Sentences with phrase «urban challenges»

In this video municipal officials, urban experts and local residents from around the world talk about urban challenges, sustainable solutions for climate - friendly cities and future needs.

Instead, I'm going to the DARPA Urban Challenge in Victorville, California.

That is especially the case since the already daunting urban challenges in Africa are now being exacerbated by the new vulnerabilities and threats associated with climate and environmental change.

September 18 By the City / For the City QNS As a prelude «Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore,» the Queens Museum of Art's show on Detroit that is opening on September 18th, the Institute for Urban Design will host presentations of five ideas and designs generated through the By the City / For the City project that address urban challenges relevant to both NYC and Detroit.

At 11 a.m. Monday, Mayor de Blasio will deliver opening remarks to the 2017 Urban Resilience Summit, a conference convening leaders of the Rockefeller Foundation «to spur new solutions and collaborate on best practices to tackle 21st century urban challenges.»

$ 2 million Name: DARPA Urban Challenge Goal: Develop and drive fully autonomous vehicles in a long - distance competition.

Educators at Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary in Watts take extra steps to assure support for students in a poor neighborhood facing a range of urban challenges.

The DARPA Urban Challenge wrapped up this past weekend and it has to be one of the most exciting automotive events I've ever attended.

Macina, 40, who grew up in the city — «My family was troubled when I went to this hoity - toity liberal - arts college and then ended up cleaning pee and poop from cages» — also takes urban challenges into consideration when treating allergic pets.

This video portrays today's urban challenges using a paper and cardboard mock city, as part of its Urban October celebrations.

Rapid urbanization poses significant urban challenges in terms of energy use, traffic jams, and pollution, which have led to a significant increase in the volume of total greenhouse gas emissions.

The Sustainable Innovation Expo showcased the latest developments in environmental problem - solving, and the Nexus Dialogue on pollution, cities and health gave participants the chance to discuss cross-cutting solutions to critical urban challenges.

The Challenge City sets up local climate change challenge reflecting their local urban challenges in areas including: Urban Planning, Infrastructure, Housing, Water Use, Waste Removal, City Satellite Data and more Participants come with their ideas & develop them during... Read More

As a child specialist and educator, her research interests range from applied positive psychology and mindfulness based learning with children / youth to international issues such as overcoming devastation and trauma, as well as urban challenges.

One is the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge for robotic vehicles, where Spletzer was part of the team that produced «Little Ben,» a Toyota Prius fitted with laser and camera sensors.

Students co-construct their own learning experiences and address urban challenges.

In a new video, municipal officials, urban experts and local residents from around the world talk about urban challenges, solutions for climate - friendly cities and future needs for low - carbon urban development.

The mission challenge of our day is an urban challenge.

The urban challenge facing the Conservatives represents more of a mountain than a molehill.

One of the latest attempts to build a commercially viable smart wheelchair is leveraging lessons learned from the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge

The team's first Boss won DARPA's 2007 Urban Challenge, which pitted autonomous autos against one another in a race through simulated city traffic.

In November his team's self - piloted robot car beat out 11 competitors to win the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.

The Urban Challenge contest in a simulated suburb near Los Angeles shows that robot cars are nearly ready for the open road

We're at the starting line of this year's DARPA Urban Challenge (UC), a 6 - hour, 100 - kilometre race along the roads of a simulated city organised by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

A new five - year agreement between the United Nations Global Compact and RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, will strengthen efforts to tackle the world's urban challenges.

Hong is referring to the DARPA Urban Challenge, which sparked research that has since delivered Google's self - driving car.

Engineers can build autonomous vehicles capable of cruising city streets without the aid of a human driver, as demonstrated two years ago in the DARPA Urban Challenge.

Dallas St. Mansfield, TX About Blog Crossfit Mansfield members take training beyond the gym by participating in Mud Runs, Urban Challenges, Triathlons, Mountain Biking and other activities.

«It's very impressive, given all the urban challenges.»

2007: Carnegie Mellon's DARPA team, which finished second in 2005, turns the table on Stanford and claims the $ 2 million prize for the Urban Challenge — the final DARPA event for autonomous vehicles — with a sensor - laden Chevrolet Tahoe.

The VW was wired up before the Audi TTS (Shelley) was born and has even placed second in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) 2007 Urban Challenge, a race in which an autonomous car must navigate city streets, obey traffic laws, avoid obstructions, and, crucially, drive well among other cars in traffic.

The video shown here illustrates Junior's capabilities as they were back in 2007 when it was attempting to qualify for the Urban Challenge.

Not meant for off - roading but durable enough to handle any urban challenge it may face.

The Asimov self - driving system by Torc was jumpstarted back in 2007 with a third - place win in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge, a road race testing self - driving vehicles.

Dallas St. Mansfield, TX About Blog Crossfit Mansfield members take training beyond the gym by participating in Mud Runs, Urban Challenges, Triathlons, Mountain Biking and other activities.