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You’ll want to keep an eye on these 10 breakthrough technologies this year
17m read · 398 saves · 02/21/18 · Some of these advances have been in the works for years. Others were happy accidents. Either way, these are the…
London’s New Artificial Trees Guzzle As Much Pollution As 275 Regular Trees
1m read · 211 saves · Jan 07 · Leytonstone has some excellent new arrivals, a pair of City Trees that eat pollution, produce oxygen, and clean up the…
How the Internet of Things is Building Smarter Cities
15m read · 172 saves · Feb 25 · Katie Jones · Spending on smart cities is ramping up, and it's being driven by the development and implementation of new IoT technologies.
The case for ... making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones
9m read · 158 saves · Jan 15 · Amy Fleming · High-tech smart cities promise efficiency by monitoring everything from bins to bridges. But what if we ditched the data and…
The History of Cities Is About How We Get to Work
14m read · 141 saves · 08/29/19 · From ancient Rome to modern Atlanta, the technologies that allow people to commute in about 30 minutes have defined the…
Stop Saying 'Smart Cities'
8m read · Paywall possible · 110 saves · 02/12/18 · Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient.
Mapped: The World’s Top 10 Cities in 2035
11m read · 108 saves · 10/18/19 · Iman Ghosh · Cities are heavy hitters in the global economy. Where will the top 10 cities be in 2035—based on GDP, population,…
Mathematicians have solved traffic jams, and they’re begging cities to listen
1m read · 106 saves · Jan 24 · Arianne Cohen · Mathematicians are unimpressed by engineers’ solutions.
Smart cities are boring. Give us responsive cities.
7m read · 100 saves · 10/14/17 · As an urban technologist, I’m often asked to give an example of a compelling smart city application that real people…
Introducing the Citymapper Smartbus
3m read · 95 saves · 05/08/17 · Reinventing the bus for the smart city era