Living Concrete — How the use of microorganisms can revolutionize city building
Living concrete is a sustainable building material with many benefits. What is and how it could change the construction industry?
And then what? Cities after COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic will have a huge impact on our lives. But how it’ll affect the development of cities?
How technology is changing the way children think and focus
The way technology affects children’s way of thinking and even their cognitive development has recently led to an educational, and even a parental debate.
Vicinity — A virtual neighborhood to assess the proper use of IoT
Vicinity is an European project that has shown that electronic devices can communicate with one another without losing data ownership.
How to solve water scarcity with AI technology?
Faced with a global water crisis, several organizations are deploying artificial intelligence systems in order to improve resource management.
Egypt builds its new capital
The Egyptian government is knee deep into the construction of a new capital 40 km away from Cairo. But it’s facing numerous hurdles.
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.