Feb 8, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Smart Cities
With growing pressure to cut carbon emissions and reduce the number of vehicles on the road, some small cameras could help provide the answer to London’s emission woes. You could easily miss it. It’s a small triangular grey box high up on a lamp-post but...
Feb 8, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility
At Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility, founder and former Co-CEO Andre Stein was a pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM). Now, as new CEO of Eviation, he is shifting his focus to electrifying small commuter airplanes for regional air mobility (RAM) services. But despite...
Feb 1, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Roads, Safety, Trucks
Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles Battery weights are too much for current road safety equipment, since EVs are 25 percent to 50 percent heavier than gas-powered cars. Electric vehicles that typically...
Feb 1, 2024 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Roads, Smart Cities
The first wireless electric road in the US has been installed in Detroit, allowing electric vehicles to charge up as they drive along. But at nearly $2m (£1.6m) per mile, is this really the future of transport? It looks like any other stretch of asphalt in cities...
Feb 1, 2024 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence
Imagine a world where your farm talks to you. Not in some mystical, Farmer John kind of way, but in a language of data, insights, and predictions whispered by the wind, sung by the sun, and hummed by the soil itself. This, my friends, is the future of agriculture...
Feb 1, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Environment, Pollution
Fueled by increasing temperatures and droughts, severe wildfires are on the rise around the world—as are the smoke-borne contaminants that harm the environment and human health. In 2023, Canada recorded its worst wildfire season ever, with fires releasing more than...
Feb 1, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, Transit
The rise of remote work along with safety concerns are changing how Americans commute, and for public transit to stay relevant, a new approach is needed. Riders are becoming increasingly demanding when it comes to a transit experience that’s seamless. They...
Feb 1, 2024 | Canada, Featured, Smart Cities
Would you be willing to share real-time information and data if it led to improved city services? You already are. Since the Canadian government launched its Smart Cities Challenge in 2017, more than 225 municipalities across the country have integrated some or most...
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