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How The Fall Of Supermarkets & Suburbia Starts With Millenials
How does an industry that historically catered to white suburbanites reinvent itself to attract more diverse shoppers? Millennials…
2016-04-25
How Portland Is Paving Ways For The Safest Cyclist Intersections
Researchers at Portland State hope to be the first to develop standard guidelines for protected bike lane crossings.…
2016-04-21
Fukushima, Five Years, Fears, Fall Out, And The Future
Five years have passed since a massive tsunami washed over the seawall around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power…
2016-03-30
Cloud Computing Which Was Never Really In The Sky, Goes Underwater
The ocean’s cooling properties and energy potential led Microsoft to run a cloud center there for 105 days.…
2016-03-21
How Resilience Grows From The Roots Of Urban Design
In this article, inspired by the movement of open spaces in cities across the world and resilience theory,…
2016-03-18
While Apple & FBI Are Fighting, US DOT & Google’s Sidewalk Labs Are Partnering
U.S. DOT and Sidewalk Labs Partner in the Smart City Challenge; Sidewalk Labs to Create Flow, a Transportation…
2016-03-18
Future Cities & Societies Will Be Made With And Will Need New Skills
Today, the idea that data can play a key role in the design and management of cities is…
2016-03-16
The Intricate & Intimate Relationship Between Pedestrians & Wi-Fi
Wireless access points can track the daily walking routes of crowds, allowing urban planners to build for better…
2016-03-14
Why Tech Firms Can & Should Do More Than Tech
For many cities, tech hubs have been a key to jump starting economic growth in the wake of…
2016-02-23
The Sharing Economy Should Not Lead to City Zoning Chaos
The sharing economy is challenging the demand for land-use regulations, but they’re still necessary. We used to work…
2016-02-16
The Impacts Of An Aging World Population
Overpopulation isn’t something this generation has to worry about much, but under-population? That’s a very real problem that…
2016-02-15
Why Do We Keep Ignoring That Which Feeds Us?
By embracing the latest advances in connectivity, farms are reaping big benefits. What’s needed more than ever is…
2016-02-10
Are Cities Really An Engine For Jobs & Prosperity?
City Observatory cataloged a series of indicators that point to the the growing economic strength of city centers—including on…
2016-02-03
California’s Energy Utilities Finally Serious With Electric Cars
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a pilot program that will see public utility San Diego…
2016-02-03
Cool Teen Hobbies : Not Partying But Changing The World
Everyday we hear about new inventions and innovations, but we rarely hear about the people behind them. More…
2016-01-22
The 8 Best Future Vehicles For 2016
The continued minituarization of electronics, advances in materials technology, a growing emphasis on clean, sustainable modes of transport…
2016-01-21
Why Singapore Wants To Attract Leading Healthcare Companies
As growing and aging populations across the world test the limits of their national healthcare systems, Singapore has…
2016-01-15
Discover The Clearest (Obvious?) Link Why More Carparks Means More Cars
Long after it was painfully clear that cigarettes caused cancer, big tobacco companies maintained that no such link…
2016-01-14
Finally! Clever Building Technologies Can Clean Pollution In Cities
A seven metre tall tower designed by Daan Roosegaarde filters dirty air, releasing bubbles of smog free air.…
2016-01-08
8 Technology Predictions To Watch Out For In 2016
The technology predictions for the year ahead, including drones, robots, driverless cars and virtual reality. 1. Virtual reality…
2016-01-07
Why Nanotech’s Best Benefits In Africa Begins With Our Waste
A cheap, easy to maintain, “green” toilet that uses no water and turns human waste into electricity and…
2016-01-06
How To Light Cities In The Future Without Ruining It
From the medieval candle to phosphorescent trees and glow-in-the-dark concrete, Daryl Mersom charts the trajectory of urban light,…
2016-01-06
The 10 Best Performing Cities Of 2015
What drives the economic momentum of the most dynamic metros in the United States? Each year, the Milken…
2016-01-04
The Top Must-Have Urban Management Toolkits
In a world of interconnected systems, there are plenty of platforms that can help decision-makers see the big…
2015-12-28
The Year That Was About Environment & Energy, Finally
Environmental news, as a rule, doesn’t deal in triumphs. So the sight of leaders holding their arms aloft…
2015-12-28
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Data Help to 13 More Cities
Twenty-one American Cities now Participating in the Nation’s Most Comprehensive Initiative to Help City Halls Use Data and…
2015-12-23
How Retailers Compete With Prices On Christmas Season
Forest of sale signs light up high streets as warm weather, Black Friday and move to online sales…
2015-12-21
How Your London Subway Trains May Become Moving Walkways
Following its plan to bring London out of the shade with shadow-free skyscrapers, NBBJ has unveiled a new…
2015-12-10
How Your Future Mass Transit Commute May Become More Personal
Part mass transit, part personal mobility, the Next Future Transportation system is designed to act as an efficient,…
2015-12-10
Internet Liberates The World, But Not Equally
This we know: The next billion people who are coming online will do so from cheap, mobile phones.…
2015-12-04
Land Of Midnight Traffic Jams. More Fun? More Like Hell On Earth.
Metro Manila, on an urban level, was named as having the “worst traffic on Earth,” based on a…
2015-12-01
Silicon Valley’s Cause And Solution To Inequality Is The Same
San Francisco is a living crystal ball of what happens when a city refuses to build enough housing…
2015-11-27
Experiencing The Best Begins With Belonging
Our experiences are heightened when we travel. Removed from our day-to-day rituals and familiar terrain, even the most…
2015-11-23
Chicago’s History With Smart Sewage Management To Power Future
Chicago’s wastewater authority plans to slash its energy bill by using bacteria to convert sewage into natural gas.…
2015-11-20
Strategies For Success With Government Mobile Apps
One of the most important things to consider when developing your mobile strategy is that most citizens are…
2015-11-13
How To Charge Your Gadgets (& Self) With One Appliance
Workers and visitors to London’s Canary Wharf will be the world’s first to enjoy the benefits of a…
2015-11-11
$1B In 8 Minutes : Alibaba’s Amazing Singles’ Day Numbers
Alibaba generated more than $1 billion in sales in the first eight minutes of this year’s Singles’…
2015-11-11
World Science Day : Leading For A Sustainable Future
Science for a Sustainable Future Science will be essential to reach many of the goals of the 2030…
2015-11-10
The Surprising Places Where Solar Is Rising
Golf courses, landfills, and parka pockets become unlikely power sources with the advent of smarter solar. Breathtaking desert…
2015-11-09
How Big Data And The Sims Helped Us Build The Cities Of The Future
By 2050, the United Nations predicts that around 66% of the world’s population will be living in urban…
2015-10-30
Resilience For Free : Protecting Vulnerable Communities
Clean Energy Group, through its Resilient Power Project, has released a new report analysing the economics of resilient…
2015-10-22
Why Smart Cities, As It Is Portrayed, Is Not Always Really Smart
Digital tracking systems – The smart city ‘is a promise to improve quality of life, even in Dutch…
2015-10-20
The Top Facts & Figures About Europe’s E-Commerce, 2015
These days, a world without e-commerce is simply unimaginable. Online shopping has become so simple and such an…
2015-10-20
Why Lego Is For Both Fun Play And Serious Work
MIT wants to make transportation planning more transparent—and a bit more fun. MIT researchers unveiled something earlier this…
2015-10-19
European E-Retailers Impatiently Bypassing Regulators For Unified Market
While the European Commission debates how to overcome obstacles to cross-border online shopping, Europe 500 web merchants like…
2015-10-15
Maybe, The Magic Of Self-Driving Cars Is Not In Saving Fuel
Automation on the roads could be the great public-health achievement of the 21st century. If driverless cars deliver…
2015-10-09
How Microsoft Is Making a Comeback In Hardware, Watch Out Apple
Microsoft is betting big on a premium laptop that rivals Apple’s MacBook Pro and turns into a tablet…
2015-10-08
Driverless Buses, Coming Soon, Also Made In China
Notice anything odd about this bus tooling along a highway in China’s Henan Province? Look again. The dude…
2015-10-08
5 Current Retail Trends Leading The Way
The 18th annual Global Powers of Retailing identifies the 250 largest retailers around the world based on publicly…
2015-10-06
How Chattanooga Implements A New Technology To Protect Cyclists
Most states have laws to protect bikers from cars, but they’re hard to enforce. One city is testing…
2015-09-30