“Excuse me, where is the toilet?”

By On 31/08/2011 · Leave a Comment

 

Some week ago, i signaled the short-lived attempts of crowd-mapping illegal waste dumps in Naples, Italy: it was an example of how political and media hype does not necessarily help in raising the environmental awareness of a community. Instead, individual commitment can do much more. It is shown by two projects carried on […]

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Beware the aware

By On 22/08/2011 · Leave a Comment

It is traditionally believed that a more informed population about the risks of a pandemics is the best weapon against the contagion. Well, it turns out that is not always the case. A new research paper appearing on Scientific Report shows that well-informed travelers, avoiding regions with the highest rates of infection, actually help […]

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From intelligent to smart

By On 18/08/2011 · Leave a Comment

From the URENIO webpage:

Intelligent Buildings International (a journal of Taylor & Francis) just published the Special Issue “From Intelligent to Smart Cities” edited by Mark Deakin and Husam Al Waer. The issue includes an Editorial and five papers offering a coherent and critical view about current developments in the field of intelligent […]

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Too late, Mr Cameron

By On 16/08/2011 · 1 Comment

 

Despite David Cameron protests, social networks have played multiple roles in the whole UK riot story. For example, crowdmaps have been created to gather real-time information about ongoing events and help the post-riot cleanup. Blogs too have helped the communities for transportation and street cleaning. Even the Met Police had created a Flickr webpage […]

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Crowdmapping the waste piles

By On 26/07/2011 · 1 Comment

The waste management crisis in Naples, Italy, is peaking again. About two thousands tons of waste lie in the streets, since landfills are overfilled and nobody knows where to put the mixed solid waste of a two-million people urban area. Waste piles are often set on fire, putting the citizens’ and the environment’s health at […]

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