POPULAR SCIENCE THE 2004 POPSCI DESIGN COMPETITION

摘要

For the 2004 POPULAR SCIENCE invitational design competition, we chose the theme of "technological CARE packages for the 21st century." What good, we asked, might emerging technology do for global communities in need? We put the problem before internationally renowned designers, architects and thinkers. The results surprised and delighted us. Whales, it seems, need noise-cancellation devices. Office chairs should morph, like Transformer toys, into survival gear. Bombed-out villages need utility centers powered by wood or the turn of a bicycle wheel. And cities need to gaze at newborn stars.