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Human Ingenuity, Manifested
China’s Elevated Bus: Future Concepts Of The Past Made Into Reality Today
Traffic — one of the major consequences of living in the big city. It’s the number one cause…
World’s Largest Air Purifier vs China’s Smog
Looking at most products being sold in the market today, chances are, you will read the label “Made…
Just When You Thought You’d Love A Tokyo Subway Ride
The Japanese rail network is known throughout the world for its superiority and punctuality. In the capital city…
Predicting Our Future As Internet Of Things Come Alive
Physical actions in the real world and data processing in the digital world are fusing as the Internet…
Dubai Making An American Hyperloop Dream, A Reality
Dubai is hosting an international event on September inviting engineers and scientists from across the globe to participate…
Your Next Taxi Ride Could Be A Joy Ride In The Sky
Skytran recently launched it’s pilot project in Tel Aviv last year. The company’s ‘sky taxis’ may be the…
Simple: More Women Coder, More Better Code
It is no secret that the tech industry has always consisted of predominantly men. Women just are not…
Oil Rocks : The Land Of Fire In The Middle Of The Sea
Far out into the Caspian Sea, a hundred kilometers away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, lies one of…
The First Solar-Powered Town Will Come From Down Under
The push to go green is in full swing. This steadily increasing trend has pushed industries and the…
Renewing City To Core With Arts School, From Sydney And Beyond
National Art School (NAS) interim director Michael Lynch has committed to defending its continued independence from the University…
35 Ways To Experience America’s 35 Obnoxiously Rich City Suburbs
We’re gonna take a guess: if you’re checking to see if your town is on this list, you…
Experiencing Biblical Noah’s Ark, Brought To Kentucky
A creationist group called “Answers in Genesis” who describe themselves as “a fundamentalist Christian apologetics organization” has opened…
The 11 Best Co-working Spaces In Asia Pacific To Get Work Done
First of all, what is Co-working? Co-working is a style of work that involves a shared working environment,…
Estonia Estonia Estonia, Digital City Leading In Digital Government
This is Tallinn, capital city of Estonia, a small Baltic country in Northern Europe. A country with a…
How Our Future Car-Free Cities Will Be Spirit(ual)
You go out of your house. Going to work, off to the store to buy something or simply…
Mobile Security : Just How Safe Is Our Data
We live in a modern age of technology. Today, almost all of us own some form of smart…
The Subway System New Yorkers Have Been Waiting For
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo reveals his plan for a redesign to the city’s subway system to the…
The Top 10 Best American Cities to Work in Tech in 2016
Want to work in tech but not sure Silicon Valley is the place for you? You’re not alone.…
Plaza 33 & The Art Of Making Cities For People, Not Cars
“Plaza 33” is back, transforming the eastern half of 33rd Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue into a…
How The Tech Geography In The US Is Not Just Silicon Valley
They’re not all based in New York and San Francisco. Most mayors, economic developers, and researchers tend to…
Why Calgary, A City Centre For Oil, Fights Cars & Suburban Sprawl
Calgary is like any other Canadian city that grew outwards, not upwards. But led by progressive mayor Naheed…
Urban Urban … Not. The Drama Of Interconnected Cities Unfolds.
Are humans now an “urban species”? Do we now live in an “Urban Age”? To understand the contemporary human…
Where The Sea Meets The Sky Is Not The Horizon
Airports need a lot of space, but in the places most in need of air connections — islands…
Why Millennials Are Loving These 20 Countries The Most
Millennials are constantly on the move. According to a TransferWise survey conducted in 2015, more than half (55%)…
The Impact Of Brexit Decision Has Both Near & Far-Reaching Implications
From the possibility of a new trade deal to higher tariffs and quotas, here are the key issues…
The World’s Past & Future Edo Is An Eco-Solution To City Woes
A major campaign, “Cool Japan”, is underway to promote the nation as a “cultural superpower”. As part of…
Africa’s Urban Megatrends Can Only Succeed If…
With more than half of Africans expected to live in cities by 2050, we need to turn urban…
In Singapore, Coffee Waste Disaster Turned Good Common Sense
Sustainability is a big word to reckon with. The impact of human greed and insatiable mining of this…
Some Services Simply Needs Government & Cannot Be Privatized
The New South Wales government is set to privatise its land-titling services. This decision may provide the impetus…
Simply Good Ain’t Simple: Why Is Being A Good Country So Hard?
Sweden tops Good Country Index: a radical study that measures the contribution nations make to humanity as a…
When The Trip To The Airport Is A Journey In Itself
A city always begins with one airport, usually located outside the city limits to allow the city some…
A Nostalgic Drive Through World’s Largest Classic Car Junkyard
If you drive 50 miles north of Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia, along Interstate-75 and then…
Aussie’s 2016 Election Has Different Tone & Priority Than USA’s
Rural and regional Australia is a big place. That’s obvious enough. Still, it’s easy to forget that the…
How We Treat Bike-Share Determines It’s Fate, Helsinki’s Answer
Earlier this month, Helsinki launched a new bike-share program wholly integrated with the rest of the city’s public…
Pollution Cleanup Is Obviously Costly. Here’s A Possible Answer.
Last week, Portland is expected to become the seventh West Coast city to sue Monsanto, alleging that the…
It Is Obvious To Begin With, Cities Are First & Foremost For People
The federal government’s recently released Smart Cities Plan is built on three pillars: smart investment, smart policy and…
Top 15 Cities For Women In Tech With Big Dreams
Women in the U.S. tech industry have long faced major disparities in both employment and pay. Last year,…
Why Vejle’s Flood Defence Is Also The Kernel Of Its Resilience
As Rotterdam becomes the latest city to unveil its resilience strategy, Athlyn Cathcart-Keays looks at how the port…
A Bus For Cars? Hmmm… A Cleaner Future From Ideas Past
First dreamed up in 1969, the bus may help Chinese cities ease traffic and curb air pollution. Car…
Miami’s Simple & Visual Code For Zoning Chaos Into Order
After a population explosion and building binge led to haphazard and random growth, Miami became the nation’s first…
Top 20 Cities In The World For Cycling Lifestyle
THE BICYCLE MAKES sense in cities. With rising urbanization, our cities need modern mobility solutions, and moving around…
When You Get Tired Of Building Buildings, Build Mountains
With just a few inches of rainfall a year, the country is taking matters into its own hands.…
Top 10 Urban Projects Made For People, By Its People
Take a close look at 10 of the Best Urban Projects in the World. I’ve always been fond of…
Granite: America’s Raw Ingredient For Rail, Industry, & Monuments
When architect Solomon Willard arrived in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1825, and discovered a granite ledge in a wooded…
Why A Privileged Sub-Urban Core For Sydney Will Destroy Its Soul
The New South Wales government is imposing an anti-urban legislative and development agenda on Sydney. This agenda conceptualises…
A 1987 Dream In Barcelona Reclaiming Its City For Its People
The Catalan capital’s radical new strategy will restrict traffic to a number of big roads, drastically reducing pollution…
Live Here For The Best Schools For Your Children In The USA
The United States is a global leader in many regards, but when it comes to education it seems…
A Beautiful Bridge Is Not Just For The Tall And Long But The Eco
The Vlotwatering Bridge is a unique eco-friendly bridge that connects the residents of the Dutch town of Monster…
Not All Ills Of Urban Consolidation Is As Ugly As Media Reports
Neighbourhoods as “battlefields”, “sardine city”, traditional suburbs as “threatened species” and urban hubs as the domain of “latte-sipping…
In The City That Never Sleeps, You May Soon Also Walk On Water
This bridge would restore a link between Brooklyn and Governors Island. New York hasn’t built a bridge in…