Short takes 21 August

European Association for REsearch on SERvices (EU) http://www.reser.net/ IBM #4 2010 Most Innovative Company (WW) http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/innovative_companies_2010.html Smartest Scientist (CNN) http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1007/gallery.smartest_people_tech.fortune/41.html Transportation (US) MIT http://cee.mit.edu/graduate/mst Transportation (US) MIT http://web.mit.edu/its/research.html Transportation (US) MIT http://web.mit.edu/its/MITSIMLabOSnew.html Transportation (US) CMU http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/traffic21/about-traffic21/index.aspx Transportation (US) CMU http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/australia/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=1073 Transportation (US) NCSU http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/crs_cat/CE.html Transportation (US) UMichigan http://www.umtri.umich.edu/news.php Transportation (UK) Imperial http://www.geomatics.cv.imperial.ac.uk/html/research/its.asp Transportation (Belgium) UHasselt …

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Service Science Transdisciplinary Framework (WW) Journal of Service Science (Pp. 8-9) http://www.sersci.com/magazine/v2n1_2/ Inventing the Future of Services (US) CMU Course http://tinyurl.com/2ak5na4 Mental Models of Time (WW) Thanks to Bob Lusch for pointer to  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg Transportation (US) Driverless Cars http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/02/2124104/driverless-cars-to-hit-the-streets.html Transportation (WW) RFID for Airports http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/f3dc86/rfid_for_airports_and_airlines_20082018 Water/Environment (France) City Sensors http://www.lamontreverte.org/en/ Water/Climate (EU) Knowledge Community http://www.climate-kic-proposal.org/ …

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Cities and the Future of Service

Cities and the Future of Service (WW) James Cortada (IBM) writes in Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/28/cities-data-growth-ibm-leadership-citizenship-talent.html) : “For the first time ever, more than half of us are city dwellers. By 2050 that number will be 70%. We are adding the equivalent of seven New York Cities to the planet every year. This unprecedented urbanization is a …

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Short takes 7 August

Handbook of Service Science (Springer) http://tinyurl.com/3798ybl Service Science Progress and Directions (Spohrer) http://www.slideshare.net/spohrer/service-science-progress-and-directions-20100620 International Conference Exploring Service Science (Switzerland) http://iess.unige.ch/   http://www.slideshare.net/ServicesScience/iess-10-welcome Public Service Delivery (EU) COCKPIT  http://www.cockpit-project.eu/ Ecoblocks (WW) Harrison Fraker UCBerkeley  http://www.slideshare.net/geoff848/harrison-fraker-ecoblocks Grand Challenge Summit (US) USC http://www.naegrandchallengessummit2010.org/ Energy and Climate Change Network (Greece) http://www.kepa.uoa.gr/PROMITHEAS_general.htm Nano Progress (Lux Populi) Green Science and Tech Research  …

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Emerging Industry: City Making and Recycling:

People are used to recycling bottles, cellphones, and cars, so why not whole cities or at least sections of cities? (1) Cities are very important, and by 2050 75% of the worlds population will be urban dwellers http://www.urban-age.net (2) Great cities depend on great universities, and universities are often in the top ten employers of …

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