Edge Foundation, Inc., was established in 1988 as an outgrowth of a group known as The Reality Club. Its informal membership includes of some of the most interesting minds in the world. The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.
The real-time city is now real! The increasing deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics in recent years is allowing a new approach to the study of the built environment.
- http://senseable.mit.edu/obama/data_analysis.html
- http://senseable.mit.edu/realtimerome/
- http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/
- http://www.mamartino.com/
- http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ratti-smartest-cities-use-people-as-sensors Bilder:
- http://www.maind.supsi.ch/maindzine/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fig-3.jpg
- http://flowingcity.com/wp-content/uploads/madonna-color-630x472.jpg
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Supercomputer predicts revolution:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14841018
Kehrt, Christian: Neue Technologien in der Gesellschaft. Akteure, Erwartungen, Kontroversen und Konjunkturen. Bielefeld: Transcript-Verl 2011 (Science studies).
In den kommenden zehn Jahren wird sich der Verkehr in den Großstädten einer Studie zufolge radikal verändern. Vor allem die Fortbewegung ganz ohne Motor wird demnach boomen.
Die wirtschaftlichen Schäden der Klimakrise sind höher als gedacht, sagt Ottmar Edenhofer. Der Direktor des Potsdam-Instituts sagt, was ihm dennoch Hoffnung macht. Und warum er meditiert.