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A geolocalized and speaking tourist guide

A geolocalized and speaking tourist guide

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By Elsa Sidawy | 09.03.10

iPhone applications are gaining ground, especially in the very competitive tourist field, in which any new idea to make a difference constitutes a sizeable advantage. AudioGuidia is one of these intuitive and fun guides the popularity of which should increase thanks to the richness of its content, which is drawn from Wikipedia.


New York transforms an abandoned raised railway track into a green walkway

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by Elsa Sidawy | 09.01.10

Inaugurated in June 2009 the “High Line” is a planted promenade built on a former railroad track on Manhattan’s west side, evocative of Paris’ “Coulée Verte.” It’s a project that invites us to think again about the place of nature in our cities.

Phoning, writing messages, tweeting and walking without risk

Phoning, writing messages, tweeting and walking without risk

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The Fix City | 08.31.10 | Quick Read

In the United States, lack of attention while driving has become the first cause of accidents on the road and 30% of them happen as car drivers are talking or sending messages through their cell phones. Less known are the estimations concerning pedestrians. Crafty ones found a solution by creating applications to protect people who cannot lift their noses from their screens.

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Locast updates the travel experience with a new vision of augmented reality

Locast updates the travel experience with a new vision of augmented reality

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by Elsa Sidawy | 08.30.10

The project Locast Travel from the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Mobile Experience Lab is advancing augmented reality and the tourism experience by helping travelers plan their itinerary according to their interests, and making them both producers and consumers of content.

Service Lab: where people imagine and design the services of tomorrow

Service Lab: where people imagine and design the services of tomorrow

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by Matthew Marino | 08.28.10

Service Lab is an online application conceived by the agency USER STUDIO that enables residents of Hauts-de-Garonne to design services for their territory. Introduced last July in Marseille at the LIFT conference France 2010, the application is part of an extensive program of urban renewal and social enterprise undertaken by four cities on the right bank of Bordeaux.

Tatami used to revegetate slopes in Japan

Tatami used to revegetate slopes in Japan

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Bulletins électroniques | 08.27.10 | Quick Read

The Japanese public works company Taisei has developed an innovative process to revegetate slopes that are susceptible to landslides during rains. The use of old tatami mats both maintains the terrain while vegetation is first developing, and reduces pollution caused from the incineration of tatami mats used to cover the floor of most Nippon homes.

The GPS Navibus is making waves in public transport

The GPS Navibus is making waves in public transport

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by Elsa Sidawy | 08.23.10

Navibus is the first information system adapted to public transport systems. Withstanding daily commutes; users of public transport are often disoriented when linking different modes of transportation during a single trip. Buses, subways, trams, trains, and coaches can now be equipped with this system helping travelers manage their time and their connections with less stress.

Chicago’s Book Bike gives wings to literature

Chicago’s Book Bike gives wings to literature

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by Elsa Sidawy | 08.21.10

The mobile library was born thanks to the initiative of a passionate lover of literature. Gabriel Levinson is not quite an angel, but he’s considered in Chicago to be a sort of messiah, who guarantees, in part, the sustainability of neighborhood bookshops with his cheery Bike Book.

Secrets of the London borough of Southwark up for discovery

Secrets of the London borough of Southwark up for discovery

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by Elsa Sidawy | 08.20.10

Southwark lovers have uncovered some juicy stories to amuse visitors passing through this part of London along the Thames. During London’s Festival of Architecture, Southwark was peppered with funny yellow signs telling visitors with phones connected to the Internet the neighborhood’s most interesting anecdotes.

An assistance service to encourage people in difficulty to be more independent

An assistance service to encourage people in difficulty to be more independent

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by Elsa Sidawy | 08.18.10

When hurtling down the stairs in order to catch the metro, we often wonder how persons in difficulty manage to merely get around in the public transport network maze. In the Paris region, an association called Les Compagnons du voyage helps these persons go from one place to another. This support is above all meant to encourage them to become independent in the whole transport network.

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A poetic exhibition looks at the city’s place in comic strips

Paris’ ever-smart Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine is offering visitors a chance to discover comic strips from an original and often neglected angle in their exhibition ” Archi et BD, la ville dessinée”, (Architecture and Comics, the drawn city) until November 28th, 2010.

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September 16 & 17
11th edition of national meetings for prevention and management regional waste's, France.

September 17 & 18
Parking Day, World.

21 to 24 September
InnoTrans, Berlin, Germany.

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