“Use data in a smart way, but in the end it’s a question of authenticity and your story”. For the latest contribution to our series “Three questions to…” we interviewed Julius van de Laar, a digital strategist and former election campaign consultant for US-President Barack Obama.
The A9. A 529-km-long stretch of motorway in Germany, running from Munich to Berlin, will soon be home to one of the most thrilling mobility projects in recent history: a Digital Motorway Test Bed. If all goes as planned, on a future journey to the Reichstag or the Oktoberfest, you may witness autonomous cars, smartly zipping along this “laboratory
Sensational-sounding headlines in the media like “Amazon unveils futuristic plan: Delivery by drone” left many (myself included!) initially wondering if it was a farce. Now, of course, we know the e-commerce giant is dead serious. If the company gets its way, drones will deliver packages, using low-altitude airspace, deemed “drone zones” in the not
Is there room for a new player in the auto industry – one that exclusively uses the sun’s energy? For the team at the Technical University Eindhoven behind the solar powered vehicle Stella Lux, the answer is a clear yes.
Only recently have I returned from my visit in Karlsruhe. Initially, I went there to take part in in city’s 300th Birthday celebration; yet, I ended up seeing something beyond my expectations. The “Volocopter”. The futuristic-looking machine immediately attracted my attention. By now I can call myself a fan of this project. In essence it is the
A zero-emissions city in the middle of the desert. Impossible, right? Well, back in 2008 Masdar City, an aspirational project on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, set out to prove it wasn’t. Claiming to be “the world’s most sustainable eco-neighbourhood”, the project aimed to realise a vision of eco-conscious urban living for the
Cleaner air, quieter streets. Visit Amsterdam and you’re bound to notice something’s changing in the city on the Amstel. Today, a rapidly growing number of electric vehicles are sweeping through its lively cityscape, cruising along the canals, passing by the iconic narrow houses: over the past few years Amsterdam has become a figurehead for the
A few years back the term ‘big data’ was, well, big. Nearly everyone was quick to jump on the big data trend, which, it turns out, was destined for big problems. As it turns out, no one really knows what to do with so much unorganised information.
Today we’re back with the latest in our series “Three questions to…”. Up this time: Hugh Dickerson, Senior Industry Head Automotive at Google, who we caught up with at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.
150 years. That’s how long ago the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency for information and communication technologies (ICT) was founded. Back when the most common forms of communication involved ships, telegraph services – and a lot of patience.
Let’s start with a piece of trivia. What are there more of: people in the United States of America or motorists in China? The answer: people in the US – but just barely. 319 million call the USA home while 300 million motorists drive on China’s streets (let’s not get into the fact that 2 out of 3 Chinese adults have no license to drive!)
Let’s think back for a moment to the summer of 2014. The entire world had its eyes on Brazil, host of the football World Cup. The country’s government proudly spent years and millions preparing for the games, including the construction of a cable car travelling over the favelas, or slums, of Brazil’s second largest city. The project was originally
Our post-modern world is one of growing complexity. Data is being passed around the globe at all times making it difficult to keep track of where it ends up and what it means. Yet, it is important to realise that not all of human kind is immersed in the information and communication technology age. Consequently, our information civilisation is not
Buy a car, get the license number, now you’re ready to hit the road. At least that’s standard procedure in a large part of the world. But since the introduction of quotas for license numbers, things work a little differently in China’s metropolises. In Shenzhen, for example, the eighth and latest Chinese city to introduce a quota, license numbers
Mobility is gearing up for the future. Thanks to new developments, including smart technologies, mobility is becoming more intelligent. Not only will it solve problems as they happen, it will anticipate challenges down the line. In this way, future mobility will successfully keep us moving.
Forecasts show that the world’s population will become increasingly urban in the years and decades to come. One consequence: a growing demand for alternate modes of transportation. With the rate of car ownership dwindling in Europe, and public transport systems already at full capacity, cities and their inhabitants need efficient and flexible
Today being mobile is a defining characteristic in our lives and it’s easier to feel connected to those who, in distance terms, are far away. It’s not unthinkable for professionals to drive halfway across the country to attend an hour-long meeting with customers. Or to fly to a neighbouring one for a weekly jour fixe. Sausage and sauerkraut for
As director of the Berlin Agency for Electromobility eMO, Gernot Lobenberg has unique insight into how mobility – especially eMobility – will develop and change in urban centres. The agency’s target is to transform Germany’s capitol and surrounding region into an internationally recognised model for all matters of electromobility.
