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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…

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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The tidal billboard

After the streetlight transformed into a giant anglerfish, Vancouver Aquarium is back with a new ambient marketing…

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Crowdfunding keeps on growing

The crowdfunding market reached an unprecedented level in 2012, according to a report published by Massolution. The…

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The padded street

After the campaign in Copenhagen spotted a few weeks ago on Mobility&Trends, here is another initiative aiming at…

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A giant trap to catch insects

To illustrate the efficiency of its insecticide spray in the open air, Italian brand Orphea launched an ambient…

Urban Radar

The Bicycle Fence, a smart bike rack prototype

As part of the 2013 International Forum Design awards, a group of students from the Korean University of Hyupsung…

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eBay to open a new pop-up store in New York

After the two pop-up stores opened last year in London and Berlin, eBay plans to open another physical shop in New York…

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When nature moves to the city...

Cities have long been presented as the exact opposite of nature. However, this dichotomy tends to disappear as…

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Bored to wait for the bus? Press the button!

To make bus waiting more fun, beverage brand Vitamin Water and JCDecaux set up in a bus shelter in Chicago an…

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A treasure (for the others) down the street

We recently wrote on Mobility&Trends about Amsterdam's “Goedzak”, a transparent garbage bag aiming to contain items…

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Connected benches to promote mobile-working solutions

To promote its cloud computing software Office 365, Microsoft teamed up with UM London, Ministry of Experience and…

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Real-time transit info for New York commuters

Google Maps now offers real-time transit schedule updates for seven New York City subway lines. This new service is…

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Skype keeps on growing

Skype recently announced that its users overall spend more than two billion minutes a day communicating via its Voice…

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A 3-D hologram to promote Nike's new running shoe

To introduce its new running shoe, the Free 5.0, and showcase the model's extreme flexibility, Nike teamed up with…

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A public cloakroom for absent-minded night owls

The Northern Dutch city of Groningen is famous in Holland for its student nightlife and its numerous bars and clubs…

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Colorful bicycles invading the streets of Auckland

As part of the "Designday" organized in Auckland (New Zealand) by Urbis Magazine, a giant outdoor installation composed…

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The rise of the connected car

According to a report by Juniper Research, 20% of all consumer cars in Western Europe and North America will be…

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Living Rembrandt

To celebrate its reopening after a 10 year renovation program and to announce a free entrance day, Amsterdam's…

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Shazam to enable clothes identification on TV

With 250 million claimed users, music identification service Shazam has emerged as one of the most popular mobile…

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Tiny blocks-made animals in the streets

Japanese brand Nanoblocks produces a line of tiny building blocks that appear to be a miniaturized version of Lego. To…

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40 years ago...

By a coincidence of history, April 3rd 1973 was a crucial date for two major technological innovations of the 20th…

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An action movie down the street!

To promote the release of the film "A Good Day to Die Hard", 20th Century Fox teamed up with JCDecaux Norway to create…

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SXSW 2013 review: Back to hardware?

Founded in 1987 and held every spring in Austin, Texas, the "South by Southwest" (SXSW) music, film and interactive…

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German riders' heaven...

The powerful "Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club" (General German Bicycle Club) asked its 130,000 members to vote…

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Guess where you are?

Hungarian development studio Nemesys created an addictive online game based on Google Street View called "Pursued".The…

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A billboard used as a Wi-Fi hotspot

In order to promote its films in a new way and target young urban moviegoers, South Korean distributor CJ Entertainment…

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The most innovative Asian cities are...

Consulting firm Solidiance conducted a study to identify and rank the most innovative cities in the Asia-Pacific region…

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Use your head, wear a helmet!

American bike helmets design company Nutcase recently launched an ambient marketing campaign in the streets of…

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Web traffic from tablets has become more important than from smartphones

According to a survey carried out by Adobe, tablets have surpassed smartphones as a source of traffic for websites. The…

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A terrifying sea creature to promote Vancouver Aquarium

Vancouver Aquarium used street furniture in an unexpected way to promote its latest exhibition "Luminescence",…

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A digital library in the subway...

The "Underground Library" is a new example of the emerging "mobile-reading" phenomenon we already wrote about on…

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Keep Cool!

Willing to illustrate in an entertaining way its slogan "Never lose your cool!", Lipton Ice Tea set up a temperature…

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Microsoft to develop hand gesture recognition for the Kinect

Microsoft just unveiled several details about the next version of Kinect and announced that it will improve the…

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What future for New York's payphones?

In December 2012, the City of New York launched the "Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge" to imagine the future of its…

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Come out and play! Towards the emergence of the "playable" city

The growing use of smartphones, the democratization of mobile Internet and the development of geolocation and augmented…

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iWatch, Google Glass... The battle of connected objects has only just begun

Rumors have intensified lately about the possible launch by Apple of a smart connected watch called the iWatch, even…

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Mirror Mirror...

Japanese clothing company United Arrows recently installed in one of its store windows in Tokyo, half mannequin, half…