Tag: The Disruption Institute

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Beasley: How will smart city infrastructure reflect KC’s aspirations?

By Tommy Felts / July 14, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Reality is often stranger than fiction, and even harder to predict. Will our cities march toward the dizzying New, New York of Futurama’s 30th century; the harsh, crowded streets of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner; or even the consumerist, transhumanist society of Warren Ellis’…

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New KC streetcar app connects riders to entertainment, nightlife

By Tommy Felts / June 9, 2016

A local coding school on Thursday released a new mobile application to enable ridership on Kansas City’s popular new streetcar line. The Disruption Institute developed the “StreetcarKC” app, which helps passengers find stops along the 2.2-mile streetcar line, discover locales along the route and access schedule information. Now available only on iOS devices, the app…

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