The University of Adelaide leads the Australian Smart Cities Consortium, working with state and local government, industry and entrepreneurs, to improve the experiences of residents. “Our smart cities initiative is unique because of our ability Read More
Five cities have been named the winners of IBM’s Smarter Cities Challenge program – Busan, Korea; Palermo, Italy; San Isidro, Argentina; San Jose, US; and Yamagata City, Japan. The cities will receive pro bono consultative Read More
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
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
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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