The Guardian - Big Picture: Copenhagen bikes, by Mikael Colville-Anderson
The guardian has published a great selection of Mikael Coville-Andersons pictures of people getting around their city (Copenhagen) on bikes. Shows how cycling in the city can and should be - easy, convenient, safe, door to door, stylish…
Banksy creates a piece in London on the side of an empty building and clearly makes a statement about consumerism.
(via TreeHugger)
What is interesting to note, however, is that these are all businesses that generate relatively few jobs. This is part of the under-appreciated structural shift in the US economy that is leading to a sluggish recovery when measured by employment.
Transformational Entrepreneurship: Where Technology Meets Societal Impact - Harvard Business Review (via courtenaybird)
Solving Persistent but Fixable Urban Problems
Mexico City is among the cities tapping entrepreneurs through the Living Labs Global Award program to get solutions to persistent but solvable challenges. Great stuff.
My bags are packed…looking forward to getting back to SF this weekend!
(Source: nepula)
Top 25 American cities for public transportation
Ranked in order by Walk Score. Big surprises?
- New York
- San Francisco
- Boston
- Washington, DC
- Philadelphia
- Chicago
- Seattle
- Miami
- Baltimore
- Portland
- Los Angeles
- Milwaukee
- Denver
- Cleveland
- San Jose
- Dallas
- Houston
- San Diego
- San Antonio
- Kansas City
- Austin
- Sacramento
- Las Vegas
- Columbus
- Raleigh
Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead | Technology Review
Ever wondered if you could control your house’s climate, security, and appliances — along with your PCs and peripherals — using Microsoft software? That day may soon dawn, as its Research arm has started testing its home automation software, called HomeOS, in twelve domiciles over the past few months. The budding system views smartphones, printers and air conditioners as network peripherals, controlled by a dedicated gateway computer. The project even has a handful of apps in play, which perform functions like energy monitoring, remote surveillance and face-recognition. This growing list of applications, available through a portal called “HomeStore”, will allow users to easily expand their system’s capabilities. So how does it all work out in the real world? Head past the break, and let Redmond’s research team give you the skinny.
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You might only notice your local sanitation workers if your trash doesn’t get hauled away on time. But a photography project by garbage collectors in Hamburg, Germany will have you seeing the people who empty your dumpster every week in a different light. The aptly named Trashcam Project started in March after a group of workers-cum-amateur photographers teamed up with a local creative agency and got some pointers from a professional. Now they’re documenting the city they help keep clean by turning dumpsters into gigantic pinhole cameras.
