Rubbish bins are the eyesores of city life, like the grimy physical manifestation of popped pimples overflowing with bags and Chinese takeout ooze. The Olympics? A magnifying glass on a city’s life. That’s why it’s not surprising to see a city (in this case, London) introduce new, stylish trash cans as a quick makeover. For London 2012, new bombproof trash cans that have dual giant LCD screens and Wi-Fi hotspots will brighten up the dreary London fog. More »
London may be setting up Europe’s largest Wi-Fi network ahead of the Summer Olympics but it’ll do a fat lot of good for the Games’ 70,000 volunteers as they’re effectively banned from using social media during the event. Like, at all. More »
London is a crazy mixed-up city, navigation-wise. It’s so hard find your way around that when taxi-drivers learn to, they say they’ve Acquired The Knowledge. And now scientists say The Knowledge actually changes drivers’ brains. More »
It’s pretty hard to conceive of a TV with 16 times the resolution of a 1080p set, but you’ll have your chance to test your eyeballs firsthand in July — for the Olympics. That is, if you’re in Washington, DC. More »
That hunk of metal to the right is the world’s most accurate clock, say people with more knowledge of time and atomic clocks than anyone else. More »
