By Jonathan Zettel
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Brooklyn’s inverted bike shop builds a bike just for you
If you want to buy a bike off the rack – a generic duplicate manufactured by the thousands – then this bike shop is not for you. 718 Cyclery...
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Boston’s HelmetHub vending machines sell bike safety
While vending machines for sugary soda drinks and candy are commonplace, here’s a vending machine that offers bike safety. HelmetHub has created a...
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Green architecture: a power plant skyscraper in Dubai
It could hold a luxury condo, or office space, all the while generating power for thousand’s of nearby buildings. Dubai’s 10MW Tower will...
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World’s tallest building approved for constuction in China
This 220-storey building will be home to 30,000 people and might just change the way cities are built. Sky City, has just received approval from the...
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More than 50% of humanity lives inside this white circle
Recently this map-graphic surfaced on Reddit and put into perspective Asia’s population dominance. Inside the circle, which includes China, India...
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Bulgarian apartment building creates harmony between old and new
As the beautiful red-brick apartment building stretches up, it seems to bend light around the edges, creating the illusion of a paper thin building. Aedes...
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Project a movie on this energy-generating bike made from garbage
This stationary bike, made from old benches, supermarket crates and bed frames is a part of series of bikes created to generate enough electricity to...
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Riding in style: 15 of the coolest bikes in the world
Imagine a bicycle carved from walnut, ash or cherry wood. Or one totally customized and shipped in fewer than two days. This list of 15 of the coolest...
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Biker’s paradise: America’s most bikeable neighbourhoods
A new study has collected data from more than 7000 neighbourhoods to find the most bikeable streets in America. Six of the top 10 neighbourhoods scored a...
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Masdar City: eco-friendly city of the future
Sitting like a mirage in the desert, Masdar City might just be on the frontier of a new – environmental friendly – urban life. The city is an...
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London looks to burn off fat and generate power for city lights
Believe it or not there’s a ton of fat in the sewers of London, England and it’s a real problem. In what might just be the worst job ever...
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Miami Beach Convention Center goes green with massive overhaul
As it stands, the Miami Beach Convention Center is nowhere near being the standard for green sustainable architecture, but that’s about to change...