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For the fourth consecutive year, an in-person or online short course in Sustainable Urban Food Production is being offered by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). Any interested persons are Read More

The global economy is more and more dependent on wireless and digital technologies built on the interoperability afforded by technical standards. The average person encounters these standards from the moment they turn off their Wi-Fi—enabled Read More

Insights ‘The Journey to IoT Maturity’ An increasing number of cities are implementing smart city technology to enhance city operations. From smart lighting to smart parking to environmental monitors, city leaders are installing thousands of Read More

The police department of the city of Chula Vista, CA (CVPD) is being lauded for the accountability and transparency of its drone program. CVPD pioneered an innovative concept in public safety drone operations called Drone Read More

H2NOW was recently launched by the Chicago nonprofit Current to provide real-time readings on water quality along the north, south, and main branches of the Chicago River. Historically, water monitoring required sending samples to a Read More

The Tampa Downtown Partnership and IKE Smart City have worked together to bring new, interactive kiosks to the community. The Interactive Kiosk Experience (IKE) will be positioned at strategic locations throughout the city to keep Read More

The City of Mississauga, ON is developing a policy that will guide and control how the city introduces and uses new technologies city-wide. The goal of the Smart City Policy is to protect public privacy, Read More

The city of Long Beach, CA has entered into a public-private partnership with Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America and Xtelligent – an artificial intelligence firm – to deploy and test transportation management systems. The Read More

The City of St. Louis has launched the St. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS) program – an electric vehicle (EV) shuttle service that will provide non-emergency rides to elders, as well as distributing Read More

The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Transportation (DOMI) is piloting two smart loading zones projects to better manage curbside delivery parking. The projects will use pole-mounted video cameras, machine learning, a short-term fee Read More