Archive | April 18, 2018

8 Cities That Show You What the Future Will Look Like | WIRED

April 18, 2018

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From Shanghai to Nairobi, designers, architects, and planners are using advanced materials, smart science, and big data to make cities better than ever.

Source: 8 Cities That Show You What the Future Will Look Like | WIRED

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The truth about smart cities: ‘In the end, they will destroy democracy’ | Cities | The Guardian

April 18, 2018

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The smart city is, to many urban thinkers, just a buzzphrase that has outlived its usefulness: ‘the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people’. So why did that happen – and what’s coming in its place, asks Steven Poole

Source: The truth about smart cities: ‘In the end, they will destroy democracy’ | Cities | The Guardian

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