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Corporate behemoth or saviour of British interiors?
Publication date: 29 October 2012
Professor Alan Penn (UCL Faculty of Built Environment) discusses the design science behind the layout of Ikea's British stores. Read: Independent
Open-air computers
Publication date: 26 October 2012
Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) thinks that within approximately five years police forces will be able to predict and prevent some crimes by watching Twitter and other social media. Read: Economist
The new local
Publication date: 26 October 2012
Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) speculates that the smartphone could even help revive the high street if people knew that they could take home today what Amazon could not deliver until tomorrow. Read: Economist
London's diversity mapped with Twitter languages chart
Publication date: 25 October 2012
Ed Manley (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) and Dr James Cheshire (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) have mapped London's Twitter languages. Read: Metro More: Daily Mail Telegraph Sky New Scientist Phys.org
Bartlett don creates Portugese ‘centipede’ cinema
Publication date: 24 October 2012
Professor Colin Fournier (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) has proposed this ‘centipede’ cinema for Guimarães in Portugal. Designed with artist Marysia Lewandowska, the installation is part of the city’s 2012 European Capital of Culture celebrations. Read: AJ More: Dezeen
Right to housing: Who can grant it?
Publication date: 22 October 2012
For rapidly urbanizing China, the housing question has become a major challenge, says Professor Fulong Wu (UCL Bartlett School of Planning). Read: China Daily (Hong Kong)
Pigeon simulator to give the public a chance to explore cities from above
Publication date: 19 October 2012
Researchers from the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis have combined the Google Earth flight simulator with a motion sensitive controller to allow people to fly around the city using bird movements. Read: Daily Mail
Colony choreography: making ants dance with synthesised pheromones
Publication date: 18 October 2012
Ollie Palmer (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) talks about how he’s using synthetic pheromones to make ants dance. Read: Wired UK
Proposed constituency boundary changes mapped
Publication date: 18 October 2012
Dr James Cheshire and Oliver O'Brien (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) have mapped the latest proposals for English constituency boundaries. Read: Guardian
The virtual city of the future: Betaville aims to bring urban designs to reality
Publication date: 11 October 2012
“The next move has been in making design software more usable. Games like Second Life have allowed the construction of lifelike environments in a relatively simple way,” says Professor Alan Penn (UCL Bartlett). Read: Metro
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