, often cutting out the evening’s use of the telephone as you waited for pages to load at the slow speeds. Now people all…
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Batman Arkham HD Collection Coming to Xbox One and PS4
When it comes to superhero video games, few did it as well as the Batman Arkham series, gripping fans as they explored the prison and then the city in the hopes of fighting crime in Gotham. If you enjoyed the games but miss being able to play them on your…
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Google Plans to Build its Own City
As part of its reorganisation last year, Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. converted its private city planning outfit Sidewalk Labs – tasked with modernising US cities to help integrate new technologies – into its own subdivision. The mission statement of this new subsidiary, though, appears to be more than just…
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The CITE That No One Will Live In
When it comes to technology, people are constantly told to test it before release. Car makers are being warned that they need to slow down the release of automated driving in order to help people find and understand the risks and dangers of having a machine make decisions which will ultimately affect…
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Sky Mile Tower Aims To Reinvent The Skyscraper
The evolution of the humble skyscraper has been nothing short of amazing over the last half a century, from the US and its range of towering buildings that have included the “Trump international Tower” which stands at an eye- watering 423 metres tall (1,389ft) to the current king which is…
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A Look At The World’s Largest Model Trainset Railroad
When I saw this story I was half expecting a slightly scaled up version of your standard railroad train set, it turns out I was wrong, and by wrong I mean really wrong as this train set boasts more than eight miles of track, lifelike scenery, 3,000 buildings and a…
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A Visual Photographic Collage Of China’s Air Pollution
China’s air quality is poor to say the least, recent reports of families having to use an air purifier in their own homes to avoid breathing the air is quite shocking. The atmosphere in China has become worse over time to the point whereby it is difficult to recall a…
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“Improve Detroit” Cell Phone App Helps Fix More than 10,000 Problems in the City
Any massive city has problems that need addressing that slide by the people in charge. In a city like Detroit, they saw an opportunity to change this. That is how they started thinking about creating a phone app “Improve Detroit”. In April, the app was launched and it residents to…
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Electric Bus Hopes To Power Your Normal Routes Envioromentally
We’ve all heard about electric cars. They’ve gone from the thing of dreams to powering sports cars and family friendly SUV’s. It’s hard to deny that electric vehicles are clearly something for the future, with companies and countries looking at new and innovative ways to use the environmentally friendly vehicles. The British…
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See How the BMW EnLighten App May Help You in Traffic
Traffic lights could become a nightmare in heavy traffic, to the point where you never know if you can send a quick text or take a sip of your morning coffee before the light ahead changes. You always need to keep your eyes peeled and check if the light turns…
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Is E-Ink The Future of Remote Controlled Traffic Signs?
Wouldn’t it be better to have signs that change themselves when you want to if you live in a city with a lot of traffic or events? Sydney’s State of New South Wales’ Road and Maritime Services seems to agree and started using Visionect’s digital signage to help with all…
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Batman: Arkham Knight Will Not Have a Physical Release for Windows in the UK
Rocksteady Studio’s latest Batman: Arkham franchise title has been announced not to have a physical release for the Windows platform outside of North America. This means that Windows users in the UK will not have an option to buy the game as a physical copy. After being delayed twice now,…
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