June 2010
16 posts
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“The ambition, speed and scale of Chinese involvement in Africa is extraordinary....”
– Quote from article: Africa: China’s New Continent found at TIME Magazine Online
Jun 27th
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“We take the particular perspective that cities are systems of systems, and that...”
– Quote from MIT’s Smart Cities Initiative website at http://cities.media.mit.edu/
Jun 25th
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“We take the particular perspective that cities are systems of systems, and that...”
– Quote from MIT’s Smart Cities Initiative website at http://cities.media.mit.edu/
Jun 25th
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“The majority of the world’s population already lives in cities, and by...”
– Quote found at Nimble Cities: Help Slate improve urban transportation. - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine
Jun 24th
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“When we talk about making Madrid a Smarter City, we talk about making it smarter...”
– Quote by Jose Angel, an R&D Consultant at Anova IT Consulting.  Quote found at John Moore’s blog at the post  Collaborative solutions are slow in coming to Spain, help is on the way
Jun 17th
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Jun 17th
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“While looking for ways to collaborate more effectively with our suppliers,...”
– Quote by Maricel Cabahug, Chief Information Officer, Yaskawa Electric America. Quote found at Leaping With Faith Into Social Networking at infoBOOM!
Jun 17th
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Webinar by Jeremiah Owyang and John Lovett of the Altimeter Group found at Owyang’s blog “Web Strategy”
Jun 17th
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“With more than one trillion devices expected to be connected to the Internet by...”
– Quote from IBM Press Release:  IBM Delivers a New Level of Intelligence to the Expanding Mobile Business Market
Jun 17th
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“The implications to our society are enormous, and the ethical and practical...”
– Quote by Tom McKeag, president of BioDreamMachine on the blog post   Will Synthetic Biology Lead to Truly Living Buildings? Blog post found at GreenBiz.com
Jun 16th
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“All city drivers dread the routine: reach downtown destination, hunt desperately...”
– Source:  Car Talk - The Future of the City (via The Atlantic)
Jun 13th
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“The ‘smart city’ concept is gathering momentum. Smart systems are transforming...”
– Source:  Cities, Buildings are becoming smarter (at www.business-standard.com)
Jun 12th
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“A significant amount of research and product development is under way to advance...”
– Quote by Ian Friedland, technical director of Bridge and Structures Research and Development in the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Infrastructure Research and Development. (via Research Improving Sensor Technology for Bridges and Roadways)
Jun 10th
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“Sensors play an important role in interconnected systems and are critical to...”
– Quote by Charles Lickel, vice president for IBM Software Research via  IBM Research (Zurich) press release
Jun 9th
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“EWG rated big city (population over 250,000) water utilities based on three...”
– Source:  How Clean is City Water? View EWG’s Big City Water Ratings via Environmental Working Group
Jun 1st
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“Water utilities spend 19 times more on water treatment chemicals every year than...”
– Source: “Over 300 Pollutants in U.S. Tap Water” http://www.ewg.org/tap-water/home
Jun 1st