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Sustainable cities: embracing density. Sustainable cities: embracing density By Amy Huva January 27, 2012 Centre lane in Melbourne near one of Amy's favourite cafes I am a city girl, through and through. I love big cities; the skyscrapers, the way a city is lit up at night, the convenience of things never closing, and having a great fascinating mass of humanity right on my doorstep. Some of my favourite places in the world are big cities, and I’d move to New York in a heartbeat if someone offered me a job there. When I lived in Canberra (pop. 350,000), one of my favourite things to do when visiting ‘big city’ Melbourne (pop. 4million) was to go down Centre Lane on a busy lunchtime weekday to get a latte and focaccia, and just be surrounded by all the hustle and the bustle and the noise.
More than 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050 according to the UN. Inspiration courtesy of Ikea Further reading : Richard Florida, Who’s your City? Also from Carbon Talks. Electric bus picks up passengers… and energy. Electric bus picks up passengers… and energy By Dominic Thiffault April 08, 2013 Last November, Utah State University in partnership with WAVE™, a U.S. based technology spin off, showcased the first electric bus with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology in North America. Three months later, Bombardier Transport announced a partnership with the German City of Mannheim and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for the 2014 rollout of this technology within the public transit system. The application of WPT technology on electric buses mixes an understanding of Nikola Tesla’s principle of induction with advanced engineering.
The technology itself is more than a hundred years old, as Bosnian-born American scientist and investor, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), understood and conducted a series of experiments in 1888 involving electromagnetic radiation, a process called “electric resonance” by today’s engineers. Induction plates, or pads, must be added to bus stops as well as under the vehicle. 'B' the flying car by B. B is a revolutionary new remote controlled hybrid car-helicopter with a patent pending design. It is capable of driving across difficult terrain using its large rear drive wheels and when the obstacles become too big, simply take-off and fly over them. B is a toy that provides an extraordinary experience. B is virtually unstoppable, capable of transitioning between ground and air allowing the development of tricks otherwise impossible to achieve.
Due to its large wheel diameter of 210 mm it achieves outstanding performance in difficult terrain. On flat surfaces B reaches high speeds. Vertical take-off and landing.Able to transition on the move between driving, flying and back again.Up to 15 minutes of action on a single charge.HD (1280 x 720 px) camera on-board with recording capability. The combination of the design and material selection creates a solid construction that is capable of surviving the worst of landings. The wheels naturally guard the blades around them.
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