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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When the sun reveals QR Codes
To promote special lunch offers while staying creative and be seen by dwellers, corean food shop Emart Wall launched an…
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Who said a bathroom should be just a loo?
During this 2012 edition of famous furniture design event “salone internazionale del mobile” in Milan, Italy. Ikea set…
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Our future mobile phone will have… two screens
It is not surprising that Microsoft is currently working on the future of Mobile phones. The surprise lays on what kind…
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Stay connected. Even in a plane
Travelling by plane is sometimes scary and often boring, but maybe this will soon come to an end.Thanks to the…
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Google Drive : heading to the clouds
Google recently launched an on-line platform storage, where internet users can “share and collaborate in real time”…
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Collaborative spaces inside the city
It is called “Konzepp” and has settled in Hong Kong. Concept-store but also co-working space, this strange, yellow…
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Mickey is also working on our future
Disney labs research is working on the future of tactile technology.They launched a prototype of touch recognition…
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DOOH Advertising Revenue Grew 15% to $7 Billion in 2011
According to PQ Media, DOOH Advertising revenue grew 15,3% to 6.97$ billion in 2011.These revenues generated by place…
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Consumers’ trust in advertising
Internet users seem to be more and more influenced by “earned media”, such as recommendations from friends and family…
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Another « anti-social media » application
Avoiding the crowd is sometimes necessary, especially for shopping. This is the feature used by a new application …
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Glo Bar : a new way to think bike-life
To improve the ride of urban cyclists, Mitchell Silva, designer, has developed an innovative prototype.He imagined a…
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Everyone will know this year’s “It color”’s name
A partnership between cosmetic store Sephora and Pantone (the reference of color identification for a high number of…
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Spring starts when the bikes start to melt…
How to celebrate both the end of a difficult winter and the beginning of warmer days?Take an ice cube that will melt,…
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"Make With a Red Stripe”: how to promote beer? An everyday challenge
Jamaïcan beer brand Red Stripe set up an art project called “Make with a Red Stripe”.This is a new ambient project…
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Flashmobs are still useful : Tic Tac knows it
Tic Tac wanted to create an outdoor campaign that conveys a very simple but universal message: bad breath is annoying…
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Eye-tracking devices will read your thoughts
In the movie Minority Report, all that deals with eye-tracking, personal data and privacy seem only science fiction…
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TweetVox: Sound & city are definitely a trendy topic
We already talked about « Clameurs », a mobile application that lets people record messages linked to their geographic…
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The city for canvas: the many faces of Street Art
Paradoxically enough, and despite some negative assumptions, urban areas have become more and more human. Companies are…
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Who exactly are the digital natives? PC lovers for sure
The “Digital Natives”, other qualification of youngsters born between 1985 and 1995, are a perfect target for IT…
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The rise of the Tablets : 2012 edition
Worldwide tablets sales are going to increase from 60 to 119 million in 2012 according to Gartner.Apple and its iPad…
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Digital personalities: which one is yours?
New IBM study Beyond Digital, released during the 2012 NAB conference, shows the emergence of four distinct “digital…
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What would You do for a free laptop?
Thinking that winning a notebook could be something people highly crave for, Intel set up a number of installations…
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Say Cheese !
How could the brand Oral B possibly promote its electric toothbrush and demonstrate that even if your teeth seem…
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Financial interactive wall
Infographics available to everyone? Maybe that is the bet of world-famous newspaper, The Financial Times.In their…
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Angry birds in space : from theory to practice
How to make advertising really spectacular when you are T-Mobile, one of the biggest phone operators in the USA?Well,…
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Just sit, relax, and take a rest
Improving the daily life of city-dwellers is an everyday challenge. Imagined by Formula-D, Ibali is an urban furniture…
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Mobilytrip, how to improve your holiday storytelling
MobilyTrip is an Android and iPhone application that helps people describe, organize and comment their holiday trips.It…
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Cayin & Fushing Private school : when technologies reach students
Located in Tapiei city, Fushing is one of the best private schools in Taiwan. It has developed a new medium, with help…
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This may change from paper : Digital Canvas for artists in Boston
Initiatives that help artists show their work to the public are always appreciated, even for the tiniest exhibition.The…
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SXSW 2012 Review
“SXSW”. This is how people call the “South by Southwest Music and Conference festival”, which takes place every year in…
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Apple & Samsung : 2011 Mobile Industry stars
According to Canaccord Genuity analysis, Apple and Samsung together represented more than 95% of the mobile Industry…
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Will the 21th century really be the end of PCs ?
The eternal couple Windows + PC might not last forever. This is what an IDC study explains.According to the data, the…
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Governments want to help Big Data projects
“Big Data” is a general term used to describe the voluminous amount of unstructured and semi-structured data a company…
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Tomorrow’s desktop might offer 3D display and interaction through a virtual interface
Microsoft Research‘s Applied Sciences Group (ASG) are exploring new opportunities to provide more genuine interactions…
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“Google Heads-Up Display Glasses” are expected for the end of the year
To maintain its reputation for innovation and break-through technologies, Google, through its Google X labs, should be…
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Mercedes-Benz ”launches” a stunning invisible car in Germany
Mercedes-Benz draws attention on its innovative F-Cell car, a hybrid model boasting zero gas emissions.Unlike what has…