Self-healing cities will fix their own potholes
12 January 2016
Armies of dedicated repair bots and buildings made of smart materials will make our cities more resilient in the face of wear and tear – and natural disasters
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Putty bullets – new weapons could ease police gun toll
17 November 2015
After a string of fatal shootings by US law enforcers, the contentious development of fresh alternatives to deadly force has merit, says David Hambling
3D-printing earthquake-proof towns, brick by brick
27 October 2015
We can build structures that resettle after quakes, and self-cooling homes – the trick is to 3D print custom building blocks, not whole buildings
Mandatory drone registration in US will help tame rogue flyers
20 October 2015
Hobby drone owners will soon have to register on a US government database amid safety worries. It's a step in the right direction, says Justin Peters
New Urbanist: Why your windowsill will need its own address
29 September 2015
As we begin to share our cities with autonomous machines, street names and house numbers could soon be a thing of the past
New Urbanist: Our infrastructure is expanding to include animals
5 May 2015
Animals are vital for the functioning of modern cities, but we need to be morally prepared when we inevitably start engineering them for specific urban tasks
Nowhere to hide: the danger of satellite spies
8 October 2014
The next generation of surveillance is already here and will redefine what we mean by public space
What it's like to fly passenger planes from the ground
7 August 2014
Bob Fraser explains what it feels like to pilot a Jetstream airliner containing passengers on 800-kilometre trips from a desk
Baidu will battle Google for hearts and minds
23 July 2014
The digital lives of people outside the West are up for grabs and a Chinese dragon will fight Silicon Valley giants to get to them first
Contemplating the power of war to end all wars
15 April 2014
The threat of mutually assured destruction, military or economic, promotes peace in many places. If war has ultimately forged a safer world, what's next?
