Tag Archives: internet

3D Facade Projection In Amsterdam

Last Thursday, Samsung introduced a large-scale commercial 3D Outdoor projection at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, to promote their new 3D screen technology. The audience was able…

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Top-Level City Domains: The Next Big Thing?

Two things are happening. First, needless to say, the role of the Internet in daily life is only increasing. Second, the role of city regions as strategic nodes in the…

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Pachube For SketchUp: Designing Breathing Cities

Pachube, the online network for sharing of real-time data has come up with a plug-in for Google’s SketchUp. The plug-in connects the Internet of

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Architectural Ice Cream On Wheels

Yesterday NOTCOT talked about the Coolhaus Ice Cream Truck that dropped by during the Architizer launch party at the A+D Museum in…

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How The New York Times Illuminates The World

Does the Global Village have its own newspaper? Maybe the New York Times is, considering its international coverage. As one of the few of…

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Lock Your Bike With Your iPhone

Hi fellow Flying Dutchman, good news for us here. A new wheel makes it possible to lock your bike with your iPhone. The Copenhagen Wheel is…

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Cellophane Graffiti: Drawing On A Changing Wall

Last week we mentioned this Sealing the City project by Cedric Bernadotte. I don’t know whether this is a coincidence or not, but some days ago…

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Twitter Trends Localized

Twitter introduced a new way of communicating, but what’s more interesting, is its data openness. And it all gets even better when Twitter can be used to map…

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Can New Media Save the Environment?

Last week we entered our new office located in a villa that is part of the formal Shell laboratory in Amsterdam. As we wanted to have a better…

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Twitter’s Geodata Revolution and the Soft City

Two days ago Twitter platform developers announced to launch a new, revolutionary component in Twittersphere: location. A geodata team is working on an API that makes it possible to map…

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Waiting for the Bus Will Be Fun Now

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology have presented new futuristic bus stops called EyeStop. The EyeStop is entirely covered with touch sensitive E-ink and screens.…

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Turning Urban Nightlife Into a Game

The New York Times and Bright report about a new, free, smartphone application by Dennis Crowley called Foursquare. Foursquare seeks to turn…

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Sim City Meets Google Maps

The creator of this three-dimensional pixel map of Hong Kong has put big efforts into this fantastic artwork. The unknown artist entirely pixeled the city of Hong Kong…

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A Physical eBay in Rotterdam

Buying second hand stuff, especially at websites like eBay, has some disadvantages. For instance, you cannot try or feel the product you plan to buy beforehand. Albert Richters, a student at…

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Social Media Help Flowers Growing

Publicity Plant is a social interaction installation designed by Sander Veenhof. The installation lets plants grow through us writing about it on the Internet.…

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