Friday, November 19, 2010

Planned Portuguese Eco-City Is Controlled By A Central Computer Brain


Urban Operating System Living PlanIT via Fast Company
A new eco-city planned in Portugal takes a cue from biology, using a centralized computer “brain” to control functions like water use, waste processing and energy consumption. It’s the biggest attempt at urban metabolism, which attempts to compare cities to living organisms.

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