Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): On Electric Vehicles

An Inflection Point in the Global Expansion of Electric Vehicles
The global market for electric vehicles (EVs) is poised for further growth as the cost of batteries -- historically the largest cost of the vehicle -- continues to decline, offering consumers a more competitive price point when car shopping. "At the rate that battery prices are coming down, we're going to be to a point in the next five years where it's not a choice between paying more to drive an electric vehicle versus an internal combustion engine. It's going to be a comparable choice," says Chris Buddin of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking. EVs have already gained significant traction internationally, particularly in China where one million electric vehicles are projected to be sold in 2018, helped in part by government support.
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Notations On Our World (W-End Edition): ###Heart of the Town###

Please enjoy this courtesy of the team at CityLab about how to track traffic using an NYU dynamic transportation study:


 

(Justin Fung)
Commuters make Manhattan’s population double from 2 million to 4 million people every day during the work week. But that influx of people scattered on the densest borough’s busy streets can be difficult to wrap your head around. Take a look at this GIF of a new interactive from geo-spatial data scientist Justin Fung, and you’ll catch the rhythm of the city’s working heartbeat.

Fung pulled together data from the 2010 Census, MTA turnstile data, and a previous NYU Wagner dynamic population study to produce the hourly, block-by-block population bars that arguably demonstrate the need for skyscrapers—or a least, lunch spots, since peak Manhattan population hits on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. CityLab context: An economic explanation of New York’s skyscrapers and Where do the five boroughs of New York live and work?
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Notations From the Grid (Special Edition): Introducing the new Google News

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Notations On Our World (Special Mid-Week Edition): On Google #I02018

#io2018



Google I/O 2018 has been going in in full force.    

The First Day has been quite eventful and Twitter has been buzzing with a few things including Google Duplex!!   Beyond that, there are some other cool stuff including the GMAIL revamp that we look forward to testing out!!

Interesting times indeed!!!


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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): Out & About in Our World...



As we embrace the thoughts we released above, we also wanted to share some of the thoughts on the true realities out there as we  look forward to visits by the Community and the on-going engagement--realities that must be embraced to aim for improvement and transformation:  
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