Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action and co-chair of America’s Pledge recently announced the Bloomberg Philanthropies launch of a $70 million American Cities Climate Challenge – an initiative that Read More
The 20 finalists for the Canada Smart Cities Challenge were recently announced at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Akwesasne/Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Ontario and Quebec (Mohawk Nation) Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, Read More
UPPlift Toronto, a start-up which seeks to bridge the gap between smart city technologies and infrastructure operators seeking tech that can enhance Toronto’s liveability, recently announced the eight winners of its first-ever Urban Pilot Program. Read More
The food systems research team at Colorado State University has received $1 million in support from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) which will be matched by several other organizations, for a total Read More
The city of Adelaide, Australia has been using an integrated network of more than 400 smart sensors since July of 2017. The network enables SA Water, the region’s water utility company, to proactively identify and Read More
NASA has recently entered into partnerships with Airbus and Uber to study drones and their interactions with other flying vehicles and urban environments. NASA stated that the goal of the agreement with Uber is to Read More
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) recently opened the University Research Facility in Big Data Analytics (UBDA), with the aim of fostering cross-disciplinary research collaborations in PolyU, establishing strong partnerships with industries on big data Read More
The Florida Legislature recently approved House Bill 841 – a community association law which includes new provisions to accommodate electric cars. A preamble to the new law says: “The Legislature finds that the use of Read More
The city of Columbus, Ohio recently launched the Smart Columbus Operating System that will gather data for its smart city transportation project. The system has the potential to reduce collisions, speed first responder response times, Read More
Remourban – a five year, European funded project involving partners across Europe working together to achieve a sustainable urban regeneration model – is studying four financing options that can be used to support smart city Read More
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