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Resurgent phoenix Mr. Robinson, I really enjoyed this post. It is very promising to know that techniques are being developed and enhanced to allow paralyzed people to walk again. The uses for brain sensitive...
Davedgreat2000 I love this article and the video was pretty good as well. Every month i receive my power bill, and along with that bill i receive another letter telling me how I am doing in my energy use compared...
Susan Leach I had the same reaction, Nicole. It reminded me of a condo complex where I once lived in Boston where heat and hot water were included in the condo fee, so whether you kept your home at 60 or 80...
Rick Robinson Hi Nicole, I'm glad to have raised a smile! It was certainly an unexpected result, and a reminder to think deeply rather than to expect the same idea to play out the same way in every context. In...
Lesthertod Hi Rick, thank you for replying. I think we are on the same line, everyone should aim to build/design technology focused into how people interact and live instead of looking for just aesthetics...
Nicole Ferraro Rick - A great and provocative post. This part surprised and amused me: "But in the other case, people who observed that they were using fewer resources than their neighbours started using more --...
Rick Robinson Hi, Thankyou for your comment, and I'm glad you liked the article! There seem to be a number of initiatives applying "open" principles to city design at the moment - from co-creative dialogue,...
Rick Robinson Hi Mary, Thankyou for your comments; I agree with your point about social media; as a technology, it's a great tool for enabling conversations between people, communities and enterprises of any...
Lesthertod Thank you Rick for such a great reading. Definitely we need more culture and civical formation in order to improve our cities and form better ones. A while ago we commented about Communities, and...
Peter_Newton Interesting post, there are great emerging opportunities through technology, which we will hopefully use for improved ethical and sustainable lives! I was seeing the growing ideas around 'the commons'...
arv Rick, Thanks for the post and really fascinated to know about the Emotiv headset that you showcased... There is another technology that i think is really helpful for the cities, where the...
Mary Jander One thing I would like to add: Your emphasis on improving life ethically with technology is well taken, Rick. I think we run a risk of becoming enamored of what technology can do instead of how it...
Mary Jander Great blog, Rick, which resonates with the idea of social networking. Here's how: Today's businesses are seeing that instead of dictating to customers, they must listen and engage with them, and...
Mary Jander Great information, @GaryC. To your point: "The Google project rallied support across the country with facebook pages, community meetings, and public/private partnership discussions. What happened...
GaryC Davedgreat2000: Good point. In today's economic climateand reduced public sector budgets, cuts should prompt large and small cities to seek operational efficiencies that often require...
Davedgreat2000 @Gary, i believe the small towns would benefit from the gigabit ethernet for education and government services more so than large cities simply because some services are not available or very limited....
GaryC Yes, and even nicer with Gigabit broadband! I recently talked to an IT Director of a California city planning on launching their network. They affectionately claim to have almost more cows than...
James@SanDiego Gary, these are both nice towns and great neighboorhoods as well. Lafayette is just a nice little country burg, good folks down there, lots of gators and cottonmouths and agriculture. ...
James@SanDiego Gary, these are both nice towns and great neighboorhoods as well. Lafayette is just a nice little country burg, good folks down there, lots of gators and cottonmouths and agriculture. ...
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3/15/2013
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Gary Carter, Broadband Program Administrator, City of Santa Monica, Calif.
2/18/2013
Warning: If your city already missed the Gigabit Network boat, it is also missing the next-generation apps leaving port right now.
Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
1/15/2013
The same rituals define each new workday: Turn on the computer, get a drink, gripe about rude commuters. But how about popping a pill to make your brain work better?
Sarah Townsend, Professional & Legal Editor, Property Week
1/11/2013
Remember Sim City? The genre-defying computer programme that allowed players to design and build (and then destroy) their own virtual cities?
Richard Saul Wurman, Creator of the TED Conference
12/12/2012
Without a defined area within which you collect information, it's impossible to compare one city to the next.
Nicole Ferraro, Editor in Chief, Future Cities
12/4/2012
Gathered at a Westin hotel in Times Square on Tuesday afternoon, a group of city experts were charged with answering the unanswerable: What's the secret to creating the "best" city?
Sarah Townsend, Professional & Legal Editor, Property Week
12/4/2012
Peter Rees, city planning officer for the City of London Corporation, was reluctant to talk to me about the concept of smart cities -- technology is not his thing, he said.
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Resurgent phoenix Mr. Robinson, I really enjoyed this post. It is very promising to know that techniques are being developed and enhanced to allow paralyzed people to walk again. The uses for brain sensitive...
Davedgreat2000 I love this article and the video was pretty good as well. Every month i receive my power bill, and along with that bill i receive another letter telling me how I am doing in my energy use compared...
Susan Leach I had the same reaction, Nicole. It reminded me of a condo complex where I once lived in Boston where heat and hot water were included in the condo fee, so whether you kept your home at 60 or 80...
Rick Robinson Hi Nicole, I'm glad to have raised a smile! It was certainly an unexpected result, and a reminder to think deeply rather than to expect the same idea to play out the same way in every context. In...
Lesthertod Hi Rick, thank you for replying. I think we are on the same line, everyone should aim to build/design technology focused into how people interact and live instead of looking for just aesthetics...
Nicole Ferraro Rick - A great and provocative post. This part surprised and amused me: "But in the other case, people who observed that they were using fewer resources than their neighbours started using more --...
Rick Robinson Hi, Thankyou for your comment, and I'm glad you liked the article! There seem to be a number of initiatives applying "open" principles to city design at the moment - from co-creative dialogue,...
Rick Robinson Hi Mary, Thankyou for your comments; I agree with your point about social media; as a technology, it's a great tool for enabling conversations between people, communities and enterprises of any...
Lesthertod Thank you Rick for such a great reading. Definitely we need more culture and civical formation in order to improve our cities and form better ones. A while ago we commented about Communities, and...
Peter_Newton Interesting post, there are great emerging opportunities through technology, which we will hopefully use for improved ethical and sustainable lives! I was seeing the growing ideas around 'the commons'...
arv Rick, Thanks for the post and really fascinated to know about the Emotiv headset that you showcased... There is another technology that i think is really helpful for the cities, where the...
Mary Jander One thing I would like to add: Your emphasis on improving life ethically with technology is well taken, Rick. I think we run a risk of becoming enamored of what technology can do instead of how it...
Mary Jander Great blog, Rick, which resonates with the idea of social networking. Here's how: Today's businesses are seeing that instead of dictating to customers, they must listen and engage with them, and...
Mary Jander Great information, @GaryC. To your point: "The Google project rallied support across the country with facebook pages, community meetings, and public/private partnership discussions. What happened...
GaryC Davedgreat2000: Good point. In today's economic climateand reduced public sector budgets, cuts should prompt large and small cities to seek operational efficiencies that often require...
Davedgreat2000 @Gary, i believe the small towns would benefit from the gigabit ethernet for education and government services more so than large cities simply because some services are not available or very limited....
GaryC Yes, and even nicer with Gigabit broadband! I recently talked to an IT Director of a California city planning on launching their network. They affectionately claim to have almost more cows than...
James@SanDiego Gary, these are both nice towns and great neighboorhoods as well. Lafayette is just a nice little country burg, good folks down there, lots of gators and cottonmouths and agriculture. ...
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