Phone Abstinence for UNICEF

Inflatable jungle gyms, action images from Sochi stitched together and predictions for the next big art cities in this week's look at the web

Since 2007 UNICEF’s Tap Project has been getting kids in developing countries access clean water. This year, the organization challenges you to give up your phone for just 10 minutes—and if you do, their sponsor will provide one day’s worth of water for a child in need. The project aims to help well over 750 million people around the world gain access to life’s most …

Building Robots Like Termites

Inflatable jungle gyms, action images from Sochi stitched together and predictions for the next big art cities in this week's look at the web

In nature, termites build complex structures with amazingly little mental and physiological capabilities. This is what inspired Dr Justin Werfel of Harvard University to create unsupervised, autonomous robots capable of building structures. With lofty longterm goals, and some more manageable applications in sight, the worker-bots display a fascinating ability to carry out tasks.

Noisli

Inflatable jungle gyms, action images from Sochi stitched together and predictions for the next big art cities in this week's look at the web

With the large number of open tabs we all operate with, stressing out at work is more of a matter of when than if. To help keep you centered, Noisli is a background noise and color generator designed for working and relaxing. It also has Text Editor for distraction-free writing, to pair with a handful of extremely convincing sounds—rain, thunder, wind and even coffee shop.