Having a Car does not mean Having Mobility
The historic technological advance in personal transportation has led us from two human-powered feet to four petroleum-powered wheels, with everything from bicycles, horses, and steam-driven trains in between. And, while at one point the departure from the use of horses in cities was actually a reprieve from poor environmental conditions (imagine tons of horse manure [...]
SoBi
“SoBi is the first public bike share system to rely entirely on wireless technology for tracking, locating and unlocking bikes,” reports Mashable. Share and Enjoy:
All City Art
Semaphore Mobile recently developed a new application, All City Art, essentially a handheld mobile guide to global street art. Addictive and accessible, the application is ripe for graffiti enthusiasts and the average voyeur alike. Easily tag and upload street art spots you find and discover new ones you haven’t seen yet. And, connect the dots. [...]
Conference Season: Takeaways from Conferences, Congresses and Seminars in Asia
For the last month, Living Labs Global has turned to conferences as an opportunity to engage new audiences, learn about the diversity of urban challenges and identify worthwhile solutions. Here is my top-five conference take-away of at times provocative and challenging statements. Share and Enjoy:
Nine Global Cities launch joint award for technologies to help millions of citizens and visitors
9 cities from Europe, Asia and the United States join forces with Living Labs Global in a challenge to find the innovative solutions to major societal problems by opening competition among international solution-, technology- and service providers. The 9 winners of the Living Labs Global Showcase Award will be invited to pilot their solutions in [...]
From ‘Hack the System’ to ‘Apps for Democracy’
Talk to anybody involved in public policy within municipal governments today and they are likely to talk in laudatory terms (perhaps tinged with envy) about Washington D.C.’s arguably brilliant Apps for Democracy Contest (APPS08). What exactly is the APPS08 initiative? Peter Corbett, the iStrategy Labs founder and CEO and the architect behind this initiative, gives [...]
UpNext Ups the Ante, NYC
It’s not often that you come across a mapping application that provides equal utility and pleasure in one package. This spring, UpNext managed to give us just that—-Launching the mobile mapping application inspired by its online 3-D map of NYC that made it’s debut over two years ago. In this user-friendly application, curious New York [...]
Competence Centre Konstanz – Living Lab Bodensee
Together with Euroland Projektierungen, Interlace-Invent is implementing the Competence Center Konstanz, a Third Generation Innovation Environment. As a waterfront development along the shores of the Seerhein in the centre of Konstanz the CCK will form Share and Enjoy:
mVisitors: Challenges and Opportunities in Mobile Tourism
As chair of the session on mVisitors, at Living Labs Forum Barcelona, May 30 2006, Session 2 I would like to provide a short review of the outcomes of the discussions attended on mVisitors and mTourists by representatives of 12 regions. The point of departure for the session was the fact that a tourist is: [...]
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