The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
4/4 Fabbing & cities: Barcelona Fab City This post is the fourth of 4 posts about Digital manufacturing (fabbing) environments that we have been publishing weekly on Fridays. In these posts I have shared my research on fab labs, open innovation and smart cities, mainly in Europe and in Spain. The fourth post is the …
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7 steps to a Smart City 1. Define what a “Smarter City” means to you 2. Convene a stakeholder group to co-create a specific Smarter City vision; and establish governance and a credible decision-making process 3. Structure your approach to a Smart City by drawing on the available resources and expertise 4. Establish the policy framework …
Smart Cities — A $1.5 Trillion Market Opportunity Sarwant Singh Forbes, 19 June 2014 Mahatma Gandhi once said, “India is to be found not in its few cities, but in its 700,000 villages.” Though that may at one time have been true, it is no longer the case. With about 30 country dwellers moving lock, stock …
Here’s the Right Way to Build the Futuristic Cities of Our Dreams By Adie Tomer and Rob Puentes WIRED, 04.23.14 Our technology-first approach has failed the city of the future. So-called “smart cities,” powered by technology, carry the promise of responding to the great pressures of our time, such as urban population growth, climate instability, and …
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A building system that can shrink the size of hospitals and schools Holedeck, created by Spanish architects Alarcon + Asociados, offers an alternative. The system allows for all of the unsightly but vital elements of a busy building, from pipes to cables to ventilation ducts, to be incorporated within the floor structure itself. This means …
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With Smart Cities, Your Every Step Will Be Recorded Internet of things (IoT) devices embed their way into cities, risking people’s privacy and right to self-determination
Artist envisions drone-proof city How would you feel about living in a city where drones aren’t able to function? Gun shoots DNA bullets, tags suspects for arrest With SelectaDNA’s High Velocity DNA Tagging System, police can mark rioters or looters with a unique DNA tag and apprehend them later.
