payphone of the future – The Payphone Project

Video Payphones: Are We There Yet?

the payphone project — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 02:24:38 +0000

The Picturephone scene from 2001 A Space Odyssey, released in 1968, shows what Stanley Kubrick thought payphones would look like a mere 33 years into the future. Kubrick’s payphone of the future not only made phone calls but showed full video of both parties.

LinkNYC Customer Urinating on the Street

the payphone project — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:51:11 +0000

I and other Starbucks customers watched yesterday as a LinkNYC customer urinated onto the street. Scenes like this have come to be expected wherever Links are found. Nevertheless CityBridge is full steam ahead in placing its "payphone of the future" every 50 feet.

LinkNYC’s GSOD, and the Infrastructure Underneath.

the payphone project — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 19:38:45 +0000

If this kind of infrastructure interests you then feast your eyes on the underlying foundation of a LinkNYC device. Links are replacing outdoor public pay telephones throughout New York, with the promise from CityBridge (the company that makes them) that they would use elements of the payphones' pre-existing infrastructure.

Payphone Reinventors: Look to the Boneyard!

the payphone project — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:02:04 +0000

Contestants in New York City's Reinvent Payphones contest might want to look for inspiration from unlikely sources: How about the boneyard? That's where the winning entrant in Britain's payphone contest looked when developing the iconic K2 Phone Box.

Payphone of the Future Coming to New York?

the payphone project — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:11:21 +0000

DNAinfo.com reports that Manhattan Community Board 4 is soliciting coöperation from New York’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to redesign the outdoor payphone. No concrete action is expected any time soon, and designs for the new prototype are being kept secret. Nevertheless a few interesting glimpses suggest that the city’s version of the payphone…