The city of Wilson, North Carolina, recently received a $10,000 grant from smart cities accelerator US Ignite to enable development of a new live-streaming app to use with its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) public safety Read More
The British Embassy’s UK Israel Tech Hub – a public-private initiative that aims to promote tech and innovation partnerships between the two countries – is currently accepting applications from Israeli startups to join its new Read More
The Internet of Things (IoT) has arrived, and connected devices are increasingly involved in our day to day lives. Many cities do not have the technology required to run even the most basic of these Read More
The Urban Development Institute of Australia New South Wales recently awarded two $50,000 AU grants to the winners of its ‘City Life Labs Event.’ The two best technology-focused project ideas will each develop their projects Read More
The City of Lima, Ohio hopes to establish a new department – the Department of Technology and Innovation – that would provide enterprise level solutions to improve the city’s services. If the Lima City Council Read More
Citizen Farm, a sustainable and socially-driven urban farm in the center of Singapore’s Queenstown (Jalan Penjara) district opened in June of 2017 with the vision of bringing the community together through urban agriculture. “The urban Read More
A recent study from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy (CUNY SPH) in a sample of 50 food pantries in the Bronx borough of New York City examined five factors: food Read More
I recently spoke with Bill Skerpan, Innovation and Analytics Manager for the City of Boulder, Colorado about developing a unique smart city vision in a Denver-adjacent community. He speaks openly about the city’s strategy, the Read More
On September 5th, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Carr released a Draft Order to streamline a critical aspect of smart city technology deployment – 5G connectivity. This is a milestone in the U.S.’s race to Read More
The Great Lakes Energy Institute (GLEI) at Case Western Reserve University has entered into a one-year agreement with Johnson Controls to develop and begin marketing their ‘Energy Diagnostics Investigator for Efficiency Savings’ (EDIFES) – software Read More
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