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The University of Cambridge is synonymous with excellence. CNBC takes a look at some of the brilliant minds to have studied there.
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- By: Anmar Frangoul, special to CNBC.com
The city of Munich has set ambitious goals when it comes to renewable, clean electricity. How will it achieve its aims?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Cambridge is a city associated with academic excellence. How is a credit card sized computer developed there revolutionizing education?
What inspired Eben Upton to come up with the idea for the Raspberry Pi?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Could clean, renewable energy from the world's plants provide an innovative solution to our energy needs?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System is the world's first FDA-approved 'bionic' eye, a piece of technology that is helping the blind to see.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Amsterdam is synonymous with three things: canals, coffee shops and cycling. Could electric transport become the city's next icon?
Tokyo is a spellbinding city. Here we take a look at eight innovative companies from the city that have shaped the world we live in.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
In Tokyo, one tall building is helping to change the way we think about schools and how they should look.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
The Swedish city of Malmö is home to a company looking to revolutionize cycle safety with an 'invisible' helmet. How?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
How is Barcelona building on its heritage of creativity to broaden access to cutting edge technologies?
- By: By Hamza Ali, special to CNBC.com
A new project that aims to make your Google Street View experience more immersive by crowd-sourcing sounds from around the world.
- By: Katy Barnato
Britons will travel to a spaceport in a driverless car where they could download pictures on 5G networks, according to government plans.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
We take sanitation for granted. How is innovation bringing clean, waterless toilets to the developing world?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Innovation is enabling Brazilian students to study and learn online. How will this help broaden access to the country's best universities?
Take a look at 10 of the world's most spectacular and innovative stadiums, many of them used in global sporting events.
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Cities around the world that have embraced technology to tackle their problems – have your say on where in the world is the most innovative.
- By: Matt Clinch
As Manaus shows off its state-of-the-art developments, it has also become a focal point for the controversy surrounding the World Cup.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
How are technology and forward thinking helping to change both the way our children learn, as well as the buildings they learn in?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Lack of space in major cities is forcing architects to come up with new housing solutions. We take a look at some of the most innovative.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Innovations in education are transforming the way our children learn. What will classrooms of the future look like?
If a city wants to show off, it builds a skyscraper. We look at ten of the world's most innovative and awe inspiring to date.
With over half the world's population now aged under 30, some cities are better than others at catering for young people. Where would you live?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Poll: With over half the world's population now aged under 30, some cities are better than others at catering for young people. Where would you live?
- By: Matt Clinch
A growing network of robotics manufacturers are working hard to help integrate machines into defense and law enforcement organizations.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
With cities growing rapidly, great strain is being placed on healthcare. How is innovation helping to lower costs and make patients better?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Singapore is one of the most forward thinking cities when it comes to sustainability, and now other Asian cities are looking to it for inspiration.
In the course of rapid urbanization, environmental issues often take a back seat. This city in Asia however, has managed to balance growth and sustainability.
- By: Holly Ellyatt and Anmar Frangoul
Copenhagen's high-tech industries are poised to boost Denmark's economy as the capital sets its sights on innovation and green living.
In our ongoing coverage of innovative cities, CNBC's Louisa Bojesen gets behind the operations of a Danish company that gives total control to the eyes.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Advances in technology mean that we'll soon be able to connect with friends and loved ones in vivid, 'almost real' video calls.
Liu Thai-Ker, chairman of the advisory board of the Centre for Liveable Cities, says China can learn lessons from Singapore on how to create sustainable cities.
Henry Steed, principle design director at ICN Design International, says investing in sustainable infrastructure now will provide good returns in the long term.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Technology is improving the lives of amputees, enabling them to move prosthetic limbs just by thinking. How?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
How are authorities in the Basque Country using technology to care for ageing, chronically ill patients?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
How are technology and the internet making our domestic lives more intuitive, productive and, perhaps most importantly, cost effective?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
The way our children learn is changing. How are advances in technology helping them broaden their educational horizons?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
How is cutting edge surveillance technology enabling authorities around the world to prevent - and react to - criminal activity?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
How is today's technology warning us of potential health risks, and helping to save lives in critical emergencies?
An economics prize looks to ease Britain's housing crunch by challenging entrants to come up with a new garden city design.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
How are London and Guangzhou, China, planning for the public transport challenges of the future?
- By: Dhara Ranasinghe
Singapore is a great example of a 'smart nation' and that was highlighted during the F1 race in September, says one expert.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
With congestion a problem for cities all over the world, could making public transport free ease gridlock and help the environment?
- By: Alice Tidey
As the world population grows and worries about dwindling resources and climate change rise, solutions for a more sustainable city are emerging.
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Using technology and architecture, Hamburg and Songdo are two cities striving to be sustainable - what makes them so special?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
With urban space at a premium, how is Building Information Modeling (BIM), being used to design and plan sustainable cities of the future?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Our cities are getting bigger, with pollution a real problem - how can citizens create environments where nature and concrete co-exist?
- By: Anmar Frangoul | Special to CNBC.com
Security is a huge concern in cities throughout the world: how are police using technology to predict where crimes are going to take place?
CNBC's Tom Mackenzie explores the latest technology when it comes to building the places that most of us across the globe call home.
In the final episode of our theme week on 'Innovation Cities,' Tom Mackenzie takes a look at the new technology designed to help make us all more secure.
CNBC's Tom Mackenzie sets out to find out what's being done to get city dwellers around quickly, cheaply and with the least impact on the environment.
How are apps making our homes smarter, more intuitive, and cost effective?
Ayesha Khanna, Director of the Hybrid Reality Institute, a research and advisory group that focuses on the evolution of technology, explains why increased city surveillance is essential.
Jonathan Collins, Principal Analyst at technology market research firm, ABI Research discusses health apps.
Prof Dr Uwe Krueger, CEO of Atkins, discusses future-proofing major cities.
As cities tackle pollution through regulation, new technology is helping city residents keep a personal track on their health.
Aide Tomer, Senior Research Associate, Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution says city planners can't keep building roads to solve congestion issues.
In the first part of our themed week on Innovation Cities, CNBC's Tom Mackenzie takes a look at what's being done right now to make our cities more sustainable.
John Fitzgerald, CEO, Asia Pacific at the Urban Land Institute discusses Beijing's urbanization progress as investors anticipate land reforms from the Third Plenum meeting.
Peter Lindlahr, managing director at hySolutions, discusses sustainable cars and how they can be used to help the environment.
Wolfgang Schmidt, state secretary for the City of Hamburg, discusses what makes Hamburg a leading sustainable city.
About Innovation Cities
- From our schools to our hospitals to the very homes we live in we take a global city-tour to bring you the urban innovation that is shaping our lives.