Paris wants to become a “15-minute city”
If Paris achieves its goal, citizens will be able to access everything, from work to education, whithin a quarter of an hour.
Is this the end of the control tower? This is what smart airports look like
Mid-way between the traditional concept and science fiction, smart airports integrate various advances in telecommunications, robotics and IoT.
Interview: Francesca Cesa, the architect that turns cities into urban forests
Francesca Cesa, director at Stefano Boeri Architetti, talks about bringing nature into buildings and cities with innovative concepts such as vertical forests.
Big data bursts onto the healthcare scene
Big data is being massively embraced in order to create real time epidemiologic studies and even specific treatments at unprecedented speeds.
María Alejandra Téllez, ClimaLab: “Young people have taken a stance with regard to climate change”
María Alejandra Téllez leads ClimaLab, an NGO that acts as a platform to Bogota’s youth regarding the problems arising from climate change.
The ruins of Pompeii talk again: The Romans were already recycling in this ancient city
Piles of trash preserved as mounds in Pompeii reveal that Romans also recycled, incorporating waste products back into the economy.
Smart agriculture to tackle climate change
Climate smart agriculture (CSA) is not necessarily more sophisticated, but looks to improve production in the context of climate change.
Sweden sets an example and closes its last coal plant
Sweden is getting ahead of its schedule to become a carbon free-nation. Hydro, wind and biomass will replace coal power.
The (high) energy price of mass data storage
Large-scale deployment of Big Data technologies in having an increasingly high energy cost. One that we’ll have to pay.
How cities are using collective intelligence to fight the coronavirus
In Coronavirus times, cities are turning to collective intelligence to try to stop the spread of COVID-19, being the main weapon they can count on.