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,…
Outdoor is in
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…
Urban Radar
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…
Facts & Figures
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…
Facts & Figures
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…
Facts & Figures
German riders' heaven...
The powerful "Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club" (General German Bicycle Club) asked its 130,000 members to vote…
Urban Radar
Guess where you are?
Hungarian development studio Nemesys created an addictive online game based on Google Street View called "Pursued".The…