Virtual Reality has been around for 30 years, but application have continuously flopped as the technology has not been mature for mainstream use. As with so many other new technologies, breakthrough is about the availability of cheap platforms, and we have this now with smart phones and low-cost computer helmet screens. With the platform in… Continue reading Virtual Reality Comes Through
Category: Innovative Urban Area
Is China Leading Global Innovation?
China is investing heavily in research and development and rapidly increasing high-technology output. This is happening as the country is passing through a challenging transition, as the labour-force expansion and surging investment that propelled three decades of growth is now weakening. This is a natural stage in the country’s economic development. Yet it raises questions… Continue reading Is China Leading Global Innovation?
The New Approach for How to Make a Place Innovative
To drive the development of an innovation ecosystem, four different sectors must be linked together: government, business, civil society and academia. This is what we call the Quad Helix and they need to be engaged in collaboration forums and projects and together drive development. Also within and between the academic and business sectors, the innovation… Continue reading The New Approach for How to Make a Place Innovative
Innovative Sustainable Re-development – Masdar City
This blog article is about Masdar City, a new city project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The dual core of this project is innovation and sustainability. The goal is to extend the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the new city, by growing new neighbourhoods around the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. The institute is… Continue reading Innovative Sustainable Re-development – Masdar City
Innovation Districts at Future of Places Conference
In June 2014, the Brookings Institute released The Rise of Innovation Districts, a new report analysing the emerging trend of a new urban model. We wrote an article about the new report last year. Innovation districts is a recent trend in urban planning that has emerged as a new model to stimulate economic growth in… Continue reading Innovation Districts at Future of Places Conference
Matija Derk on the need for Innovation Environments
Matija Derk is a Senior Advisor with Bearing and has a background as Assistant Minister of Regional Development in Croatia. During his time in Government, he was responsible for preparation of all strategic documents necessary for the use of EU funds in the financial period 2007-2013, as well as in the period 2014-2020. This included… Continue reading Matija Derk on the need for Innovation Environments
Yoel Siegel on how to Initiate Development Projects
Today I had the pleasure of watching Dr. Yoel Siegel explain how to initiate urban development projects. I filmed the presentation and it is available to watch here below in a six minutes video. Dr. Siegel is working with project promotion and facilitation in Community and Regional Development, linking social dynamics with urban/rural economic advancement.… Continue reading Yoel Siegel on how to Initiate Development Projects
Why Apple Watch will be a Success
Back in February, I wrote an article about the Apple Watch, and how it is Apple´s first potentially disruptive innovation since the launch of the iPad five years ago. My main point was that the Apple Watch, in true Apple style, was positioned as a status and fashion item more than as a functional item.… Continue reading Why Apple Watch will be a Success
Uppsala Campus Ultuna
In 2014, Bearing carried out a feasibility study for Regionförbundet Uppsala Län in Sweden for the development of Campus Ultuna. Located outside of Uppsala, the campus is in a region which is known as a business and research hub for life sciences. Ultuna is the location of the headquarters and the main site of the… Continue reading Uppsala Campus Ultuna
Public consultation on EU Urban Agenda and the Integrated Territorial Investment platform
Public consultation is a regulatory process by which the public’s input on matters affecting them is sought. Now a new EU public consultation has been announced, that ought to help all great cities of the European Union in preparing the necessary Integrated Territorial Investment platform. Following the news from a few days ago that the… Continue reading Public consultation on EU Urban Agenda and the Integrated Territorial Investment platform