Carlo Ratti

People navigate cities in much the same way animals navigate their environments. Max Böhme/Unsplash

October 18, 2021

Cellphone data shows that people navigate by keeping their destinations in front of them – even when that’s not the most efficient route

Carlo Ratti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

As you’re walking through city streets on your way to work, school or appointments, you probably feel like you’re taking the most efficient route. Thanks to evolution, you’re probably not.

The 20-metre-long Paris Navigating Gym is propelled along the Seine by human power. Carlo Ratti Associati

January 16, 2017

How wearable devices are reinventing our cities as open‑air gyms

Carlo Ratti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Physical exercise was once primarily an open-air activity, until gym training and monitoring took hold. Digital devices and augmented reality now offer the freedom to head out into the city again.

Rather than create regulatory frameworks that allow innovations to thrive, governments have created hurdles to transformative applications like Uber or Airbnb. Torrenegra/flickr

June 3, 2016

While governments talk about smart cities, it’s citizens who create them

Carlo Ratti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Governments too often hinder change, when instead they should aim to foster an organic innovation ecosystem. This is more about bottom-up innovation than top-down schemas.

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