The Erie Innovation District (EID) in Pennsylvania has invested $50,000 in each of the nine companies that will participate in its first accelerator program, ‘The Secure Erie Accelerator,’ that seeks to bring technology-driven companies – Read More
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced that the cities of Seattle, Washington and Atlanta, Georgia are the first of twenty winners of its American Cities Climate Challenge. The two-year acceleration program includes a technical assistance and support Read More
A number of autonomous vehicle tests are currently taking place in the US. Two of these are Columbus, Ohio and Babcock Ranch, Florida. The city of Columbus has partnered with May Mobility – an Ann Read More
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced a five-year, $5.25 million US initiative to take a citizen-centered approach to studying autonomous vehicles (AV) and how the technology will affect urban mobility. The Read More
Google is working with with Aclima – a San Francisco environmental sensor company – to expand their expand their environmental sensor network globally. Air quality sensors from Aclima will be installed in fifty of its Read More
Officials from the city of Brooklyn, New York recently announced joint sponsored legislation to expand urban agriculture and maintain community shared space at Ashford Street Abundant Garden. The new legislation will insure the Department of Read More
The state of Victoria in south-eastern Australia recently launched a $3 million AU grant program to support the development of a renewables-based microgrid project and help grow the new energy technology sector in the Latrobe Read More
The city of Wilson, North Carolina, recently received a $10,000 grant from smart cities accelerator US Ignite to enable development of a new live-streaming app to use with its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) public safety 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 new Read More
The Internet of Things (IoT) has arrived, and connected devices are increasingly involved in our day to day lives. Many cities do not have the technology required to run even the most basic of these Read More
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