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Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) –  which is responsible for designing technology for national security and public safety – is testing the use of autonomous robots to patrol public spaces and monitor Read More

The University of Michigan’s Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) is conducting a year long, public-private research partnership with the City of Detroit and Microsoft to study where and why residents of the city lack access Read More

Last month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot named Ruby Ferguson as the City of Chicago’s first Food Equity Policy Lead. Ferguson will work with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and report jointly to the Mayor’s Policy Read More

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has partnered with Applied Information Group – a design consultancy and wayfinding specialist – to create the city’s wayfinding system, named Seamless Seattle. The project supports Seattle’s goal of Read More

The residents of Perth, Australia have been asked by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) to volunteer as citizen scientists to help create Australia’s longest daily weather record of the city. The project will Read More

The mayor of Boston, Kim Janey and the Mayor’s Office of Food Access (OFA) have launched a food resources SMS chatbot and the online food donations platform. Both initiatives are part of Boston’s Food Access Read More

Trees for Cities – a UK non-profit which works to improve lives by planting trees in cities – is working with energy firm UK Power Network, which supplies power to London, the South East, and East Read More

Liverpool, England’s City Region Combined Authority has ordered 20 zero-emission hydrogen double deck buses from Alexander Limited. The 20 ADL Enviro400FCEV buses were purchased using the Liverpool City Region’s Transforming Cities Fund and will be Read More

The City of Coral Gables, FL has installed the AI-powered Ekin Spotter to provide next-generation data analysis capabilities to improve city planning, traffic and enforcement, public safety, environmental protection, and Wi-Fi access. The city’s new Read More

The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation – a public-private partnership from the state of Georgia, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and other private and public institutions across the state that are committed to establishing a roadmap Read More