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Space never runs out of light, and that’s a good thing for renewable energy production.
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Peeling back the digital layers, metadata emerges as the silent powerhouse reshaping industries.
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https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/06/how-culture-shapes-economic-development/562328/
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CityLab
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Climate change wildfires have increased in number and intensity, threatening lives, homes, and livelihoods.
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https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/advanced-electronics/our-insights/laying-the-foundation-for-success-in-the-connected-building-era
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McKinsey
Connected buildings could introduce a new way of living and working. Here’s what it will take for them to become mainstream.
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http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046315/4-ways-elevators-will-get-totally-insane-in-2016
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Fastcompany
The company behind 1 WTC’s super-fast elevators tells us about the <em>Star Trek</em> elevators that will be coming as soon as next year.
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http://morphocode.com/global-trends-urbanisation/
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Morphcode
The global trends of urbanization in the 21st century are significantly different from what we have experienced so far in terms of urban transition.
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In the future, device charging may become easier and more convenient through wireless charging.
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http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/08/26/491490744/episode-721-unbuilding-a-city
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NPR
Why is it so hard to knock down 17 vacant houses in a shrinking city?
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Smart cities are pushing pedestrian safety higher up the priority list through technology and urban policies.
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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/11/housing-crisis-single-family-homes-policy-227265
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Politico
Desperate to build more housing, the city just rewrote its decades-old zoning rules.
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https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-covid-19-urban-planning-health/
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Wired
The Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to rethink how cities are designed—and make them better equipped to stop disease from spreading.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-floating-architecture-could-help-save-cities-rising-seas-ncna863976
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NBC News
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/china-one-belt-one-road-no-plan
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Stratfor
There is no deeper strategic thinking behind Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative beyond an invitation to solve problems, some of its supporters insist. That such a massive investment would not be part of a larger design defies belief -- and history.
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Rising sea levels herald a humanitarian crisis in our lifetime.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/google-sidewalk-labs/575551/
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The Atlantic
In Toronto, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, hopes to create the sensor-filled metropolis of tomorrow.
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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181212-can-artificial-intelligence-end-traffic-jams
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BBC
With the number of cars clogging roads around the world expected to double in the coming decades, new approaches are needed to keep traffic moving.
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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2022430/theyre-just-us-exhibition-shines-light-hong-kongs
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SCMP
Coffin cubicles, caged homes and subdivisions … life inside Hong Kong’s grim low income housing
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https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/road-tests-for-certain-types-of-driver-licenses-set-to-resume-in-b-c-1004179406/
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Canadian Under Writer
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http://99percentinvisible.org/article/ghost-boxes-reusing-abandoned-big-box-superstores-across-america/
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99 Percent Invisible
Big-box stores promise convenience and jobs for suburbs and small towns, but have a mixed reputation with designers and citizens. Many see big boxes as icons of unsustainable sprawl, reinforcing car culture with highway-oriented access and expansive parking lots. These boxy buildings not only take up vast amounts of land but often also require infrastructure around them to
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13604813.2021.1935766?needAccess=true
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Taylor & Francis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-CZLuLPZwI
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Bloomberg
This 36.5 million dollar condominium has just been sliced into digital shares, and you could own a piece of it. Video by Matt GoldmanLike this video? Subscri...