The city of Louisville, Kentucky recently debuted a new service on the IFTTT platform – a web-based service where users can create chains of simple conditional statements, known as applets, that are triggered based on 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
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
The city-parish of Lafayette, Louisiana is moving ahead with an open data initiative to give residents easy access to information regarding their city. Residents will be able to have online access to up-to-the-minute air quality Read More
With funds from the US Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation, an interdisciplinary team of Arizona State University researchers is working to create a model that will examine the effects of urban farming Read More
The City of Chicago’s Array of Things urban sensor initiative has recently launched a new pilot project working with storm water management. The paved surfaces and infrastructure in the urban environment means that fallen rain, Read More
Tyler Folsom, a University of Washington Bothell affiliate professor in computing and software systems, is working to promote the use of self-driving bicycles. A 75,000 grant from Amazon Catalyst, an initiative by the Seattle-based online Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the Smart City Air Challenge earlier this year, challenging cities across the United States to collect data using air quality sensors. The cities of Baltimore and Lafayette have been Read More
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