We had the chance to speak with Jane Hillston, Professor of Quantitative Modeling in the School of Informatics at the[…]
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Vienna-Bratislava Hyperloop will be protected by the no longer fictional Vibranium
There is no shortage of research teams and start-ups that are heavily involved in Hyperloop, the concept of engineer and business magnate Elon Musk, that is set on connecting Bratislava and Vienna via a tube, transporting passengers on the 70km track in eight minutes…
Read moreSerious games in sustainable urban development – Part 1
Concepts of sustainable urban development, “smart city” and civic engagement are becoming more and more popular among researchers and people[…]
Read moreMIT researchers are monitoring a city's worth of human waste in the name of urban health
It isn’t glamorous, but these robots could be the future of public health management. Meet Mario and Luigi, the plumber probes developed by researchers at the MIT Senseable City Lab, who are currently wading through the sewage of the city of Cambridge, MA, monitoring the health of local citizens at an unprecedented level…
Read moreExternal sensors and shared data are vital for autonomous vehicles
In the time when automotive industry seems to be the center of attention, we took the great opportunity and talked[…]
Read more7.8 tons of autonomous grain collecting action
Matt Reimer makes his money farming fields in Southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The main commodity in this part of the World is grain. Besides the person driving the combine harvester, there is a position which requires even more relentlessness. There is always a person who drives a tractor next to the harvester, collecting the…
Read moreWhat is the future of systematic and citizen-focused Smart City solutions?
Edit: IISSC has been moved to 2017, and dates in the article have been changed accordingly. We talked with Marco Zappatore,[…]
Read moreInternet access alone doesn't make a city 'smart'
Edit: IISSC has been moved to 2017, and dates in the article have been changed accordingly. We had the pleasure[…]
Read moreAccessible infrared tech from MIT defies limitations
Infrared (IR) sensing – technology at the forefront of motion and heat detection has seen great success in the commercial market. A wide range of applications for home-entertainment, healthcare equipment, temperature sensing for air conditioning, all the way to autonomous personal vehicles…
Read moreProf. Lenort, SustainableMoG 2015: ‘We'd like to start a discussion’
As someone who has worked on a number of scientific and research projects, as well as industrial business projects, Prof.[…]
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