Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a system that can be installed in buildings to collect data on people’s energy usage and comfort within buildings and then send Read More
In a recent interview with Kansas City Chief Innovation Officer Bob Bennett, we explored smart city initiatives in the heartland and the challenges that come with leading the charge. (LB): There’s a lot of buzz Read More
The University of Toronto’s engineering department, École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) of Montréal and a number of municipal governments have partnered with the aim to leverage the big data collected by municipalities to make cities Read More
In a recent talk Lamar Gardere, the former Chief Information Officer for the city of New Orleans, pointed out that giving citizens access to databases built public trust and increased feedback from residents. The city Read More
The city of Glasgow, Scotland has received over £24 million since 2013 from the Innovate UK agency to fund the advancement of its digital infrastructure and open data from which it expects to gain benefits 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 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
Kansas City, Missouri is currently reviewing the completion of its Smart City Phase I and looking ahead to Phase II. Started in May of 2016 with a WiFi and sensor network on its 2.2-mile streetcar Read More
Richard Canady from the White House Office of Science has created the foundation Food Intelligent Grids (FIG), with the vision of improving food security by creating smart urban food systems. The mission of the Foundation Read More
Researchers from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Aarhus University in Denmark are working together on the five-year “Smart Cities and Open Data Re-use” (SCORE) Read More
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