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Sep. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

SFU President's Faculty Lecture Series: Big Data – Sep 30

Connecting Big Data with Many People . “Big Data” is one of today’s greatest challenges, and at the same time…
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Sep. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 31: The Diagonal (6) – 22@BCN

What is 22@ ? First of all, 22@ is a bit of a visual joke.  “22a” was the zoning designation…
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Aug. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Symbol and Reality

Two items that came in within an hour of each other:. Ken Ohrn: A photo used to illustrate an analysis…
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Aug. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

Automation: "So it goes with autos, so it goes for everything"

So says CGP Grey about the impact of automation on employment in “Humans Need Not Apply – a discussion not…
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Aug. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: The 20-Minute City

Keep this in mind when the referendum debate turns to economic competitiveness. The tech sector means 80,000 jobs for B.C.…
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Aug. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Annals of Transit 16: Searches … Priorities … and a Sign

An occasional update on items from the Transit City. ______________________________________________________________ . AN APP FOR THAT: BUSTRIPPING From the New York…
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Aug. 07, 2014 / Gordon Price

Transportation Heaven in Helsinki

From The Guardian: Helsinki aims to transcend conventional public transport by allowing people to purchase mobility in real time, straight…
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Jul. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Sharing City: The Skeptical View

Hilary Henegar links to Shareable.net founder Neal Gorenflo on why cities should reject Uber, as Seoul has: This past Monday…
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Jun. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The End of the Private Vehicle?

Maybe for many of us – or at least Farhad Manjoo thinks so, here. . With a near record-setting investment…
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Jun. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Assisted Trucking: If it works for bicycles …

So here we go: autonomous-vehicle technology is starting to roll out – in this case for peloton trucking.   . From Popular…
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May. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

“Vancouver, the New Tech Hub” – and Why

Both Peter Cox and Ken Ohrn sent me links to this from BloombergBusinessweek: . In addition to great views in…
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May. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Studies in Optimism: An Australian Lesson

While we’re making observations in Australia, here’s another one from The Conversation, the blog of Mike Sandiford – Director, Melbourne Energy…
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May. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Fly Your Saucer to Work Week – 1965

Is this the greatest blooper of an overly optimistic age? . . Or as Brent Toderian noted in his tweet,…
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May. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

What happens when a Google car sees a cyclist?

This is what happens: . . To see video, click here for “The First Look at How Google’s Self-Driving Car…

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