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A study released today finds that two out of three motorists speed on Brooklyn’s McGuinness Boulevard [ PDF ], a notorious Greenpoint thoroughfare where locals have for years called on the city to take action to prevent pedestrian and cyclist injuries and deaths.
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Researchers: Carlo Ratti (Director) , Assaf Biderman (Associate Director), Anwar Al-Khateeb, Afian Anwar, Eric Baczuk, Cressica Brazier, Rex Britter, Riccardo Campari, Leigh Christie, Andrea Corti, Pedro Cruz , Jennifer Dunnam, Filippo dal Fiore , Kael Greco, Kristian Kloeckl , David Lee , Nic Marchesi, Nashid Nabian , Till Nagel , Otto Ng , Walter Nicolino, Dietmar Offenhuber , Prudence Robinson, Markus Schlapfer, Stefan Seer, Oliver Senn, Anthony Vanky, Mark Yen
Chasing down one of the designers of the Peak 2 Peak gondola linkage for Whistler, we stumbled upon Ecosign. They have certainly carved a niche in ski resort planning, or what they call "mountain design." Obviously a misnomer, mountain design sounds inverse to what actually takes place in their design process. [...]
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swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research (td-award) We are working on a new application and selection procedure. The next Call for Applications will be announced in November 2012. You can get more information at the annual conference Conférence Suisse Inter- et Transdisciplinarité | Schweizer Tagung Inter- und Transdisziplinarität (June 22 in Sion) » read more
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In January of 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Caribbean nation of Haiti, causing the deaths of more than 200,000 people. The catastrophe heavily affected Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. A new report by foreign policy analyst Elizabeth Ferris discusses Port-au-Prince as a case study on how scholars and policy makers should help cities prepare for and deal with the aftermath of natural disasters.Nervous System
Nervous System is a generative design studio that works at the intersection of science, art, and technology.
AskNature is a database of biological information organized by the Biomimicry Taxonomy —a list of challenges that organisms face. By learning how organisms meet those challenges, we can learn how to solve our own design challenges. Explore . Visit a few strategy pages to get a feel for the site. A strategy is how an organism meets a particular functional challenge, and may inspire creative ideas for a related human design challenge.
Site Tutorial - AskNature - Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal: biomimetics, architecture, biology, innovation inspired by nature, industrial design
MIC - mobility in chain - home
The invited competition for Tirana Boulevard was the first collaboration between the Landscape/Architecture Rotterdam based West8 and MIC Mobility in ... read more... 2012 February - Ciudad Creativa Digital MIC was the transport consultant for the Ciudad Creativa Digital project in Guadalajara, Mexico, recently presented at the World Economic Forum Annua...