We have this condition where digital technology is becoming increasingly smaller and distributed in the environment. In a certain sense, this is the first time ever we can describe a city in real time. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
One of the ideas that was developed at MIT in a workshop was, imagine this pipe, and you've got valves, solenoid valves, taps, opening… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Googles traffic congestion maps. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
Like a tracer running through the veins of the city, networks of air quality sensors attached to bikes can help measure an individual's exposure… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
We have this condition where digital technology is becoming increasingly smaller and distributed in the environment. In a certain sense, this is the first… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
The first autonomous cars date back to the late 20th century. But recent increases in sophistication and reductions in cost - reflected, for example,… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
Some trash is recycled, some is thrown away, some ends up where it shouldn't end up. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earths crust, but they are 50% of the worlds population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
The deployment of geolocating tags attached to ordinary garbage could paint a surprising picture of the waste management system, as trash is shipped throughout… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
Makr Shakr aims to share this new potential - design-make-enjoy - with everyone in just a few minutes: the time taken to prepare a… — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
