Verizon, Urbanova, and the city of Spokane, Washington are partnering to develop scale-able technology solutions aimed at creating a smarter, safer, more connected place to live. They are initially focusing on smart community solutions that Read More
The city of Tampere, Finland recently published “The Smart City Cookbook” to provide an introductory guide to planning and managing smart city activities. The Smart City Cookbook is based on best practices gathered from cities Read More
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced a five-year, $5.25 million initiative to take a citizen-centered approach to studying autonomous vehicles (AV) and how the technology will affect urban mobility. The pilot Read More
The British Embassy’s UK Israel Tech Hub – a public private initiative that aims to promote tech and innovation partnerships between the two countries – is currently accepting applications from Israeli startups to join its Read More
A new project, the Greater Phoenix Smart Region Initiative, is a public-private nonprofit partnership that includes the Arizona State University Center for Smart Cities and Regions (CSCR), the Arizona Institute for Digital Progress (IDP), and Read More
The city of Minneapolis has released the final draft of its comprehensive plan, Minneapolis 2040 – a nearly 500-page document which will guide the city’s policy-making over the next 20 years on topics such as Read More
Portland State University is investing $3 million over the next three years in The PSU Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative and the The PSU Digital City Testbed Center. The new research centers will focus on Read More
The DC Office of the Chief Technology Office (OCTO) invites area application developers and entrepreneurs to compete in GigabitDCx – a public competition that will focus on the development of next-generation, high-performance applications in the Read More
A new $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help Arizona State University launch a graduate research training program called “Citizen Centered Smart Cities and Smart Living.” The program will start with Read More
VirtuPort’s Cyber Saber Hackathon 2018 is scheduled to take place November 6th and 7th in Riyadh with more than 100 Saudi students expected to participate. The students – from various public and private universities – Read More
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