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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 ›
$300 to House the Poor
David A. Smith, the founder of the Affordable Housing Institute (AHI) tells us that “markets alone will never satisfactorily house a nation’s poorest citizens…whether people buy or rent, housing is typically affordable to only half of the population.” The result? Smith Read More ›
The Revolution of the Social Business Model
What does “Social Business” mean? Let’s try to define such a concept in a few words: “Social business is a cause-driven business”, Muhammad Yunus, 2006 nobel laureate, stated. The investors and/or owners can gradually recover the money invested, but they will Read More ›
Architecture for Humanity
“The fact that nobody told us we couldn’t do it, we did it,” says Cameron Sinclair, one of the co-founders of Architecture for Humanity. In 1999, a small group of people, who believed that they can do more with architecture Read More ›
Muhammad Yunus: a world without poverty
Economics professor Muhammad Yunus has re-invented the rules of banking and lending with the Grameen Bank Model. The loans are for a few dollars, 40$ or less, and the deal is closed with a handshake and not a signed document. Read More ›