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Video: Groningen, a city of cyclists
In the Dutch city of Groningen, more than 50% of the population, up to 60% in the center, move by bike.
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The EU needs to strengthen its R&D performance
The document Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU 2016: A contribution to the Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World agenda, published last March by the European Commission, concludes, after analyzing the performance of the 28 EU countries in research and innovation, that Europe must better capitalize on the results of its…
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Windows that produce electricity
In 2014, researchers at the University of Michigan they created the first solar panels that are 100% transparent to the human eye, an innovation designed both to transform buildings and skyscrapers into power plants, and to self-supply smartphones and tablets through their screens. The problem they presented for marketing was their low conversion efficiency (1%)…
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It is possible to grow and reduce CO2 emissions
On the path towards sustainable models of economic activity, there is a debate about whether climate stabilization can grow the economy, and some still doubt whether climate stabilization can coexist with growth. Data shared by the World Resources Institute show that economic growth does not necessarily imply an increase in CO2 emissions. Globally, CO2 emissions…
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Japan to test fingerprint payment
Neither cash, nor cards, nor contactless payment with the mobile. Tourists going to Japan this summer will be able to purchase products and services using only their fingerprints. This is the pilot test that the Japanese government is going to launch, according to The Japan Times, with the idea of facilitating tourism by making it…
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Video: The design of the everyday
Don Norman suggested that if the use of something everyday is so complicated as to require instructions, it is not designed correctly. This Vox Magazine video explains it.
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Developing solutions to store renewable energy
A few days ago we talked about how a study in Frankfurt School pointed out the need to adapt the electricity grid to renewable energy sources: the variability in production makes it necessary to develop solutions to store excess energy generated and to be able to provide energy when the wind does not blow or…
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The threat of climate change on the world economy
Climate change could wipe out €2.18 trillion worth of financial assets. This is the estimate of the study carried out by professors from the London School of Economics whose results have been published in the journal Nature. In the worst scenario contemplated by the model, the loss would skyrocket to 21 trillion euros, which is…
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Public space loses weight in expanding cities
Public spaces have less and less weight in cities that are expanding, according to the UN Habitat agency alerted in its Thematic Meeting on Public Spaces, which took place this week at the University of Barcelona, as reported by The Country. Something worrying, considering that it is estimated that in 2050 the urban population will…
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Video: Parking vs. well-being in the city
Giving priority to cars and creating parking lots has created a hostile environment for pedestrians in the city, as this video from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy produced by Streetfilms shows.