In 2003, portions of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States including Ontario, Canada, suffered a massive blackout that affected an estimated 55 million people. In some areas, back-up power systems held while others failed. It Read More
S. Iswaran, the Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore, recently announced plans to expand the use of smart meters for electricity, gas and water supply. A joint project of the energy board, national water Read More
Movidius, a leader in embedded machine vision technology, recently announced its partnership with Hikvision, a Chinese company commanding a 19.5% of market share in the global video surveillance industry. With the goal of providing better Read More
As a multinational company and technology driver, Intel has been investing and operating in China for 30 years. Their strategy is for doing business in country is to “Innovate with China” and it is proving Read More
By Chelsea Collier, Editor-At-Large What happens when you bring together tens of thousands of people focused on mobile Internet technology? Cross-border cooperation and an accelerated pace for innovation. I had the honor to meet with Read More
Enthusiasm for smart city technology initiatives is common throughout the world, but just how are these projects going to get funded? This is the question everyone has. In fact, the International City / County Management Read More
The two major forces driving the 21st Century include the American technology revolution and China’s rapid urbanization. Mix these together and you have the perfect recipe for smart cities. But obviously it’s not quite that Read More
Environment, sustainability, services optimization, funding — the list of areas that the Smart City will improve and benefit from is nearly endless. We’ve discussed the relationship between planners, politicians, citizens, engineers, technologists, and city agencies. Read More
A new innovation partnership between the Washington, D.C. and Cisco was announced this week. Washington, D.C. will become the country’s first “Lighthouse City,” – a Cisco project combining pilot programs and government partnerships to create Read More
Oral Buyukozturk, a professor at MIT, and his team are working to develop smart buildings that can sense vibrations and monitor themselves for internal signs of damage or mechanical stress in real time. “This provides Read More
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