The Wilderness Below Your Feet

Self-washing fabric, underground NYC (literally) and recycled-magazine Nikes round out this week's look at the web

Writer Alan Feuer takes on the endlessly-fascinating world of underground NYC by spending a few days adventuring through the city’s sewers and transit tunnels and chronicling the experience for the New York Times.

Pulp-Based Computing

Self-washing fabric, underground NYC (literally) and recycled-magazine Nikes round out this week's look at the web

By incorporating “electrically active inks, conductive threads, and smart materials” into paper, this new material developed by MIT’s Media lab has all sorts of potential applications.

The Man-Made Rainbow Machine

Self-washing fabric, underground NYC (literally) and recycled-magazine Nikes round out this week's look at the web

Professor and artist Michael Jones Mckean designed a machine comprised of commercial jet pumps and custom-designed nozzles that creates gigantic, man made rainbows.