City Silhouettes

The Jacques Cousteau iPhone app, an electric camper, musical tree rings and more in our look at the web this week

The visually lucid images Beijing-based photographer Jasper James captures of people in cities around Asia are inspired by the 2008 demographic shift where the number of people living in cities outnumbered those in rural areas. They are also amazingly done without the help of digital retouching.

A Room for London

The Jacques Cousteau iPhone app, an electric camper, musical tree rings and more in our look at the web this week

Philosopher Alain de Botton has made the latest contribution to the movement toward unconventional hotel experiences with A Room for London, as part of his ongoing Living Architecture series. The Room is housed within a one-bedroom boat perched atop the city’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, overlooking the Thames. Bookings for one-night stays have already sold out through 2012.

Sunrise Thermal Airship

The Jacques Cousteau iPhone app, an electric camper, musical tree rings and more in our look at the web this week

In an attempt to expand access to flight Metin Kaplan has delivered this prototype solar powered airship. The craft, which runs completely on solar energy, might be slower than a normal helicopter but it makes up for it in fun.