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New Cities Summit 2012 - A Glimpse into Future Cities
Prof. Carlo Ratti from the MIT's SENSEable City Lab takes a look at Future Cities during the New Cities Summit 2012
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5th Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA2012)
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A New Paradigm for Agriculture
Wes Jackson, Ph.D., President of The Land Institute. Salina, Kansas, talks about confronting the planetary challenges we face and making the necessary transition from an "extractive" economy to a "stable state economy" imitating natural systems: no topsoil disruption; no fossil-fuel inputs; no chemical pollution.
New Cities Summit 2012 - Urban Innovation: Ekobus
A case-study of the implementation of a brand new system that gives citizens real-time information about the location of public transit buses while also providing the city government with valuable data on air quality in Pancevo, Serbia.
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New Cities Summit 2012 - Urban Innovation: Waze
A demo and overview of a community-based traffic and navigation app that is all about contributing to the 'common good' out on the road. By connecting drivers to one another, Waze helps people work together to improve the quality of everyone's daily drives.
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Future of Farming: Prospero Robot Farmer
This is a short video that lays out the new concept of swarm farming and demonstrates the first phase with Prospero, the robot farmer.
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New Cities Summit 2012 - Urban Innovation: Isla Urbana
A low cost, easy-to-install rainwater harvesting system which is installed on individual households. The system creatively addresses the common problem of urban water shortages in Mexico City and is an example of urban ingenuity at its best.
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Future of Farming
It's a concept that could revolutionize conventional agriculture by drastically limiting the amount of water needed to create the perfect product. Traditional farmers need 75 gallons of water to raise just one head of lettuce. A new technique allows growers to use just a cup and a half to do the same thing.
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Africa Human Development Report 2012
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Kigalis bold vision for 2020
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