New York’s new LinkNTC public wifi hubs – currently replacing the city’s old standing phone kiosks. Browse the web and access services on a built in tablet, charge your device via USB and make free calls to anywhere in the US with the Vonage app
The first Installation of a planned 7,500 public hubs is underway and by mid July, at least 500 should be installed thoughout the five boroughs.
One of the coolest office buildings just launched to the market in Dublin’s Silicon Docks http://t.co/s9WZ4p5e2t pic.twitter.com/FXtUt7qVXX
— Aisling Tannam (@aisiet) May 14, 2014
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A conceptual vertical train hub by UK designers Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa which received an honourable mention in eVolo magazine’s skyscraper design competition.
The design – envisaged for a world 60 years hence where the need for high speed transit vies with the limitations of urban space – flips the horizontal layout of a rail terminal on its end to create a cylindrical mass into which trains arrive hovering above magnetic rails then pivot in the style of ferris wheel carriages as they ascend to platforms within the tower.