M.I.T.

Open-Source Software for Cities

M.I.T. has developed a new open-source ArcGIS toolbox that they say will illustrate how a cities' spatial layout affects the way people will live in it.

September 8, 2011 - Fast Company

Considering the Tiny Car

February 7, 2011 - Emily Laetz

Tracking Trash with M.I.T.

M.I.T.'s Senseable City Laboratory launched a project to track the journey of garbage and recyclables, using small electronic sensors, in Seattle and New York City, in part to highlight the high cost of waste to the environment and cities.

September 18, 2009 - The New York Times

Redesigning Nature to Clean Up Our Messes

A landscape architect from M.I.T. is proposing to create a whole new ecosystem to address water pollution problems in Italy.

September 23, 2008 - The New York Times

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