In a new series for Babelgum titled “New Urbanism,” filmmaker Kelly Loudenberg documents some of the ways that people are addressing the challenges of city living, using a synthesize of art and ad hoc invention.

An iPhone can now become a kind of virtual vinyl record with Theodore Watson’s innovative app. His “Spinning Vinyl” program plays a virtual record faster or slower as you spin the whole phone at different speeds. Watch below.
Spinning vinyl ipod app from Theodore Watson on Vimeo
[F.A.T via MAKE]

Bicycles are some of the most vulnerable of all vehicles on the modern motorway and while bike lanes are an incredibly effective way to protect the bicyclist’s safety, they are all too rare on today’s roads.  Repainting roads, at an estimated $5,000 to $50,000 a mile, certainly makes accommodations for the quiet, healthy and relatively slow travelers unattractive to local governments.  Some cyclists have taken to creating their own guerrilla bike lanes, but cities are quick to reclaim the roadways.  Most advocates argue that without a breakthrough there won’t be much change in sharing the road.
Enter LightLane, a conceptual product [...]