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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What's the future of the traditional fixed office?
The American branch of Japanese electronics company Ricoh led a survey about the future of working places. Respondents…
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"Chewing" street art...
South-African bubblegum brand Chappies became popular in the 40s with the "Did you know? facts" printed on its wrappers…
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High-Tech stars and rising start-ups in the spotlight at the Crunchies Awards
Considered by many as a reference in the field of technology, the well-known American website TechCrunch organized last…
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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…
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Foursquare data, a tool to visualize and analyze urban mobility
Location-based social network Foursquare recently published an interactive map showing the 500 million check-ins made…
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Have a break... disconnect!
In our hyper-connected cities, taking a break can also mean disconnecting from all our devices.Based on this…
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Samsung and Apple account for half of all smartphones shipped worldwide in 2012
More than 700 million smartphones were shipped globally in 2012, according to the latest survey published by Strategy…
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Giving life to inanimate urban objects...
"Hello Lamp Post!", the winning project of Bristol's 2013 "Playable City Award", aims to give life to street furniture…
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Your own blizzard on demand
Controlling the weather has always been one of mankind's wildest dreams. The magic of Christmas made it possible for…
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Giant, flexible, transparent, connected… at the 2013 Consumer Electronic Show
Among the 20,000 products unveiled at the 2013 Consumer Electronic Show held in Las Vegas from January 8th to 11th, TVs…
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When internet gives life to “static” street art
American designer and street artist INSA gave birth to a concept called “GIF-iti” mixing physical and virtual art.He…
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Invisible street art for night owls
As nightlife is an important part of its brand identity, Smirnoff launched in São-Paulo a campaign called “Creatures of…
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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…