The MIT Media Lab spin-out Changing Environments is hoping to accelerate the development of smart cities that use technology to solve urban challenges. “The idea is to bring simple technologies to the streets,” says CEO Read More
The city of Cardiff, Wales will soon see Europe’s first city-wide deployment of bay sensor technology. The new system will transform the parking experience with the installation of over 3000 infrared vehicle detection sensors, the Read More
DSGN AGNC’s Spaces Of Opportunity, an 18-acre site in South Phoenix, Arizona, combines an urban farm with a community hub, an art center, and a music venue. DSGN AGNC, along with the Desert Botanical Garden Read More
The University of Memphis FedEx Institute of Technology and the City of Memphis are partnering on a smart city initiative with a focus on research, development and deployment of projects that offer technological and analytically-based Read More
The city of Launceston, Tasmania, is the first in Australia to introduce an Internet of Things (IoT) low power, wide area network (LPWAN). The system is expected to enable smart, innovative applications involving real-time transportation Read More
The city of Miami, Florida has partnered with CIVIQ Smartscapes to launch the first fully interconnected smart city ecosystem in the U.S. Over the next three months, CIVIQ plans to install and maintain up to Read More
Oklahoma Gas and Electric is to add smart streetlight technology using Silver Spring Networks’ IoT platform and smart streetlight. Vision control software will connect and manage 250,000 LED streetlights, building on the 2012 project in Read More
The emergency management system in the city of Cape Town, South Africa has changed dramatically since the city implemented an integrated public safety initiative known as EPIC. EPIC (Emergency Policing and Incident Command) program, provides Read More
Architecture 2030 issued The 2030 Challenge asking the architecture and building communities to adopt the following targets: All new buildings, developments and major renovations shall be designed to meet a fossil fuel, Greenhouse Gas Emitting Read More
Autonomous delivery robots, using cameras, GPS, and radar to sense their urban environment and navigate through it, will soon be introduced in a number of cities nation-wide. Developed by the London-based company, Starship Technologies, they Read More
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