The city of Seattle, Washington recently announced the appointment of Kate Garman as the Smart City Coordinator. The position involves helping oversee the city’s overarching strategy, helping departments coordinate smart city programs, and being the Read More
The IoT Talent Consortium (IoTTC) and the State of Illinois are partnering with Microsoft to offer an nine-course online, self-paced Data Science program of study. Each course costs between $49 and $99 and requires 16-32 Read More
The EU funded project, ‘SCORE’ – Smart Cities and Open Data Re-use, will involve nine cities from seven countries in the North Sea region. SCORE’s objective is to increase the quality and reducing the cost Read More
By guest author Barak Epstein, Co-Founder, SmartAustin There is an enormous global opportunity for startups to bring new technologies and solutions to cities and help solve major civic challenges such as transportation, health, energy and Read More
When it comes to economic metrics, the United States is used to being ranked #1. In 2016, the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was $18.6 trillion, seconded only by China at $11.2 trillion followed by Read More
The HUMANITI Montreal mixed-use development which broke ground recently is promoting itself as the city’s first smart, vertical community. Mixed-use plans include a hotel, condominiums, rental apartments, and corporate and commercial spaces, with a grocery Read More
Bluetooth solutions provider Viatick and the housing development board (HDB) of Singapore have partnered to create and install bluetooth smart racks for bicycle parking – smart bicycle/personal mobility device (PMD) racks that can be used Read More
There’s a wise saying, “If you need to build a city solution, call a teenager.” Okay maybe that isn’t exactly an age-old adage but perhaps it could be in the near future based on the Read More
Electric Nation, a project funded by Western Power Distribution and the Network Innovation Allowance in the United Kingdom, is testing a smart-charging solution to better understand what impact electric vehicles (EVs) could have on electricity Read More
The city of Sacramento, California launched a website and app called SacPark.org in October of last year which enables people to view available parking garages in the city’s downtown area and their prices, as well Read More
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