Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

Much of the motivation behind building new rockets or developing colonies on Mars is wrapped up in the rhetoric of our warming planet being something to escape from. Nonprofits are already using cheap sensors to pinpoint heat islands in cities, or neighborhoods where air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Where friends get together On a balmy Friday morning, I set out on foot from my home base, the Palladium Business Hotel , at the edge of the fashionable Pocitos neighborhood, and headed toward Parque Rod , an urban gem of a park a few miles west along La Rambla.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For entertainment, hit the arty Getseman neighborhood, outside the old city walls, which is known for its street musicians, murals, bars and restaurants arrayed around the Plaza de la Trinidad. While many Caribbean destinations offer escapes into nature, San Juans strength is its history and culture. San Juan, P.R.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Though undeniably beautiful, with access to fantastic beaches, those places felt to me blandly familiar sprawling resorts that, for the most part, seemed to be offering a cocoon-like escape from the actual country of Mexico. I wanted something a little less predictable and, for lack of a better term, a little more authentic.

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