Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has received a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation in order to study how controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) compares to conventional field agriculture in terms of energy, Read More
WaterView – an Italian startup founded by three engineers from the Politecnico di Torino in Italy – has introduced an innovative way to measure rainfall intensity. The technology re-purposes sensors that are already available (e.g., Read More
The City Council of St. Petersburg, Florida recently approved a three-year agreement with Streetline – a smart parking firm that delivers data and advanced analytics solutions – to install on-street sensors throughout the downtown area Read More
New federal legislation seeking to accelerate the development of smart cities technology has recently been introduced in Congress by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Representative Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), and Representative Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.). The ‘Smart Read More
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), the University of Central Florida (UCF), and MetroPlan Orlando are partnering to test intelligent transportation systems technologies in the city of Orlando. The five-year project will be funded by Read More
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is expanding its smart city technology by adding analytics and origin-destination to existing traffic services to help monitor, measure and manage the state’s road network. Currently, ODOT uses INRIX Read More
While many technologists start by wanting to stretch limits or develop a new cool widget, Think Big Partners in Kansas City, Missouri reverses the innovation process with PRISM: Proof of concept Reverse Innovation Sequence Method, Read More
Gogoro – creators of the Gogoro smart scooter and Gogoro Energy Network – has partnered with Sumitomo to launch its urban electric scooter-sharing program under the new brand ‘GoShare’ in Japan. GoShare will begin with Read More
This week, conference attendees gathered in Chicago at WEFTEC, heralded as “the world’s largest annual water quality technical conference and exhibition.” Technology and water have a lot in common. Sure there are limitless analogies (puns Read More
The same innovations transforming business are also transforming cities. Rapid advances in technology, including the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced mobile broadband capacity, can deliver a highly connected, seamlessly Read More
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