DARPA, Smart Cities & Ideas and Location Intelligence & Data

 Military-Funded Study Successfully Tests ‘Prosthetic Memory’ Brain Implants

Scientists successfully tested what they call a “prosthetic memory” — a neural implant that can learn to recognize your brain activity when you correctly recall new information, and later replicate that activity with electrical signals to give your short-term memory a boost.

Interview: Data with a location component is increasing in value

Modern marketers rely on data to better understand consumers and leverage insights, and as beacons, smartphones and connected devices become more prevalent. This means data with a location component is increasing in value. Santiago Giraldo explains more.

From Connected Street Lights To Smart Cities

Chicago’s program to replace 270,000 city lights over the next four years with LEDs and intelligent controls is a good example of the growing scale and ambition of street lighting projects. This initiative could eventually save Chicago $10 million a year in energy costs.

Benjamín Romano: “I Focus on Improving the Building”

City of Ideas, introduces readers to latest and ongoing conversations with the most innovative architects from around the world.

China’s trillion-dollar plan to dominate global trade