NIAGARA – Hyperocean by Cy Tone
"Soul-Stealing" Photos Visualize the Dependence We Have to Our Phones
French photographer Antoine Geiger
Lexus Hoverboard (At last!?)
Honest Posters of Our Relationship with Technology
Designer Ajit Johnson, living in England, has imagined a series of posters called “#This_Generation”. With honesty, the posters show anecdotes linked to our daily relationship with technology and social networks.
SOCIAL MEDIA INSPIRED STREET ART | IHEART
These social commentary-style pieces are the work of iHeart, a Vancouver street artist who is starting to be referred to as being in the same league as graffiti superstar Banksy. His work often contains references to modern phenomena such as the hashtag, autocorrect, or uses the concept of “a wall”, which nowadays is more easily associated with Facebook than construction. His work is intelligent and fun, as well as creative and well-executed.
«Past in the Future» Series
Created by Evgeny Kazantsev
Fascinating Photographs Reveal The Intricate Workings Of Mechanical Calculators
San Francisco-based photographer Kevin Twomey’s series ‘Low Tech’ is a fascinating look at the intricate workings of old mechanical calculators.
Photographer Captures The Death Of Conversations Due To Smartphones
London-based street photographer Babycakes Romero has captured a thought-provoking photo series titled “The Death Of Conversation,” featuring people killing off live conversations with their smartphones…
Thought-Provoking Video Likens Couples Using Their Phones In Bed To Foreplay
New York City-based artist Rachel Lee Hovnanian has created a video, titled ‘Foreplay’, that explores the role of technology in our intimate lives.
A 19th Century Telephone Network Covered Stockholm in Thousands of Phone Lines
In the late 19th century, shortly after the patent of the telephone, the race was on to connect everyone to the phone grid. However, due to technical limitations of the earliest phone lines, every telephone required its own physical line strung between a house or business to a phone exchange where the call was manually connected by a live operator. The somewhat quixotic result of so many individual lines was the construction of elaborate and unsightly towers that carried hundreds to thousands of phone lines through the air.
In Stockholm, Sweden, the central telephone exchange was the Telefontornet, a giant tower designed around 1890 that connected some 5,000 lines which sprawled in every direction across the city. Just by looking at historical photos it’s easy to recognize the absurdity and danger of the whole endeavor, especially during the winter months. Everything that could possibly go wrong did. From high winds to ice storms and fires, the network was extremely vulnerable to the elements. Luckily, phone networks evolved so rapidly that by 1913 the Telefontornet was completely decommissioned in favor of much simpler technology. The remaining shell stood as a landmark until it too caught fire in 1953 and was torn down.