Random Hacks of Kindness, Courtesy of the World Bank
Next week the World Bank is teaming up with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and NASA to put on their first Random Hacks of Kindness Hackathon, a 3 day programming marathon which aims to develop software solutions for the challenges associated with natural disasters; 150 Programmers will work with disaster relief experts to identify problems and possible [...]
Recap: Thoughts on Mobility from Dominique Laousse, INTA33, Koahsiung, Taiwan
Dominique Laousse held court at during his master class on perspectives in sustainable transport on the first day of INTA’s 4 day conference in Taiwan, unleashing a spirited 90 minute monologue on emotional mobility and intelligent transportation that remains a highpoint of the conference: an admittedly unscientific poll showed that for many INTA33 attendees, Laousse’s [...]
More Garbage Collection
Here’s an addendum to the previous trash post, take a look at this paper co-authored by Hai-Lang Yang of Iowa State University and Robert Innes of the University of Arizona in the Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics in 2007—-In an accessible manner, the paper gets at three of the policies that have driven Taiwan’s [...]
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.
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