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05Feb
Rip. Mix. Build. Digitale disruptie & de stad
Digitale platforms maken in toenemende mate nieuwe maatschappelijke concepten mogelijk die effect gaan hebben alle aspecten van de stad; van op de manier waarop we winkelen, werken, onderwijs volgen als ook hoe we energie en mobiliteit organiseren. Het is juist de combinatie van technologische en sociale innovatie die digitale platformen... -
14Sep
The digital city is continuously growing
12 September 1969: a team of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) is the first to connect two machines with ARPAnet: one on UCLA and one on the Stanford-university in Palo Alto. Few people know that’s the day the internet was invented. Almost 50 years ago. But it…
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27Jul
Smart Mobility: Disruption on three levels
The city challenged Due to advancements in ICT, such as Big Data and the Internet of Things, the rate of technological improvement is exponentially accelerating. As a result of ‘Moore’s Law’, the impact of ICT on society in general –including urbanism- is also expected to increase in an exponential manner,…
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22Jul
The definition of ”smart”
A blog on what ‘smart’ is. Exploring smartness is inevitable as concepts like ‘smart city’ take hold, as panacea it often seems. The more we know the easier it is to find the right approach to what currently seem intractable problems. Such is the assumption. In this atmosphere wisely defining…
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20Jul
Five trends in smarter cities in the Netherlands
Recently a magazine asked me to name my personal five trends in smarter cities. Though there are many more, a number of trends came to me immediately – based on what I’ve seen at the recent Smart City Event in the Amsterdam Arena, and the Smartest-City-of-Holland-election (where I performed as…
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30Jun
The exponential city: ‘just push update’
Looking at the large new and successful players in the digital economy, such as Uber and Airbnb, it is not so much their new technology that changes the game, but moreover the ability to connect supply and demand using these technologies: digital platforms. Starting as a trade market for goods…
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22Jun
Smart Cities, Smart Destiny
5 years ago Amsterdam launched an event dedicated to Smart Cities. The theme was starting to blossom in big cities and none wanted to be left out. I have participated in four of the five Smart City Event editions, becoming a regular collaborator in the blog and platform that was…
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30Apr
Peter White: “We need holistic solutions for cities, developed and delivered through collaboration”
Peter White is Chief Operating Officer for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). He is one of the keynote speakers at the Smart City Event 2015 in Amsterdam. In this interview we talked about his view on smarter cities and the recent projects of the WBCSD. What is…
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