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http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/01/gree...an-agriculture/

Examples of urban agriculture in Tokyo. As more people move into cities, will we see more of this in order to improve diets, provide foods for marginal people and the environmental benefits.

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/wars/articles/20130701.aspx

This article covers all the current conflicts in the world right now (2013). Perfect fodder for your Solos and others.

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-year-roun...rm-2012-11?op=1

From skyscrapers to windowsills

I am thinking of working of a setting for Texas 2050 for a Cyberpunk game in which the major cities of Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Houston) have grown into a massive sprawl called the Texaplex. How to determine the type of cities since today's poor neighborhood may be gentrified in twenty years and sinking to middle class in another twenty. How would you determine type of neighborhood and law code? D6 or something else.

http://n1on.com/

Awesome visuals and a good story. Prime fodder for a game setting.

http://gizmodo.com/5942294/the-next-indust...pping-container

The company

http://www.re-char.com/

http://io9.com/5943053/a-brand-new-cyberpu...y-lauren-beukes

http://worldsf.wordpress.com/fiction/

Europe is dominated by Preservationist parties. Not anti-technology but slowly developing technologies that must pass strict safety and environmental rules. Prototypes are developed in European labs then manufactured (copied, reverse-engineered and just plain stolen) in the massive industrial parks in India, Indonesia and China. Infosocialist activists and guerrillas dispense and build nano fabricators and minifacs across the Global South. It is not the global village, it is the global apartment. North America and the Pacific Rim are dominated by the biotechnology companies, a fraction of the size of a 20th century corporation but with more political and economic influence.

The Calorie Companies have patented, owned and dominated the food networks across North America. From the so-called farmer's markets to the fast food restaurants to the exclusive glitterkid salons, they market food and biotech solutions under a host of different names.

I would like to see the setting for these companies.

I try to download the PDF and it has a corrupted message. Anyone else have that problem?