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#  Carlo Ratti on Cities, Sensing, and Breaking from the Past 

 





Episode Thirty-Five

 

February 01, 2023

 

 

 [ Betsy Gardner ](/betsy-gardner) 

- February 1, 2023
- [Infrastructure](/infrastructure)

 In this episode Professor Goldsmith interviews Carlo Ratti, professor of Urban Technologies and the founder of the groundbreaking [Senseable City Lab at MIT](https://senseable.mit.edu/). They discuss new frontiers in urban data, edge computing, and rethinking the relationship between the environment, the urban environment and health. Ratti also explains why city leaders have to break from the past and why "best practices" are perpetuating old ideas.

 Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts, to learn more. [Transcript available here](https://data-smart-city-pod.simplecast.com/episodes/carlo-ratti-cities-sensing-breaking-past/transcript).

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##  About the Author 

###  <a></a>Betsy Gardner   ![Headshot of Betsy Gardner](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/2025-05/Betsy%20Headshot%20resize.jpg?itok=k2OsSp1g) 

 



 Betsy Gardner is the editor of Data-Smart City Solutions and the producer of the Data-Smart City Pod. Prior to this, Betsy worked in a variety of roles in higher education, focusing on deconstructing racial and gender inequality through research, writing, and facilitation. She also researched government spending and transparency at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Betsy holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Policy from Northeastern University, a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Boston University, and a graduate certificate in Digital Storytelling from the Harvard Extension School.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Asset Management and Sustainability ](/topics/asset-management-and-sustainability)
- [ Environment ](/topics/environment)
- [ Infrastructure ](/topics/infrastructure)
- [ Internet of Things ](/topics/internet-things)
 
 

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