The University of Florida (UF) recently announced that it is awarding nearly $313,000 in community research grants as part of its Strategic Development Plan. University researchers will be using Gainesville as a living laboratory to Read More
Canada’s first smart city accelerator – InnoCité MTL – recently announced its next group of startup companies who will participate in an intensive workshop focusing on product-market fit. The 12-week program includes training and practical Read More
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently announced a grant of $1.2 million in support to six cities – Akron; Boston; Detroit; Miami; Philadelphia; and San José to explore how the Internet of Read More
In January of this year, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the formation of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), with the aim of providing recommendations for the commission on how to rapidly deploy high-speed Internet Read More
As parking related problems are on the rise in Qatar with an increase in population and the number of vehicles, The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has launched the Qatar Parking Master Plan and Read More
Scheduled to begin construction this year, the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon power plant will use the rise and fall of ocean tides to generate enough renewable electricity to power 155,000 homes for 120 years. When Read More
The FAO defines an urban forest as “the networks or systems comprising all woodlands, groups of trees, and individual trees located in urban and peri-urban areas” – the term covers everything from parks down to Read More
MIT professor Eran Ben-Joseph once estimated that all of the parking lots in the US, if connected, would be able to cover Puerto Rico. “In some cities, like Orlando and Los Angeles,” Ben-Joseph stated,” parking Read More
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe recently announced the formation of the Smart City Works Infrastructure Actuator – a business accelerator focused on growing early-stage companies that help make cities smarter, more livable, and more resilient. “This Read More
Researchers Chip Small and Adam Kay from The University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota have recently received a $500,000 grant over five years from the National Science Foundation to be used in studying what Read More
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