Pictures of the Future

Seimens have released Pictures of the Future, its quarterly innovation-focused magazine focused on ‘Sustainable Cities: technologies for reducing urban environmental impact’ (pdf version here).

From the foreword:

Breakthrough innovations flourish, above all, where worlds come together
—where the trajectories of universities, research centers, start-ups, industry, and customers intersect. In such a charged environment, all that may be needed to ignite an innovation is a quick look over the horizon or a chance suggestion. What’s needed—fully in keeping with the thinking of Sir Karl Popper, a leader in the philosophy of science—is the networked structure of an open society.

The articles are grouped around three themes: sustainable cities development, inventors and innovators, and machine vision. It provides case studies, current converged scenarios and insights into possible future developments. Left my brain hurting a little but also a little more positive in terms of using technology to tackle the growing sustainable discourse.

Via Pantopicon