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Showing posts with label CITIES. Show all posts
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Saturday, 25 April 2015

The world's most innovative cities in pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/apr/23/modern-cities-panos-photography-futureofcities-exhibition-in-pictures 

Singapore: These ‘supertrees’ dominate the ‘Gardens by the Bay’ landscape, at heights of up to 50 metres. They are fitted with environmental technologies that mimic the ecological function of trees.<strong>Tokyo, Japan</strong> A monk prays at the Banshoji temple where, on the third floor, there is a room called the Suishoden. In this hall, blue LEDs illuminate 2,000 small glass cinerariums, each containing a box holding the ashes of a deceased person. Each is decorated with an image of the Buddha. A visitor uses an electronic identity card at the entrance and the appropriate urn lights up in goldMumbai, India An aerial view over Dhobighat, the open air area where the city’s laundry is washedMedellín, Colombia A street scene near the Santo Domingo metro-cable in Comuna 1
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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Are robots the key to stopping congestion?

The fast growing city- Kinshasa in Congo DR Africa, has a novel way to control traffic and help reduce congestion which is increasing. 


An 8-foot-tall humanoid traffic robot equipped with a rotating chest and video cameras controls and monitors traffic on a busy road in Kinshasa. These photographs form part of the <a href="http://imagingambassadors.sony.net/futureofcities/about">#FutureofCities</a> campaign, a social documentary initiative run by Sony’s Global Imaging AmbassadorsThe robots are intended to blend the functions of traffic lights with human traffic police officers, to control and monitor traffic flow. After introducing two humanoids in 2013, three new and improved robots were installed in the city last week, costing $27,500 (£18,400) each

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Kabul- soon to be megacity-

Kabul; the world's 5th fastest growing city- 

Afghan shoppers throng the Mandave market area in downtown Kabul.The edges of Kabul are spreading ever outwards.

A boy helps make bricks for new apartment blocks next to Aria City, a gated high-end residential complex.
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