Category Archives: Smart Cities

The Mayor’s Geek Squad

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Michael Batty

Great article from the New York Times cataloguing the many unusual ways in which Mayor Bloomberg’s group of tech savvy professionals are piecing together data from diverse sources to attack some of the cities biggest and most persistent problems. Many … Continue reading →

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The Future Cities Agenda

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Michael Batty

Cities are the hot topic of the early 21st century.  Read our/my agenda for what we might do. Many groups are now fashioning such an agenda for future cities dealing with every thing from smart cities, big data and simulation to … Continue reading →

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Big Data and the Oyster Project

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Michael Batty

For the online course TechniCity, I have made a little video of Big Data and our Oyster Card project using data from the subway system courtesy of Transport for London, and courtesy of our researcher Dr. Jon Reades. The video … Continue reading →

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