Built Environments Features

Calatrava’s WTC transportation hub Calatrava’s WTC transportation hub

The image of a bird in flight is not one normally associated with an underground transportation center,... 

Sustainable Modular Islands Sustainable Modular Islands

Energy Islands may be a solution to rising ocean levels, fossil fuel dependence and diminishing supplies... 

Broadway Malyan Broadway Malyan

Broadway Malyan is a leading international architectural and integrated design practice with offices... 

James Law’s Cybertecture Egg for Mumbai James Law’s Cybertecture Egg for Mumbai

Buildings are no longer about concrete, steel and glass… many incorporate cutting-edge technologies,... 

Liquid Architecture in the Desert Liquid Architecture in the Desert

Dubai has once again demonstrated an unsurpassed capacity for engaging leading-edge, UltraFuturistic... 

7 Floors & 7 Stars Below Sea Level - Istanbul and Poseidon Underwater Hotels 7 Floors & 7 Stars Below Sea Level - Istanbul and Poseidon Underwater Hotels

Image of Poseidon Underwater Hotel This seven floor underwater hotel will give its guests a new view... 

William McDonough Interview - Massive Change William McDonough Interview - Massive Change

William McDonough Interview. March 23, 2004 - four years old and very UltraFuture. From massivechange.com... 

William McDonough on Sustainable Ecocities in China William McDonough on Sustainable Ecocities in China

For anyone who is not familiar with William McDonoughs work in sustainable development, I urge you to... 

Visual Buildings Visual Buildings

Visual Building - CybertectureHong Kong based James Law Cybertecuture International designs on the leading... 

Transportation Features

Hotelicopter (hotel + helicopter) Hotelicopter (hotel + helicopter)

Flying helicopter hotel This Soviet-made Mil V-12 has been extended and redesigned into a flying 5-star hotel. This summer... 

Electric, recyclable concept car Electric, recyclable concept car

Recyclable Electric Car by EDAG The 79th International Motor Show, Palexpo-Geneva (March 5th -15th) will showcase international... 

Energy Features

Wireless Power at CES 09

UltraFuture covered wireless power back in July in Goodbye wires, Hello WiTricity. This years CES 2009 featured a product that looks... 

January 19, 2009 | Read the story »

Data centers, energy consumption and Moore’s Law

Sheila Moorcroft, Research Director, Shaping Tomorrow Data centres are increasingly central, although relatively invisible, to the... 

November 24, 2008 | Read the story »

Duke’s Rogers: China besting U.S. on green tech

Jim Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy Corp., says China is ready to pass the United States as a leader in energy technology. China... 

September 18, 2008 | Read the story »

Goodbye wires, Hello WiTricity

MIT team experimentally demonstrates wireless power transfer. Potentially useful for powering laptops, cell phones without cords. Franklin... 

July 11, 2008 | Read the story »

Investors Shine $130M on eSolar

From redherring.com, 21 April 2008, 12:19 by Ken Schachter   eSolar, whose large-scale solar power... 

April 26, 2008 | Read the story »