When Smart Cities Fight Mother Nature

Anyone who has ever spent the night huddled on a rooftop surrounded by rising flood waters knows it’s terrifying. Alejandro Zelada, a survivor of massive floods in Buenos Aires in 2013, describes the experience. “It was like a wave, a tsunami, and all the furniture started to float”, said Zelada. “We only lost our belongings, but others lost their lives.”


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Timex’s New Men’s Watch: Smart Activity Tracker Disguised As Stylish Analog Watch

From the first Mickey Mouse watch in the 1930s to theiconic commercials from the 1950s that proved its watches could “take a licking and keep on ticking,” Timex debuts a smart activity tracker disguised as a men’s stylish analog watch. The best part? You don’t have to charge it.


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