Technology

Dr Sebastian Pfautsch

Extreme measures: An ecologist’s urban sensors show us just how hot Western Sydney is getting

by Foreground—December 12, 2019

View of Border Memorial: Frontera de los Muertos, John Craig Freeman, augmented reality public art. Southern Arizona, USA. 2012 – Present. Image supplied.

Protest and assembly in the augmented city

by Sara Dean—December 12, 2019

Green Infrastructure shares space beneath road infrastructure in the congested urban realm of Shanghai, China. Photo: Denys Nevozhai

Green Infrastructure and the creative future of carbon capture

by Foreground—July 26, 2019

The multi-functional role of street trees as living city infrastructure is growing in importance. How can they benefit from smart technologies?

Smart streets, smart phones, smart watches… why not smart trees?

by Foreground—April 18, 2019

Powerplants is a design-led, multi-disciplinary phytoremediation research project at Sydney's White Bay Power Station. Photo: Jedidiah-Cranfield

Power Plants: Turning Brownfields Green

by Tracey Clement—February 20, 2019

Europe’s night lighting as captured by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Image : ESA

Data Cities: how post-internet technology is changing the way we design our world

by Davina Jackson—January 7, 2019

The city as moving billboard

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in October

by Foreground—October 18, 2018

More than 810,000 km of Australia’s paved roads use aggregates, yet the material is running out Image: Commonwealth of Australia

Old dogs and new tricks: making roads work harder

by Michelle Grosser—September 4, 2018

A Starship robot delivery unit on the footpath.

The Foreground five: July’s most-read stories

by Foreground—August 2, 2018

Overflowing bins are one way to spoil the amenity of public space, but sensors can now alert councils when bins need emptying.

Sensors in public spaces can help create cities that are both smart and sociable

by Christian Tietz et al—May 2, 2018

Ron Jones, centre, speaking at the Foreground Urban Ecology panel at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Finding Foreground is a lot easier than you think

by Foreground—December 20, 2017

Much of our life in public space is now spent immersed in glowing screens. Photo: Marc Smith

Do public places still matter in the age of the smartphone?

by Sarah Barns—December 14, 2017