Hull, England Plans For Smart City Platform
The City of Hull, England has begun implementing a plan to create a smart city platform that will combine data collected from cities across the whole of the North of England and use it to Read More
Digital Transformation
Arizona State University Announces Smart City Cloud Innovation Center
Arizona State University recently announced the ASU Smart City Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) – an initiative to address community limitations in the Phoenix area through the use of cloud Read More
Future of Privacy Forum Publishes Privacy Principals for Facial Recognition Technology
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) – a Washington, DC-based think tank and advocacy group focused on issues of data privacy – recently published resources to help businesses and policymakers understand and evaluate consumer-targeted facial-recognition Read More
AI Machine Monitors Quality in Produce Processing
A team led by Professor Yongsheng Gao – from Griffith University’s School of Engineering and Built Environment and the Institute for Integrated Intelligence Systems – has developed an artificial intelligence machine that ensures the consistent Read More
San Diego Adds Additional 1000 CityIQ Sensors and Lighting Controls
The city of San Diego, California in partnership with General Electric subsidiary Current, continues its work to become “the world’s largest smart city IoT sensor platform” by installing new digital applications to improve parking, traffic Read More
Smart City Early Adopters Are Realizing Wins
In 2016, the average American had never heard of a smart city. But even in those early days, there were pioneers who believed that data collected from connected devices could produce insights and efficiencies that Read More
Helsinki, Finland Builds Virtual Helsinki Using VR Studio Zoan
Finland’s capital, Helsinki, has the goal of becoming the “virtual capital of the world”. An international team headed by Helsinki-based VR studio Zoan are designing virtual reality themes such as ‘urban Helsinki’, ‘the sea’, and Read More
New York City Collaborates to Launch Cybersecurity Moonshot Challenge
The Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO), NYC Cyber Command (C3), and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), recently launched the ‘Cybersecurity Moonshot Challenge’ – a project with the goal of developing Read More
Sweden Rolls Out Noppera-Bo Technology to Simplify Data Redaction from CCTV
Technology from Noppera-Bo Technologies Ltd – a joint venture by Castlebridge and Altada companies – will be used in a project in Sweden “to ensure the roll out and deployment of ‘smart city’ systems can Read More
Trusted IoT Alliance and MachNation To Stage A Series of Trusted IoT Challenges Worldwide
The Trusted IoT Alliance – a consortium of more than 50 companies collaborating to build open source trusted systems for IoT with blockchain and related technologies – and MachNation, an independent IoT research and benchmarking Read More