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| New York neighbourhood first to go wireless Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT NEW YORK, June 3 — A waterfront area in the New York borough of Brooklyn has become the first city neighbourhood to feature free wireless service on streets and in parks and plazas. DUMBO, short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, already has a reputation for innovative projects. Several formerly abandoned and neglected structures there have been transformed into eco-friendly offices and apartment buildings. "We are encouraging people to step out of their offices and homes and engage with one another and the neighborhood in new and different ways," said Alexandria Sica, the executive director of the DUMBO Business Improvement District (BIB). "Creativity can literally flow into the streets. Businesses will be born in Brooklyn Bridge Park." DUMBO went wireless through a joint project by BID, NYCwireless, a nonprofit organisation which helps install free wireless service, and property broker Two Trees Management Co. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said that he had high hopes for the area. "One day, mark my words, this area will rival Silicon Valley in terms of high tech ingenuity," he said in a statement. "It's only natural that DUMBO is the first neighborhood to be truly connected 24/7." The DUMBO neighborhood is well known to tourists and locals who visit the neighborhood after crossing the Manhattan Bridge. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| BMW i3 set for September debut Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:52 AM PDT  The first two vehicles from BMW I — AFP pic The Munich-based automaker is set to unveil the i3, the first of two initial all-electric models, this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, writes German motoring blog Auto Motor and Sport. The new model will feature a 100kW electric motor and a range of 160km, says the blog, with an expected market launch in 2013. The BMW i sub-brand was launched earlier this year by the premium German manufacturer, promising to put two electric vehicles on the road in the shape of the i3 and the larger i8. Despite not releasing more than design sketches to date, the sub-brand has already made a name for itself, with over 200,000 fans on Facebook and a high-profile sponsorship of technology blog Mashable's Global Innovation Series. It announced via Twitter this week that the first plant for carbon fiber production was ready and that test production of the materials used in the lightweight i3 and i8 models was set to begin. This could be an important step — unlike other electric models such as the Ford Focus Electric and Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the i3 will be built ground-up as an electric vehicle, allowing BMW engineers to experiment with the electric concept. However, it does mean that the design could change dramatically from the Mega City Vehicle, upon which the i3 is reportedly based, and even the car which is presented in Frankfurt, before 2013. The 64th Frankfurt Motor Show runs September 15-25 in Frankfurt, Germany. For a look at some of the first design concepts, see http://youtu.be/L7Z9j07uSyI http://www.iaa.de/en/visitors/. — AFP-Relaxnews Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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