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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Social GPS Waze finally acquired by Google for $1.3 billion
Our previous focus "Mapping enters the digital era" mentioned the interest aroused by Waze, the Tel-Aviv-based startup…
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When NFC makes donation more concrete
In order to encourage donation and make it more concrete, the United Nations World Food Program and German ad agency…
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The smart functional billboard
To promote its online platform People for Smarter Cities, IBM teamed up with Ogilvy & Mather France to set up in…
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A gesture-recognition technology based on Wi-Fi
A research team from the University of Washington has developed a gesture-recognition system based on Wi-Fi.Unlike the…
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Air France-KLM to experiment onboard Wi-Fi
Air France and KLM just launched an experiment to operate onboard Wi-Fi connectivity for two long-haul flights (Paris…
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Boston to set up bike helmet vending machines
Starting in July, helmet vending machines will be set up at several bike sharing stations in Boston, as part of an…
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Mapping enters the digital era
Mapping is a field that has undergone major evolutions in the past decades with the arrival of digital. Today's maps…
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Only the true fans deserve it...
To promote the Billboard Brasil music magazine and target its audience in the most efficient way, a “fan check machine”…
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A plastic film to bring 3-D to any mobile device
Singapore-based research teams from Temasek Polytechnic and the Institute of Materials Research & Engineering have…
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European cities remain (by far) the best places for riders
Copenhagenize, a Danish consulting, communication and design agency that focuses on urban biking practice , recently…
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The playable bench
“Bancs publics, bancs ludiques” is an interactive design project led by Romain Bénard, a student at Bordeaux School of…
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Windows Phone overtakes Blackberry as third mobile OS
According to the latest figures on the smartphone market published by IDC (International Data Corporation), Windows…
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The tidal billboard
After the streetlight transformed into a giant anglerfish, Vancouver Aquarium is back with a new ambient marketing…
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Crowdfunding keeps on growing
The crowdfunding market reached an unprecedented level in 2012, according to a report published by Massolution. The…
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The padded street
After the campaign in Copenhagen spotted a few weeks ago on Mobility&Trends, here is another initiative aiming at…
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A giant trap to catch insects
To illustrate the efficiency of its insecticide spray in the open air, Italian brand Orphea launched an ambient…
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The Bicycle Fence, a smart bike rack prototype
As part of the 2013 International Forum Design awards, a group of students from the Korean University of Hyupsung…
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eBay to open a new pop-up store in New York
After the two pop-up stores opened last year in London and Berlin, eBay plans to open another physical shop in New York…
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When nature moves to the city...
Cities have long been presented as the exact opposite of nature. However, this dichotomy tends to disappear as…
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Bored to wait for the bus? Press the button!
To make bus waiting more fun, beverage brand Vitamin Water and JCDecaux set up in a bus shelter in Chicago an…
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A treasure (for the others) down the street
We recently wrote on Mobility&Trends about Amsterdam's “Goedzak”, a transparent garbage bag aiming to contain items…
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Connected benches to promote mobile-working solutions
To promote its cloud computing software Office 365, Microsoft teamed up with UM London, Ministry of Experience and…
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Real-time transit info for New York commuters
Google Maps now offers real-time transit schedule updates for seven New York City subway lines. This new service is…
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Skype keeps on growing
Skype recently announced that its users overall spend more than two billion minutes a day communicating via its Voice…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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German riders' heaven...
The powerful "Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club" (General German Bicycle Club) asked its 130,000 members to vote…
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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…