A pilot project involving new, high-tech traffic signals is currently taking place at 22 intersections across the city of Toronto, Canada. The new signals are able to respond to real-time traffic data and can communicate Read More
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s 15-year “lighting master plan” – EnvisionABQ – will involve converting over 20,000 streetlights to LED, implementing an Internet of Things (IoT) architecture, and deploying a central management system in Read More
The winners of the Global Smart City Innovation Challenge for Vietnam (SCIC) competition were recently announced: First prize ($5,000) – GridComm – “Smart street lights for cities” – an optimized network over a city’s power Read More
The San Jose Smart City Vision has the stated goal of making San José America’s most innovative city by 2020. The city is looking a three factors to achieve this goal: core values, key goals, Read More
The city council of Cardiff, Wales is launching a new smartphone app this week – Park Cardiff – designed to help drivers locate available parking spaces. 3,300 vehicle detection sensors have been embedded into the Read More
The city of Cary, North Carolina has been taking steps over the past year to launch several connected technology initiatives to increase the efficiency of municipal services and improve the quality of residents’ lives. The Read More
The town of Antibes in southeastern France is focusing on digitizing the entire city’s infrastructure – including the water distribution system. As a resort town, its population triples in the summer, putting a strain on Read More
The city of San Diego, California has begun a $30 million project to install an additional 3,200 “intelligent nodes” to the city’s street lighting infrastructure that will collect real-time anonymous sensor data, with plans for Read More
“The U.S. must align its national priorities with innovation policy. The UAE and China certainly are.” In a couple of sentences, tech founder Amir Husain, who just raised $32.5 million for his AI startup, Spark 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
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