For Healthy Cities, Government and Business Need to Reverse Roles
February 3, 2012, 2:00 am by Scientific American: Health
Okay, I have to be honest with you. I love a city, and a downtown with walkways and tunnels and bus stops that tell me where my buses are via GPS and everything else, but sometimes you can just have more connectivity than you need. Remember the internet-connected toaster, that singed the weather forecast into your morning toast? Well, meet the Big Belly Solar Trash Compactor, a precocious trash can that lives in Raleigh, NC. [More]
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