Dec 5, 2019 | Climate, Featured, Smart Cities
There is no longer any credible reason to deny our part in the climate crisis. We are now facing the destruction of vital ecosystems, and every year 12.6 million people die because of environmental pollution. Cutting edge smart city technologies may be our most useful...
Nov 21, 2019 | Smart Cities
The city of Stockholm, Sweden, was named as the Smart City of 2019 at the Smart City Expo World Congress event in Barcelona. The global awards are presented annually to the most impressive city innovation and transformation initiatives. The judges said Stockholm’s...
Nov 20, 2019 | Featured, Smart Cities
Whatever happened to the “smart city?” It’s alive and well but morphing into the “hyperconnected city,” powered by data analytics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and other advanced technologies. Among the goals: Create new business opportunities,...
Nov 20, 2019 | Featured, Smart Cities
Global consulting firm PwC has identified seven layers of data governance that need to be in place if public and private sector organisations are to turn data into benefits – both financial and quality of life ones – while ensuring public buy-in. It contends that the...
Nov 14, 2019 | Smart Cities
Participants were given access to data sets about traffic count; city fleet telematics; street infrastructure; traffic safety; community amenities; bike share and demographics. And the winners were awarded $5,000, $2,000 and $500, respectively. “It was an...
Nov 7, 2019 | Featured, Internet of Things, Smart Cities
Traffic engineers in New York City will soon be able to reboot malfunctioning stoplights without leaving their desks, thanks to a new IoT project. The city’s Department of Transportation is working with Transition Networks to deploy...
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