20 Dec. 2011 —
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Joe Peach, This Big City
This blog post first appeared on thisbigcity.
London’s first pop-up shopping mall has finally opened, after originally being slated for a Summer launch. Located in east …
“Smart Cities” is Raconteur’s third annual report on cities, technology, sustainability and urbanization. The report is focused on the modernization of our current cities in …
13 April 2012 —
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Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
From the best Chinese takeaways to pedestrian road casualties, interactive maps have transformed the way we can gather and visualize data. Here are five examples being put to …
19 Dec. 2012 —
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Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
From apps to LEDs and electric cars to urban infrastructure, it’s that time of year when we look back at what’s been most popular in the 2degrees Smart Cities working group …
Following my previous post about the municipal bond program, PACE, being developed in the US for retrofitting domestic property, a new approach has been developed.
Richard …
17 July 2012 —
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Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Drivers in Yorkshire face a delay of 36 minutes for every hour they drive in peak periods, according to a new study by satellite navigation firm TomTom.
Motorists in the …
13 Sept. 2012 —
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Flemmich Webb, Mantis Communications
Anyone who visited the Excel Centre to watch Olympic and Paralympic events via the Emirates Air Line cable cars would have noticed a new, sleek futuristic building beneath …
Things were very different back in early 2010. Transport for London (TfL) – the government body responsible for most of the British capital’s transport system – were a little …
7 Nov. 2012 —
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Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The Netherlands is set introduce the first ‘smart’ highway that glows in the dark and warns drivers of hazardous driving conditions.
The prototype ‘smart highway’, which was …
As London gears up to host the 2012 Games, Greg Clark asks: is the capital still relevant in the new global order, and can it continue to be a genuine leader?’
Since the …