Future Railways in Southest Asia

Let your car tell you what it needs

Let your car tell you what it needs: MIT team develops software that can tell if tires need air, spark plugs are bad, or air filter needs replacing.

A Templete for Interviewing Clients

Name/Organization/Title

Date of Interview

What’s great about your organization/business and what are you the most excited about?

What are the driving forces (i.e., social, technological, political, talent, and economic) that impact your business the most?

Where do you see your organization/business going?

What are you changing?  What do you want to change?

What keeps you up late at night – what worries you the most?

If you could ask three questions looking out to 2030, what would those be?

The Texas Way of Urbanism

Link to the report.

Map of the Week

How to improve infrastructure project selection: Account for positive regional spillovers, environmental impacts, and job creation benefits

How to improve infrastructure project selection: Account for positive regional spillovers, environmental impacts, and job creation benefits: Infrastructure plays a key role in the economic vitality of our country. When infrastructure investment is managed inefficiently, we lose opportunities to meet some of our country’s most critical needs: maintaining the quality and integrity of our national infrastructure networks, addressing the challenges of climate change, and narrowing economic gaps across regions.

Automation in Everyday Life

Automation in Everyday Life: Although Americans expect certain positive outcomes from developments in automation, they are worried and concerned about the implications of these technologies for society as a whole.