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How computer-aided design (CAD) changed manufacturing, architecture and engineering.

This slideshow from Wired shows some examples of temporary, quick-build housing that can be used in post-disaster situations.

This four-part blog from Wired gives a nuts-and-bolts look at bus rapid transit, using examples of planned systems, successful systems, and troubled systems.

As carbon trading systems gain notoriety as successful methods of protecting those natural resources that are good at sequestering the harmful emission, some see a bright future for similar cap-and-trade systems to preserve nature for its benefits.

The car of the future may not come from Detroit but from NASA, MIT's Media Lab or Silicon Valley.

Tokyo is rapidly developing -- and redeveloping. One of the unique characteristics about the city is the temporal nature of its buildings and spaces, which are often replaced after very short lives with new visions of the city's future.

New EPA rules force manufacturers to lower fuel efficiency claims of most hybrid cars.

Dongtan, a master-planned Chinese city, is set to chart a "smarter path" for growth and remedying China's environmental crisis.

A designer in Munich has debuted what may be the smallest all-inclusive homes in the world. At just 76 square feet, the tiny cubes come complete with two double beds, table seating for five, a kitchen, storage space, a toilet, and a shower.

Wired presents this slideshow of some of the extravagant and futuristic buildings planned for Dubai.

Mass production and prefabrication have revolutionized the manufacturing of cars, planes and ships -- now a number of pioneering builders and architects are applying these technologies to the housing industry.

Google plans to turn barren parking into a source for clean energy.

A photo essay illustrates how architects and planners are using inexpensive light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to transform urban skylines.

Global warming is expected to impact businesses and global markets. For investors, climate change is no longer just about the environmenta; it is a fundamental financial and economic issue.

Lior Hessel, CEO of OrganiTech, has a vision to turn empty storage containers into high-rise organic farms.

In Lyon, France, an ambitious new public transportation program uses pedal power instead of gas.

Jared Diamond, author of the controversial book and PBS series Guns, Germs, and Steel talks about how geography and the environment have influenced the rise and fall of civilizations.

Using capitalism and latest technologies, a new system combines toll roads with free lanes.

New services enable Internet users to "hyperlink" the real world.

Spray-on mud helps urban drivers give the impression that they have been driving through rugged wilderness in their luxury SUV.