27 Items Tagged

Future

A selection from Evan Yee's <em>Amber Pieces.</em>

A Time-Twisting Visit to the Museum of Capitalism

How artists and curators are attempting to defamiliarize America's current economic era.

Cara Giaimo September 5, 2018

The "UKFT" in all its glory.

Atlas Obscura Readers Imagine Their Future National Dishes

The food of 2050 includes crickets, plastic, and nothing at all.

Anne Ewbank August 14, 2018

Climate change and technology will likely play an outsized role.

What Will Your National Dish Look Like in 2050?

We want to know your predictions for the future's culinary landscape.

Anne Ewbank June 5, 2018

Bodys Isek Kingelez, <em>Ville de Sète 3009.</em>

The Artist Who Imagined Zaire as a Miniature Utopia

In his multimedia sculptures, Bodys Isek Kingelez offered a fantastical vision for the freshly independent country.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 24, 2018

Tracked Levitated Research Vehicle.

Pueblo, Colorado

Forgotten Grumman TLRV

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Obsolescence looms over the digital age.

The Quest for a Universal Translator for Old, Obsolete Computer Files

To preserve bygone software, files, and more, researchers are working to emulate decades-old technology in the cloud.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 8, 2018

What will the future of underground navigation look like?

Wanted: A Better Way to Map Underground Spaces

DARPA's Subterranean Challenge aims to spur innovation beneath our feet.

Eric Grundhauser January 9, 2018

A cyclist rides over one of the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge after its opening in Gemert, The Netherlands in 2017.

Gemert, Netherlands

3D-Printed Bike Bridge

The Netherlands is home to a bridge printed out of reinforced concrete.

Unstfest celebrates puffins, among other features of Unst.

A Remote Shetland Island Could Become a Spaceport

Unst's isolation is an asset for satellite launches. And it has a radar station.

Sarah Laskow November 15, 2017