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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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Are iPad-addicts also shopaholic?

The “Mobile Performance Barometer 2012” published by Zanox brings out different online shopping behaviors depending on…

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The “automatic” bike

British company Cambridge Consultants is currently testing in Amsterdam a bicycle that can be controlled with a…

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How far would you go for…

Australian company Fantastic Delites has led several entertaining operations in the past months around the theme “how…

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Kickstarter’s success show the growing popularity of crowdfunding

American creative projects crowdfunding platform Kickstarter just published its activity report for 2012, an excellent…

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Sitting any time, anywhere

The “Softwalks” project aims to improve pedestrians’ experience in New York by transforming the city’s sidewalks into…

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The Trevi Fountain revisited

Every year since 1968, Sony holds a Christmas charity program called “Ai no Izumi” (“Fountain of love”).Inspired by the…

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Carsharing, a major trend for the future of mobility

According to a survey published in January by Frost & Sullivan, the carsharing global market could grow from 2.3…

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The (mobile) book where you are the hero

The emerging “mobile-reading” phenomenon is further illustrated with a new app that offers readers an interactive and…

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Disney takes us back to the 80s

To celebrate the release of the film “Wreck-It Ralph” in the UK, Disney transformed a portion of East London’s well…

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Towards the emergence of a “mobile reading” culture

As a very common mobile activity, reading is also concerned by the proliferation of innovations within the field of…

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Connected objects in the spotlight of LeWeb’12 Paris

For its 9th edition, the international annual conference LeWeb held in Paris chose “The Internet of Things” as its…

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Google will use cities as a playing field for its game Ingress

Google is currently testing inside the gamers’ community a closed beta version of its incoming mobile game “Ingress”…

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Microsoft makes shopping more entertaining

To promote the launch of its new Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft installed a giant slide in the Bluewater…

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Hppy bday SMS :)

Twenty years ago, a text message was sent for the very first time via Short Message Service (SMS) by British engineer…

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Sewer holes transformed into radio speakers

The Zurich International Radio Festival found an original way to welcome the Australian radio Kiss FM in Switzerland.In…

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Europe remains the best place to live

With 15 of the top 25 slots, European cities still dominate Mercer’s “Quality of living” annual ranking.Vienna ranks…

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Lack of sunlight ? Just wait for the bus!

In Umeå, a city located close to the Arctic Circle in the north of Sweden, days last less than five hours during the…

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A particularly sensitive interface...

American company Qeexo developed a technology called Finger Sense allowing new user experiences on touch screens…

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The mobile apps market dominated by a few operators

According to a survey carried out by Canalys during the first 20 days of November, half of the revenue generated in the…

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When technology revives the magic of Christmas

For Christmas Cartier set up a special interactive display in its 5th Avenue storefront in New York City.This…

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Creating an interface on any object with an augmented light bulb

A student from the MIT Media Lab developed the prototype of a light bulb able to convert any kind of surface into a…

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Finding music in the clouds… literally

In 2010 Air France launched an onboard music service allowing passengers to create their own playlists from a catalogue…

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Android widens the gap with iOS

75% of the mobile phones shipped in the world during the third quarter 2012 were Android devices, according to IDC’s…

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The extraordinary growth of Chinese cities

The United Nations’ Habitat Programme recently published the latest edition of its “State of the World’s Cities”.This…

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Travelers appear to be confident mobile consumers

A survey carried out by comScore for Expedia Media Solutions shows the growing use of mobile phones by travelers for…

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The end of phone battery failure

The charge cycle project proposes both a funny and healthy way to charge your smartphone in the street.This project…

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Airbnb strengthens its hyperlocal expertise

Airbnb, the American social website connecting travelers and hosts around the world, has just launched a new service…

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A new way to control your smartphone

A new technology called GestIC and developed by American company Microchip will allow users to control their smartphone…

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Controlling the streetlights with an iPad

London’s Westminster district plans to renew its lighting system in the next four years by replacing 14,000…

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An UFO flying over London

To celebrate the release of the new Halo 4 video game on its Xbox 360 console, Microsoft organized a special operation…

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BMW opens a “Window into the near future”

To launch the BMW “i Born Electric Tour”, the German brand set up, on New York’s Sixth Avenue, a giant screen allowing…

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A building façade turned into a playing field

To promote the “I love techno” Festival organized in Ghent, Belgium, one of the building façades of the city was used…

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Re-imagining the “Before and After” effect

In order to demonstrate the hydrating effects of its new skin care line, cosmetic products company Burt’s Bees imagined…

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Store windows, laboratories for the future of retail

As a physical interface between customers and sellers, store windows can be more than just a space to display items…

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An interactive billboard made of plastic tubes

In order to illustrate its promise to revive clothes’ colors, laundry detergent brand Woolite set up an interactive low…

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32 bikes in a single car parking place

To solve the problems caused by the lack of parking spaces for bicycles in very dense cities, Korean industrial…