October 2010
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Oct 26th
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Real-Time Transit Display: The First "Transit... →
weeels: Weeels may be a “transit utility,” but Chris Smith from Portland Transport has debuted what he is calling the world’s first “Transit Appliance”. Drawing upon a number of a variety of Open Source software components (including Linux), the Open Hardware “Chumby”…
Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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What’s one major consequence of a city becoming a booming economic center? Increased traffic that leads to mind-numbing, stop-and-go commutes. IBM surveyed drivers in 20 of the world’s metropolises to see which city’s drivers experienced most traffic-related woes. Its Commuter Pain Index takes into account factors such as time drivers spent stuck in traffic, high gas prices,...
Oct 25th
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what's the WORD?: coving →
eli530f10: Coving method Conventional or grid method Definitions –noun 1. a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake,or river. 2. a …
Oct 25th
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Streets for All: Practical Case Studies
irishboyinlondon: Some interesting and short streetscape improvement case studies Streets for All: Practical Case Studies consists of a summary document plus ten leaflets, each on a different aspect of making better streets and each featuring a town or city where this has been put into practice. Studies look at fixing signs/lights and CCTV to buildings, creating parking restrictions...
Oct 25th
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IBM Green Buildings
Oct 22nd
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smarterplanet:  How cities are good for science, and vice versa | Grist This week’s issue of the journal Nature is all about the connection between cities and science. They’ve put a terrific package together, with lots of great graphics (want to know where the next megacities will emerge, or where the most scientific papers are published?) and feature articles on the synergy between urban...
Oct 22nd
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IDEO’s Design Approach to Climate Change: Fresh...
Living Climate Change is a devoted space to support fresh thinking and share provocative ideas while exploring the future through design thinking. Members can share thoughts and ideas and help expand a conversation that may spark solid solutions to climate change. Hosted by IDEO,  Living Climate Change aims to support conversations beyond policy and national sacrifice in order to point...
Oct 22nd
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FixMyStreet: a website for reporting, discussing,...
FixMyStreet is a website for reporting, viewing or discussing local problems like fly tipping, broken paving or street lighting to local councils across England. By simply clicking on a map that appears after entering a location and describing the problem , an email is automatically sent to the relevant council who becomes aware of the issue instantly. Source: Innovapedia
Oct 22nd
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Oct 19th
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“But [Norman Foster’s] design also reflects the gated-community mentality that...”
– Insightful story by Nicolai Ouroussoff on a highly idealistic sustainable community — that is walled off from the rest of the world. The more things change, the more we get medieval. (via cmonstah)
Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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A Smart Transportation System: Improving Mobility...
smarterleaders: Samuel J. Palmisano, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, 2010 Annual Meeting & Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5, 2010
Oct 13th
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Oct 11th
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Smarter citizenship – the foundation of smart...
On Wednesday I hosted a round table event in Manchester in partnership with strategists Wood Holmes to look at what we mean by ‘smart cities’ and – more importantly – what we want from them. The event, part of New Start magazine’s series on the future of regeneration, included a mix of people from technology backgrounds (including IBM and Cisco); experts in innovation and governance;...
Oct 7th
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Oct 7th
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Join Us for a Virtual Event on Smarter... →
smarterplanet: Sometime this year the populations of 59 metropolitan areas in the world will exceed five million people — a 50 % increase from 2001. What does that mean for transportation? As readers…
Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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“What if a city could optimize around its citizens? Cities typically operate with...”
– Quote by Nancy Pearson, vice president of IBM Business Process Management, SOA and WebSphere Marketing. Quote found at IBM Impact Blog (via horizonwatching)
Oct 6th
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Oct 5th
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artofpowermovie: The Fight Over Food Deserts: Corporate America Smacks Its Way Down Seventeen percent of American jobs are in the food system, and those jobs are among the lowest paid in the country. If food industry leaders are serious about improving food access, they need to start by tackling food insecurity where it starts — with sub-poverty wages. No amount of fresh produce will...
Oct 5th
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“CISC is hosting an event on December 1st that deals specifically with issues of...”
– CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities Blog » Green Infrastructure in the City
Oct 4th
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Oct 4th
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The Art of the Serious Game: How IBM's CityOne Can... →
smarterplanet: Game fanatics have been enjoying simulation games ever since SimCity was first introduced in 1989, and electronic games are used for military and corporate training, but IBMer Phaedra…
Oct 4th
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Oct 1st
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The average American spends 46 minutes per day...
ohyeahfacts: (via)
Oct 1st
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