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Paris Autolib: From Bike-Sharing to Car-Sharing!
Following the popularity of bike sharing programs, it seems only natural that cities begin to offer a rental electric car service—and this is exactly what the city of Paris is planning to initiate. Having been a leader among global cities in the movement to implement a successful bike sharing system, Paris will now tackle cars in an effort to relieve traffic congestio
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Urban Rooftop Farming: the Answer to Our Sustainable Food Crisis?
Montreal-based agribusiness, Lufa Farms, just might have the solution we’ve been looking for in the global fight to move towards more sustainable food production practices. Lufa Farms grows produce in greenhouses constructed on top of buildings in Montreal. The food Read More ›
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Skype In The Classroom: An International Social Network For Teachers
Skype realizes full well its software is used by many school teachers and students from around the globe, and has announced that it has built a dedicated social network to help them connect, collaborate and exchange knowledge and teaching resources Read More ›
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Easier translations for Japanese relief workers
Several relief workers in Japan who don’t speak Japanese were able to obtain a free tool that lets them speak into their phones and get an instant translation -– all without a cell phone signal or Internet connection, thanks to Read More ›
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It Flies! FESTO’s Smart Bird
Festo’s Bionic Learning Network has been creating robots based off of nature’s biological secrets for years now, but their SmartBird is a step ahead of the game. Modeled after a seagull, the SmartBird uses a single drive system for flight – Read More ›
Rotating Skyscraper – Generates Electricity to Cover its Energy Needs
Visionary Italian architect Dr. David Fisher announced in 2010 the launch of the revolutionary Dynamic Tower, the world’s first building in motion, to be constructed in Dubai and Moscow with other locations planned worldwide. “Our intention is to build the Read More ›
Elithis Tower: Remarkable Energy Efficient Structure
French engineers are paving the way towards more environmentally friendly structures. Indeed, the Elithis group developed a building which is not only more energy efficient but which generates more energy than what it actually consumes. The breakthrough doesn’t end here, Read More ›
Paris metro body heat to help warm building
The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city center, the capital’s largest owner of social housing said on Friday. The building, located in the famous rue Beaubourg close Read More ›
Architecture for Humanity
“The fact that nobody told us we couldn’t do it, we did it,” says Cameron Sinclair, one of the co-founders of Architecture for Humanity. In 1999, a small group of people, who believed that they can do more with architecture Read More ›
Bird’s Nest: Beijing’s striking Olympic Stadium
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the new Beijing Olympics National Stadium is the most striking of a series of spectacular architectural projects designed for the city. The 100,000 seat structure represents the most innovative stadium design since the free-form Read More ›