Will Work For Inspiration

$2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google's Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

Creative Time Reports commissioned musician, cyclist and author David Byrne to write a piece on NYC’s present and future ahead of their upcoming annual summit. His argument in the resulting insightful essay is that “the city is a body and a mind,” and that while the Big Apple has greatly improved the physical part, as neighborhoods become walled communities for the rich, the city is …

iKettle

$2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google's Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

Despite the particularly worn out title, the iKettle is packing all kinds of potential for tea lovers. Now available for preorder, the iKettle sends a notification to your phone when you wake up, when you get home from work—you name it—asking you if you’d like some tea and, in minutes, you’ve got piping hot water without hardly lifting a finger. Instead of a whistle from …

Make your Smartphone Smarter

$2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google's Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

The latest smartphone cameras are beginning to surpass even the most high-end point-and-shoot digital cameras. Currently funding on Kickstarter, the Beastgrip takes smartphone photography add-ons to a new level. Compatible with just about every smartphone on the market, the Beastgrip lets you use lenses, flashes and filters from your existing SLR kit. The rig keeps a 37mm threaded lens mount tightly lined up with the …