TWA Netwerk
Het ministerie van Economische Zaken heeft in Technisch Wetenschappelijk Attachés (TWA's) gestationeerd in een aantal steden wereldwijd. De TWA's verzamelen informatie over technologie en technologiebeleid voor Nederlandse bedrijven, kennisinstellingen, universiteiten en overheid. De TWA's leggen op verzoek ook contacten en beantwoorden vragen. |
Technology Meets The City
The availability of information and technology is creating new opportunities to comprehend the character and dynamics of cities. Wiki City, a current research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City Laboratory, is trying to harness this available information to create interactive systems that enable people to better understand and participate in their cities.
In the SENSEable City Laboratory's "Wiki City Rome", signals from cell phone and Global Positioning System navigational devices were used to create a real-time map of the mobility of people and transit in Rome during a recent all-night street festival, White Night. Wiki City seeks to create an interactive and participatory connection between people and their city, much like the concept of the user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia. |
