New paths for the roads of tomorrow
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Amex and Twitter take e-payment one step further
Since March 2012, Amex customers have the possibility to sync their account with Twitter and get special discounts by…
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Creativity and boldness for the Isuda bike share design competition
Singapore's bike-sharing operator Isuda recently launched a design competition in partnership with the Bicycledesign…
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Any Wikipedia articles nearby?
Wikipedia just added a "GeoData" extension to its mobile application, allowing contributors to attach geographical data…
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Google Glass project unfolds a little more
New details were unveiled in the past weeks concerning the Google Glasses. According to the latest information provided…
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A second chance for second hand items
There might be a treasure in your trash... at least for your neighbors! Amsterdam-based design agency Waarmakers…