Apr 7, 2021 | Featured, Robots, Smart Cities
Automated grocery delivery is a retail technology that suddenly found itself with a more robust use case as the novel coronavirus pandemic made customers prioritize contact-free transactions in the interest of staying healthy. Albertsons, for example, is working on a...
Mar 31, 2021 | Healthcare, Smart Cities
Cities traditionally have been bustling hubs where people live, work and play. When the pandemic hit, some people fled major metropolitan markets for smaller towns — raising questions about the future validity of cities. It’s true that we’re still months away...
Feb 11, 2021 | Climate, Smart Cities
The city of Canberra, Australia, reports that its smart lighting control modules on its streetlights stood resilient in the face of a storm whose impact was “catastrophic and widespread”. A severe storm caused golf ball-sized hail to batter the city and surrounding...
Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Smart Cities
A coalition of Dutch governments and companies acting under the banner of the Hyperloop Development Programme (HDP) is exploring the use of the high-speed transportation system hyperloop for busy freight corridors. A pilot route that would constitute a first step in...
Dec 10, 2020 | Climate, Featured, Smart Cities
The incoming Biden administration has been praised by some experts for its potential benefits for the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and the smart city technology market, which includes areas like artificial intelligence (AI), smart grids, and other...
Nov 12, 2020 | Climate, Featured, Smart Cities
From 9 November 2020 to 22 January 2021 cities from around the world can apply for the first stage of the Smart Cities Challenge following Nesta Challenges’ announcement of an invitation for cities to find and develop together innovative solutions to public...
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