Category: smart cities
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earthDECKS – the neXt game
earthDECKS draws on the analog of card games, but in this “deck of cards” each card is a knowledge resource. A game-like knowledge ecosystem supports learning, emergent innovation, and cross-disciplinary problem-solving. As Francis Crick’s metaphor for the origin of life of the card deal reminds us that what seems impossible to predict before the fact…
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Cities as Organisms
Barcelona is seen from the air in the daylight (above). Barcelona had an innovative vision for digitizing their city. Urban leaders gathered data on what caused people to leave the city and why jobs were lost. Cleanliness, safety, reliable transportation and urban services emerged as issues that mattered in citizens’ experiences of their city. People…
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Winston Churchill wrote, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” We must learn from history and be empowered by what we know to change what needs to be changed. That is the mission of POW! [Power Our World]. ALTON tells the story of the scandal that launched Abraham Lincoln’s campaign…