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Nov

Keeping Singapore Green with Data and Design

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Data and Infrastructure, Digital

by (ART+DATA)

What would happen if data, not politics or purely commercial development, drove the design of our cities and towns? Singapore - a marvel of efficiency - shows that a dedication to data-driven urban living can create greener cities. Read more

Sep

UN-Habitat Launches Open-Data Platform

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, Europe

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by Christine McLaren

The open-data bandwagon got a little bigger on Tuesday as UN-Habitat opened its data to the world through its new UN-Habitat Transparency Initiative. Read more

Sep

Unlocking Future Bicycle Networks with the World’s First Crowdsourced Bicycle Map

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Bikes, Data and Infrastructure, Digital, Europe, Transport

Tags: cc

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by Rachel Smith

The Dynamic Connections Map is a world-first experiment which allows bicycle riders of all abilities to rate streets on how cycle friendly they are and, as a result of data processing, unlock a potential future cycle network. Read more

Aug

Can Crowdfunded Citizen Science Improve Urban Air Quality?

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, UK

Tags: design, Digital, Données, information, infrastructure, innovation, R-U, technologie

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by Forum for the Future

Can citizen science clean up the air? Maybe, if it’s using Air Quality Egg: a small internet-enabled sensor designed to help crowdsource pollution maps. Though the final design is still being tested, the Egg has already raised $120,000 through crowdfunding and the first production run is already planned. Read more

Jul

Eight Ideas for Digital Cities: Your Views from #citytalk

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, Social Media and Web 2.0, USA and Canada

Tags: Canada, cc, citytalk, E-U & citytalk, Technologie+Design

Comments: 2

by Joe Peach

Last week we hosted a #citytalk tweetchat on the topic of The Digital City, and the discussion offered both a glimpse into how digital tools have changed the way we engage with the built environment and a vision for the future of the tech-enabled city. Here's our favourite moments. Read more

May

Megacities: Getting Creative with Urban Megadata

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, UK, USA and Canada

Tags: data, megacities, megacities microcities

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by Forum for the Future

The promise is great. If we can interpret and apply the information our cities are generating in an intelligent way, we could solve many issues – such as how to cut waste in our food supply chains, make it easy to move around our megacities, or turn our gas-guzzling homes into smart systems. Read more

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