May 30, 2024 | Smart Cities
Smart city technologies are expected to become a $100 billion industry in 2024 as more and more cities look for innovative solutions for urban challenges, a new report showed on Wednesday. According to data presented by Stocklytics.com, the market size of smart city...
Mar 14, 2024 | Smart Cities
Texas experienced the worst wildfires in its history in early 2024, but social media posts suggesting the blazes in the US state’s northern panhandle were intentionally set to make way for a “smart city” are false. Officials say power lines —...
Feb 29, 2024 | Smart Cities, Smart Manufacturing
Its urban centres in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi connect transport and infrastructure to the people through technology, boosting efficiency and productivity on the country’s route to reducing its reliance on oil. The ‘Smart Dubai’ initiative, launched 10...
Feb 15, 2024 | Cyber Security, Featured, Smart Cities
For technologists, building smart cities is not an aspirational goal but a matter of necessity. The World Bank estimates that 70% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas by 2050, up from 56% today. This massive population shift will place...
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 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...
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