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Transform Your City with Public Data

April 30, 2013
Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) 1st Deputy Commissioner, Brenna Berman shares how city governments can open their data.

Explore public data and how public servants can enhance civic life by making data open and accessible. Advocates for open data believe that government and civic services should be as intuitively interactive and useful as...
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Billboard Garden

The Hanging Gardens of…Billboard? Stephen Glassman and His Work

A billboard, for most people, is a large and sometimes unsightly means of communication. They stand out and just scream “Hey! Look at me!” They are billboards, and that is their purpose. But what if they had another purpose; something a little bit more creative, that completely remakes what a billboard is and can...

Canopy Zip 2

Adventure in Your Back Yard

What does a zip line have to do with disruptive innovation? What makes something you do on vacation something that makes a difference in the world? These are thoughts that may be passing through your mind as you think about the Shawnee Bluffs Canopy Tour. Normally, one would agree with you, and say that...

Solar Impulse II

Flight of the Future: Solar Impulse and Their Brilliant Creation

The attitude that sent the Spirit of St. Louis solo across the Atlantic 86 years ago is alive and well! In the 1920s, when the Spirit of St. Louis was being built, nobody thought that a single-engine airplane would be able to fly across the Atlantic. There were simply too many variables, too many...

WindyGrid

Brenna Berman: Big Data for All

Back in 2011, The City of Chicago realized that there was a need for somebody to take control and oversee the massive amount of data that courses through the city. This data, gargantuan in size, could benefit everybody in the city, especially the public service, if it were made available to them. They would...

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Disrupt Your World

There’s something coming. This something is gargantuan and unavoidable. You can’t cover your ears and eyes and pretend it isn’t there. This something is the future. The future always brings with it innovation and change, evolution and disruption. It sheds light and promotes brilliance. The future is coming, but are you ready for it?...

Jolijt

Jolijt Tamanaha and Farmplicity are Noted Disruptors

Why is it such a big deal to have farm fresh ingredients delivered right to the doors of local restaurants? Well, there is somebody with amazing friends, that has the answer to that question. Jolijt Tamanaha, CEO and Co-Founder of Farmplicity, along with her fellow undergraduates and associates Drew Koch, Andrew Lin, and Lauren...


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