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Will Robots Build Your Next Project?

A brick wall is being built on a traffic island in New York without human hands. The robot doing the work is a brainchild of two architects as an illustration of 'digital materiality'.
29 October 2009 - 5:00am
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How Cities Grow Like Brains

Interconnectedness is just as important to brains as it is to cities, according to researchers who've just released a study about the organizational similarities between cities and brains.
24 September 2009 - 6:00am
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The Mathematics of Traffic

A study from MIT's Department of Mathematics provides new means of understanding how traffic jams form.
16 June 2009 - 2:00pm
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Friday Funny: Rats Prefer Manhattan

Rats choose Manhattan because if its logical street grid, according to new research by a team of zoologists and geographers at Tel Aviv University, who are using rats to test wayfinding in cities.
16 January 2009 - 2:00pm
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Unprecedented Urbanization

A new global map released by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre reveals that 95% of the world's population lives on 10% of the land.
23 December 2008 - 11:00am
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Mapmaking For The Masses

In an academic journal article, noted geographer Michael Goodchild argues that user-generated content can profoundly impact Geographic Information Systems.
2 January 2008 - 10:00am
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A Virtual Stroll Through Ancient Rome?

The public debut of the largest historic city simulation offers an eye-opening example of urban virtualization technology.
12 June 2007 - 1:00pm
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