Switzerland consumes 3.3 times the amount of natural resources that are available per capita worldwide (via Swiss Federal Statistic Office). This is the ...
Fliegt der Volocopter wirklich bald über unseren Städten?
Laut seinen Entwicklern ist er das urbane Verkehrsmittel der Zukunft: Der Volocopter. Doch werden wir tatsächlich bald in dieser Kombination aus ...
Will Tesla’s Gigafactory succeed or fail?
The name “Gigafactory” is a pretentious term which raises great expectations. But experts wonder if Tesla’s flagship project is really ...
Smart Cities: Engaging citizens or just managing them?
Plenty of smart city projects were presented at the Smart City InFocus conference in Yinchuan, China, a couple of weeks ago. With all their differences, ...
How Europe’s refugee crisis stirs creative housing concepts
When the first wave of refugees hit Europe in 2015, many cities started quickly building simple shelters as temporary places to live. But as the influx of ...
Meet Olli, a 3D-printed self-driving bus
A shuttle bus named “Olli”, manufactured by Local Motors, may be the greenest public transportation vehicle around the world: It is produced by ...
Tactical urbanism: Empowering citizens to build better cities
Tactical urbanism, a term that has become quite popular in the area of city planning, describes small and quick experiments which are aimed at making ...
Is nuclear crucial for achieving climate change targets?
After the United Kingdom has given the go-ahead for its first new power plant in more than 20 years, experts diverge on the role of nuclear energy in ...
New Work: Die digitale Zukunft analoger Jobs
Laut Experten hat die Digitalisierung die nächste industrielle Revolution eingeleitet – durch künstliche Intelligenz und vernetzte Fabriken wird ...
The Urban Europe 2016 report – in pictures
Eurostat’s Urban Europe 2016 report contains a vast array of statistics that indicate how residents of the EU’s biggest cities feel about where ...
