Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever
In February, the city of Toronto announced plans for a new development along its waterfront. They read like a wish
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Smart cities
How bike parking pods could make US cities better for cyclists
In 2015, Brooklyn resident Shabazz Stuart regularly biked to his job at a local business improvement district. Then his bicycle
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We need smarter cities, not “smart cities”
The term “smart cities” originated as a marketing strategy for large IT vendors. It has now become synonymous with urban
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The smart city is a perpetually unrealized utopia
In 1959, in a short essay called “The Great Game to Come,” a little-known Dutch visual artist named Constant Nieuwenhuys
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The Download: Marseille’s surveillance fightback, and the endless AI sentience debate
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
Read more Marseille’s battle against the surveillance state
Heading toward Marseille’s central train station, Eda Nano points out what looks like a streetlamp on the Rue des Abeilles. Its
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The Download: Driverless cars’ AI plan, and stretching cells with a robotic shoulder
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
Read more The big new idea for making self-driving cars that can go anywhere
Four years ago, Alex Kendall sat in a car on a small road in the British countryside and took his
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