New paths for the roads of tomorrow
Transportation news feeds are filled with tech innovations and new start-ups willing to improve our daily mobility…
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Swimming is back in town (it’s still summer!)
Among other natural elements, water surely is one of the most appreciated in cities – or even a symbol, as the famous …
How cities deal with the climate change risks
According to the non-profit organization “100 Resilient Cities”, urban resilience is the ability of individuals,…
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Bike sharing is spreading out worldwide
Bike sharing systems provide more than 236,000 bicycles around the world, according to Berkeley University’s…
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A crowdsourced map of Berlin to simplify cyclists’ rides
The BMW Guggenheim Lab team has developed an interactive map of Berlin providing information about the city’s biking…
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M-commerce in search of a model
The latest researches on m-commerce underline the growing development of this sector, as evidenced by the strategic…
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The SoLoMo trend becomes clearer
According to Gartner analysts’ predictions on the Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo) trend, 1 billion people will only use…
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When m-commerce meets augmented reality
Chinese e-commerce company Yihaodian has just launched a large-scale m-commerce experiment based on augmented reality…
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Controlling a computer with your eyes
Japanese high-tech company Fujitsu has developed a prototype computer with an eye-tracking technology enabling hands…
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Turning people into Comics characters
New York based artist Nova Jiang has created an interactive digital installation called the “Ideogenetic Machine”, that…
Outdoor is in
Lunch can be fun too!
Based on the observation that Brits spend less and less time for their lunch breaks, New York Bakery Co set up in…
Outdoor is in
A giant outdoor installation to celebrate the aesthetics of movement
To celebrate the release of the new Air Jordan CP3.VI sneakers, Nike organized a giant outdoor art installation in…
Outdoor is in
Experiencing teleportation from Lyon to Brussels…
To promote its new high-speed line linking Lyon to Brussels, French national railway company SNCF has imagined a device…
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The use of QR codes is growing
According to a survey led by ComScore in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain, smartphone users…
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Parisians have already adopted the Autolib’
Parisian electric car sharing service Autolib’ could be profitable by 2014, four years ahead of the initial plan of the…