Quantifying cities’ emotional effects A new Web tool could help measure subjective impressions of urban environments, which may have consequences for social behaviors. Place Pulse via humanscalecities:
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stoweboyd: theatlantic: The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare? If college professors spent less time lecturing, would their students do better? A three-year study examining student performance in a “flipped classroom” — a class in which students watch short lecture videos at home and work on activities during class time — has found statistically significant gains in …
thisbigcity: That’s about the same as the population of Tallahassee every day. Got some other #citydata you’d like us to share? Let us know! In the meantime, check out the other posts in our #citydata series. Wow.
smartercities: MIT maps PV potential for Cambridge, MA | Green Futures Magazine A new 3D map covering 17,000 rooftops in Cambridge, Massachusetts, means communities can estimate the benefits of installing photovoltaic panels on a particular building at a glance. The Mapdwell Project, developed by MIT’s Sustainable Design Lab, combines Google satellite imagery with light detection …
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OK, this is taking a little longer than planned. I have comments back from half a dozen kind reviewers, and...they're sitting here staring at me while I try to keep the clients happy. Dang clients...no, wait...More as soon as I can. Stay tuned.....
Proposed term: ‘soylent infrastructure’; made predominantly from (hidden, concealed) people. Twitter / justinpickard (via new-aesthetic) Excellent.
wugs: slurivariv: theocproject: world-shaker: Phonebloks Don’t get me wrong, the new iPhones look interesting. But this is an excellent idea for the future of cellphones. (by Dave Hakkens) Completely agree with the OP. This is a very democratic, sustainable, and innovative path forward for cell phones. I hope such an idea can catch on. I …
Maybe it’s just in America, but it seems that if you’re passionate about something, it freaks people out. You’re considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are. Tim Burton (via jmaisonlilhouse) Best quote ever.
sunlightcities: Duncan Smith, a researcher at the London School of Economics, just launched a spell-binding visualization of population and employment density across British cities that turns otherwise dry government data on urban form into something akin to art. Read more at Atlantic Cities
3D printing: From dental braces to astronauts’ seats | The Economist
futuramb: dellarucker: futuramb: Far from spelling the end for traditional factories, it is being adopted by them and incorporated into existing processes to provide the best of both worlds. 3D-printed tools, jigs, moulds and dies allow production lines to be set up more quickly. Workers in BMW factories design and print custom tools to make …
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