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 ...
Food waste could store solar and wind energy
Despite all the technological advancements, a storage device is still needed in order to save excess solar and wind energy for times when the sun is not ...
Audi will mit Stoßdämpfern Strom erzeugen
Audi will sich laut WirtschaftsWoche holprige Straßen zu Nutze machen: Der bayerische Autobauer arbeitet derzeit an speziellen Stoßdämpfern, die mit ...
Cities should tap students to get smarter
Cities today are increasingly under pressure to work smarter but often lack the financial resources to develop concepts to work more efficiently. ...
Ford to invest 4.5 billion USD in electrified vehicles by 2020
Ford has outlined an aggressive plan to invest 4.5 billion USD in electrified vehicles by 2020. The American car manufacturer plans to develop a whole ...
