Image Credit: Inhabitat Rio has been going through a bit of a rough patch lately- it’s been set on fire by a hot air balloon and hit hard by deadly torrential rains . But the city is far from beat: a key player in
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New, Green Museum of Tomorrow in Rio Unveiled
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Image credit D. Küttel / ETH Zurich; via PhysOrg ETH researchers Daniel Küttel and Michael Breitenstein teamed up with professors Luc Van Gool and Vittorio Ferrari from the Institute of Image Processing to create a new software program that can learn from watching moving objects, analyzing things like street scenes and figuring out patterns and habits of things like moving vehicles. The new technology allows the computer to recognize things like the movements of normal traffic flow and any changes in that “normal” situation. It may have a big use in analyzing traffic a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Smart Computer That Learns from Videos Can Make Traffic More Efficient
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These kinds of scenes could become a thing of the past in downtown Cairo. Photo by Daveness_98 via Flickr. When it comes to crazy drivers, traffic congestion, and all the air and noise pollution that come along with massive amounts of cars jammed into one place, Istanbul, I’ve heard, has nothing on Cairo . But the Egyptian capital is apparently moving to remake its enti… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Downtown Cairo to Go Car-Free… Eventually
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Increased ferry service (left) is in the works for Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands, while Kisebükü cove (right) on the country’s southern coast is threatened by development. Photos by Jennifer Hattam (L) and Etrim Günlüğü (R). The deaths of at least 28 coal miners in an explosion and cave-in, along with the continuing controversy over building a third
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May Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
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Images: Annie Scheel, BIKE & Delaware Valley Green Building Council Here’s a great example of forward-thinking urban planning: a downtown, all-in-one bicycle parking facility that prioritizes human-powered transportation. The competition entry BIKE for the Delaware Valley Green Building Council by architect Annie Scheel recently won first place – and for good reason. It’s a proposal would not only reduce urban congestion and pollution in downtown Philadelphia, but also would includ… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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How Awesome Bike Parking Facility Could Replace Downtown Parking Lot
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