Weeknotes 257 - holiday edition with nano-hubs
Hi y’all!
As mentioned last week, this is a special holiday edition again. Next week I expect to be back with a short but fresh edition. I share some events that might be interesting and a paper from the longlist.
Events to check
- 26, 27 September https://www.iottechexpo.com/europe/
- 3 October; Cross Media Cafe on Spatial Computing, Hilversum
- 4-6 October: CreativeCoding - Hamburg - https://www.creativecoding.city/festival
- 6 October: Embracing Diversity and Social Justice in Social Robotics, Eindhoven
Paper for this week
To bring myself in the mood to catch up with the neighborhood intelligent hub, in this paper nano and micro hubs are explored in the German context.
The smaller, the better? Nano-hubs for cycle logistics as an urban-friendly alternative to micro-hubs
While some parcel service providers show that they are successfully testing different concepts such as micro-hubs, several barriers prevent the implementation beyond pilot status.
Hence, our work aimed to overcome these barriers by introducing nano-hubs as an urban-friendly alternative to micro-hubs. In particular, we proposed a modular design concept that enables the customization of transshipment hubs considering urban planning restrictions and logistical processes.
Kania, M., Rolf, B., Assmann, T., & Zadek, H. (2022). The smaller, the better? Nano-hubs for cycle logistics as an urban-friendly alternative to micro-hubs. Logistics Journal: Proceedings, 2022(18)
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