Wired UK

British Prime Minister David Cameron wants to build a Silicon Valley-like "tech city" at the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics. But some question whether his plan can work.

A Russian construction company wants to build a 100,000-person city in an abandoned diamond mine, and cover it with a dome.

The majority of the world's population now lives in urban areas -- except for Britain. Some say that bucked trend must be reversed.

The availability of information in the city is creating a new opportunity for adaptive and interactive urban spaces. As Carlo Ratti of MIT's SENSEable City Lab discusses, the key is people.

This article from Wired UK looks at a handful of emerging transportation concept technologies that are altering the form of the city.