Thursday, February 12, 2015

Mobilities, Volume 10, Issue 2, April 2015

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   'Mobilities, Vol. 10, No. 2, 15 Mar 2015' is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online     http://www.tandfonline....
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

A Major Reference Work in Mobilities Design

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Ole B. Jensen, Professor of Urban Theory at Aalborg University , Denmark , is well-known in the field of mobilities for his pioneeri...
Tuesday, March 04, 2014

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Designing Mobilities (Art and Urbanism)  Ole B. Jensen How is the width of the pavement shaping the urban experience? How is t...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

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A recent recording  of John Urry and Anthony Elliott discussing Mobilities and society beyond oil which  is now live on  the Hawke Research...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Staging Mobilities

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New Book Out by C-MUS Professor Ole B. Jensen:  Staging Mobilities , Routledge    In recent years, the social sciences have taken a ‘...
Monday, April 02, 2012

Oxford University to introduce driverless car

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Scientists from Oxford University have announced plans to introduce the first driverless car on Britain’s roads: The vehicle, a modifi...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Mobilities: New Perspectives on Transport and Society

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A new exciting book just published in the mobilities field: ' Mobilities: New Perspectives on Transport and Society '    Imprin...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Pentagon to use Facebook, Twitter as a resource and weapon

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This is no great surprise after the recent comments on the social media's role in civil unrest - yet it's been on the agenda for qui...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Will electric cars ever take over our roads?

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The debate continues whilst the technology gets better.....and now the Mini is giving it a good shot: Leo Hickman test...
Monday, May 16, 2011

GameSave - gaming emergency relief

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I just discovered this very surprising initiative: GameSave , launched by a group called "Geeks Without Bounds" , a "not-for-...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Climate Change and Society

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John Urry Climate Change & Society “A tour de force! Urry shows the centrality of the social – both to comprehend the meaning of...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

'Blackberry thumb’ is new health hazard

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The UK's Telegraph has a post on how the widespread use of hand-held devices at work has spawned a new condition - the  ''Bla...
Monday, April 04, 2011

Motorway lights to be turned off to cut carbon

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Well... is this a move to seriously 'cut carbon' or is it the beginning of the UK's austerity measures?? This post  from The Tel...
Friday, April 01, 2011

EU to ban cars from cities by 2050

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The UK's Telegraph reports on the latest EU carbon-cutting masterplan - to ban cars from London and all other cities across Europe in an...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Home Internet May Get Even Faster in South Korea

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The New York Times has a post on how South Korea, which already claims the world’s fastest Internet connections, now seeks to go even furthe...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Mind control puts you in charge of driverless cars

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New Scientist has a post on the prospect of driverless cars using the power of the human mind: In a step beyond the plans laid by DARPA an...
Friday, March 25, 2011

The mobile phone app that 'spots cancer'

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The  UK's Daily Mail has a post about a new  mobile phone app that spots cancer and which is more accurate than the techniques routinel...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Rise in drivers using Twitter

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The UK's Telegraph has a report on how increasing numbers of motorists are using Facebook and Twitter while driving with potentially ...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Mobile phones could run for months between charges

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The UK's Telegraph has a short post about how mobile phones could soon run for months rather than days between charges, after scienti...
Monday, March 14, 2011

With this Skype I do wed: Couple get married by web video

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Well, it looks like a new trend is starting.....marriage by Skype. This began through a groom being ill in hospital, yet it could grow. Save...