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Light Touch: A Touchscreen Projector Based on Lasers
They promised us a device in 2010 and sure enough, Light Blue Optics just announced Light Touch. As the name implies, LBO's product is a laser projector that turns any flat surface into an auto-focused and image-adjusted 10-inch touchscreen with Read More ›
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Tagged AR, augmented reality, laser projection, products
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Sky Trolley: Elevated Bus Rapid System
Sky Trolley Inc. has developed an Elevated Bus Rapid Transit System. The technology can be built in the curb lane the city bus uses and has a unique way of getting passengers on and off the elevated bus via A Read More ›
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Tagged Innova-Cities, sky trolley, traffic, transportation
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Eve Blossom on Socially Responsible Business
Founded in 2004, Lulan now supports over 650 weavers, spinners, dyers and finishers in weaving cooperatives in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and India. She stressed that Lulan does what culturally fits for each country, and with any cooperative they work Read More ›
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Tagged responsible business, social, social entrepreneur, sustainable business
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Freecycle: Donate Within Your Local Community!
You can donate your old goods, or find things you need, all online, all within your local community. The beauty of the model is not just the ease on your wallet, but the conduit it provides for citizens living just Read More ›
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Tagged community building, donate, local community, social entrepreneur
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Computers Turn Flat Photos into 3-D Buildings
Computer science researchers at the University of Washington and Cornell University are deploying a system that will blend teamwork and collaboration with powerful graphics algorithms to create three-dimensional renderings of buildings, neighborhoods and potentially even entire cities. The new system, Read More ›
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Tagged 3D, buildings, Innova-Cities, modeling, photocity, simulation
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In the Shadow of Copenhagen: Combining Wind Power And Electric Vehicles
While leaders gather in Copenhagen, nearby in the Danish island of Bornholm, a coalition of government, academia and industry are working on an innovative pilot program the EDISON Project. This project could provide some unique technical insights to Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Cities, Innova-Energy, Innova-Green
Tagged business analytics, denmark, energy, predictive analytics, wind
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Shining Cities on a Smarter Planet.
Samuel Palmisano: via Samuel J. Palmisano: Shining Cities on a Smarter Planet. Look at the capabilities already being built into cities around the world. Transportation officials in Singapore, Brisbane and Stockholm are using smart systems to reduce both congestion and pollution. Read More ›
Posted in Innova-Cities, Innova-Energy, Innova-Green
Tagged csr, energy, healthcare, Innova-Cities, safety, security, smarter cities, traffic features
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A Tale of A Smarter City
If you look at our planet from space, what you see is something like a neural network with the cities as its nodes, and that is as good an image of the planet as a complex system of systems as Read More ›
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Tagged Innova-Cities, neural network, planet, systems
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Aquasar – Eco-Friendly Supercomputer
In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly repurpose excess heat for the university buildings. The innovative system, dubbed Aquasar, Read More ›
Augmented Reality Business Card
Check out in the video of a nifty augmented reality business card created by James Alliban. In the below video, James shows a business card with a distinctive pattern on it to a computer equipped with a cheap web Read More ›
Power Is Getting Cheaper in Texas: Say Thanks to the Wind
Is the rapid growth of wind power in Texas actually making electricity cheaper? Yes, says Bernstein Research in a recent report, “Will Wind Power Blow Texas Generators Away?,” a follow-up to their own prior effort. The idea is that wind Read More ›
The Next Generation of Rail Systems
IBM opened a new Global Rail Innovation Center that will bring together the world’s foremost industry leaders, researchers and universities to advance next-generation rail systems. Founding members of the Center’s Advisory Board include leading representatives and organizations in the railroad Read More ›
Hola, Students Get Help From Virtual Buddies
In developing the idea, Microsoft also roped in Singapore education technology company ACP Computer & Training Consultancy. Both companies invested $180,000 and worked over the last year with the Ngee Ann teachers to produce answers to a database of 11,000 Read More ›
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Tagged education, instant messaging, virtual buddies
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Microrobotic Vascular Surgery System at TEDMED2010
Children’s Hospital Boston is a 392-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children’s offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years Read More ›
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IBM’s smarter planet
October 31, 2009 IBM is well known for reinventing itself and adapting well to market, economic, and technological changes. From manufacturing typewriters in the early 1900’s to sophisticated software and hardware for personal computers in the last century, IBM has transformed Read More ›
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Tagged collaboration, crowd sourcing, grids, ibm, sustainable, traffic
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