Carlo Ratti quotes

Cities are 2% of the earths crust, but they are 50% of the worlds population. (Carlo Ratti)
As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps. View quote
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Phone networks can capture life on our planet. View quote
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Some trash is recycled, some is thrown away, some ends up where it shouldn't end up. View quote
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The first autonomous cars date back to the late 20th century. But recent increases in sophistication and reductions in cost - reflected, for example, in cheap LIDAR systems, which can 'see' a street in 3D in a way similar to that of the human eye - are now bringing autonomous cars closer to the market. View quote
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Like a tracer running through the veins of the city, networks of air quality sensors attached to bikes can help measure an individual's exposure to pollution and draw a dynamic map of the urban air on a human scale, as in the case of the Copenhagen Wheel developed by new startup Superpedestrian. View quote
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