When a city’s boroughs miss to provide information on vacant buildings for firefighters, the consequences can be deadly. This seems to be the ...
Improving miners’ safety with new technology
Miners worldwide are working under security risks that are considerably higher than most occupations above ground. Efforts to reduce this risk or improve ...
Balancing academic freedom and data privacy
Data privacy has been an issue for students before the emergence of the internet. However issues of protection of digital data have gained relevance over ...
Microbes save subsiding foundations of buildings
Researchers in the United Kingdom are generating microbes that might be able support a building’s subsiding foundation. Additionally, a computer ...
Ford develops pedestrian-detection system
Ford is joining other car companies, such as Volvo and Toyota, in developing systems that can detect pedestrians. It does so by means of cameras and radar ...
EUROCITIES’ report on urban anti-radicalization measures
The European network of cities has released a report on the strategies and policies cities adopt to encounter radicalization, extremism and terrorism. ...
Landscape planning and design for urban resilience
A new online guide for urban landscape planning was published by the American Society of Landscape Architects. It shows with examples how the risk natural ...
A helmet that makes Playmobil fans cycle
At the moment still a prototype, the Playmobil hair helmet could bring way more people on their bikes to ride to work, once released. Designed by two DDB ...
Smart security cameras to detect seatbelt-free drivers
Myriad 2 VPU is a smart security camera that can classify car models, detect suspicious packages or drivers who text or do not wear seatbelts. In order to ...
Resilience lessons from hurricane Matthew
While the whole devastating impact of hurricane Matthew on farmers’ livelihoods, the environment and public health is not entirely clear yet, it can be ...
