Sydney’s Opera House: culture meets sustainability
Australia’s probably most iconic landmark, the Opera House in Sydney, also stands out when it comes to sustainability. It has been awarded a four- ...
16 new cities join Open Data Initiative by Bloomberg
One and a half years ago Bloomberg Philanthropies set up the What Works Cities initiative. The goal is to get 100 mid-sized US cities to actively enhance ...
CO2 reduction by reforestation in the Netherlands
The Dutch government announced a plan to increase its forests by 25 percent over the next thirty years. This equals an area of 100,000 hectares or 386 ...
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 ...
The interplay of architecture and diplomacy
An art and photography exhibition in the Simon Preston Gallery in New York portrays how the modifications to the US embassy buildings in Havana reflect the ...
Report finds mass transit lagging behind population growth
A new report of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy headquerted in New York shows that public transportation networks are not able to ...
Nearly carbon-free conference without anyone coming
On October, 24th the “The World in 2050: Imagining and Creating Just Climate Futures” conference started. It will be lasting three weeks. What ...
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity systems for buildings
So far pumped-storage hydroelectricity systems are only found throughout the world on a large scale but there are barely any systems on a small scale. Two ...
Digital shopping assistant finds your best deal on eBay
The online retail giant eBay launched a digital shopping assistant, called ShopBot, on Facebook Messenger. The system is based on artificial intelligence ( ...
Bosch’s ICT ambitions in the smart city and other sectors
Bosch, a German supplier of engine components, started a business segment, called “beyond mobility”. It includes initiatives aimed at ...
