Visualizing China’s Most Ambitious Megaproject
Costing between $4-8 trillion and affecting 65 countries, China’s ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative is the granddaddy of all megaprojects. (Infographic)
Unison Home Affordability Report 2018
Over the past decade, home prices in almost all major U.S. cities have increased. In some cases, the rise of home prices has been quite dramatic.
Cities like San Francisco and Seattle have seen home price appreciation far outpace any historical precedent, growing as much as 10% year-over-year. (Chart)
A Chinese hospital is betting big on artificial intelligence to treat patients
The Guangzhou Second Provincial Central Hospital has incorporated AI into almost every area in its operations, including patient pre-diagnosis, CT scans, organizing patient records, and transporting operating-room supplies.
The cities with the most H-1B workers
H-1B high skilled visas — the most popular U.S. temporary work visa — are often associated with high level jobs in Silicon Valley tech companies.
Who really came up with China’s ‘four new inventions’?
Claim: China invented high-speed rail, mobile payment, e-commerce, and bike-sharing.
Reality Check verdict: China did not invent any of these technologies – but it has led the way in their widescale implementation.
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here’s How to Build Them
When governments take on a smart city project, it’s often the private sector that’s left to execute the vision—sometimes at the expense of good public policy.
John Macomber proposes a roadmap that considers situation, solution, and sovereignty.
Hail Can’t Hide from Deep Learning, Researcher Finds
A deep learning approach can perform as well as a meteorologist in predicting dangerous hailstorms from radar images.