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30th March 2017
Navigant Research claim that smart cities are now a 'global phenomenon' as their research finds that there are more than 250 smart city projects underway across 178 cities around the ...
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November 2016
25th November 2016
Smart cities need the data power of private sectors as well as governments in order to evolve, according to an IoT expert.
Hossein Rahnama, CEO of context-aware computing startup Flybits, said ...
25th November 2016
Winning the US Department of Transportation’s (DoT) Smart City Challenge is just the beginning of Columbus’s smart city journey.
Plans being drawn up for the $40 million prize money ...
4th November 2016
Many clean technology (cleantech) startups are rebranding themselves as smart city companies, according to Bloomberg.
Startups are targeting their existing products at the smart city market, a ...
4th November 2016
Cisco Systems, a large US networking hardware company, has announced its plans to help 100 Indian cities to become ‘connected’.
Chuck Robbins, Cisco’s CEO, has confirmed the ...
3rd November 2016
Insurers are always looking for new ways to sell their services, but with Admiral’s recent attempt to use customers’ Facebook data to calculate their car insurance premium, could the IoT ...
#iot
October 2016
31st October 2016
Purifying the air in underground car parks could reduce air pollution in cities by up to half.
Researchers from Eindhoven’s University of Technology have tested ENS Technology’s new ...
#sustainable cities
28th October 2016
It has been discovered that the recent cyber-attack that brought down several international websites was orchestrated by an IoT ‘weapon’ called the Mirai botnet.
Sites including ...
28th October 2016
BT has revealed new plans for ‘the next evolution’ of its public payphones.
With the number of people using traditional phone boxes dwindling, BT have announced plans for new smart ...
#smart city
26th October 2016
Kent County Council’s plans to replace their traditional streetlights with LEDs will be partly funded by the Green Investment Bank (GIB).
The program, which is expected to cost £40 ...
24th October 2016
As cars become increasingly autonomous, Wired have asked a number of urban planners and futurists for their visions of driverless future cities.
The experts agreed that there is still a lot of ...
21st October 2016
A new survey has revealed that an overwhelming majority of IT professionals believe that smart cities are vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Tripwire asked 200 IT experts for their views on the cyber ...
21st October 2016
An expert from a leading IoT research group has claimed that a one-size-fits-all approach may not be the best way to regulate personal IoT data governance.
Irina Brass, a researcher at University ...
19th October 2016
Technology is a crucial element of any smart city – but should established cities update existing infrastructure or start afresh?
Many might believe that San Francisco is the most ...
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18th October 2016
Although the US Smart City Challenge has been won, the movement to improve urban mobility across America is just beginning.
The Transport for America alliance and Sidewalk Labs are backing the new ...
14th October 2016
City leaders must take more control of their energy use and actively encourage the use of smart technology, according to Arup.
The professional services firm has released a new report with the aim ...
#smart energy
13th October 2016
Street lights are prime real estate for smart development, and cities are starting to realise their potential.
Smart cities will need advanced wireless transmissions, and these transmissions ...
#smart lighting
12th October 2016
With IoT devices becoming a vital part of our cities, it is easier than ever for local authorities to monitor the urban environment. This greater level of control means that cities could become safer ...
#security#smart city
11th October 2016
A new report has revealed the similarities and differences in smart cities across the globe, with interesting insight into how unique cultural and social factors shape smart city projects. ...
6th October 2016
Some of the UK’s top smart cities projects have been funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme – so what will happen to UK smart city solutions when we leave ...
#brexit
5th October 2016
Despite warnings from security experts, many IoT devices have weak or non-existent security features.
While robust security may not seem necessary for your smart fridge, as a hacker might only ...
#data security
4th October 2016
The White House has pledged a further $80million to smart city and technology projects, in addition to their $160 million investment in 2015.
The National Science Foundation will benefit from the ...
3rd October 2016
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is considering proposals for five programs aimed at improving smart city technology.
In 2015, the ‘Internet of Postal Things’ report looked at ...
#smart city
September 2016
30th September 2016
Sidewalk Labs has predicted that personal car ownership will become a thing of the past, but what does this mean for smart cities?
Klaus Bondam, Copenhagen’s former mayor for roads and ...
29th September 2016
Experts at the recent VERGE 16 conference agreed that smart city leaders must ensure smart solutions are reaching the entire city population.
Cities that are striving to become smart must evaluate ...
#smart citizens
23rd September 2016
A research report by ON World has calculated that the scale of smart cities will multiply in the next ten years, with the Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) ecosystem due to expand from 4 million ...
#lpwan#big data#city#smart city
20th September 2016
The former head of O2 has suggested that the UK could miss out on smart cities success because of planning laws and an ‘analogue’ mindset. Ronan Dunne, now head of Verizon Wireless in the ...
#5g#city#smart city#telecoms
14th September 2016
IoT developers are constantly promising more from the IoT, but a recent survey has shown that consumer demand for IoT devices is stalling.
Those working in the IoT industry believe that the ...
#iot
14th September 2016
Experts agree that smart city solutions and the IoT could significantly improve the quality of life in the UK.
Politicians, civil servants and engineers gathered at a Smart Cities conference in ...
#councils#smart city
13th September 2016
US government officials are positive about the benefits and value that smart city innovations can deliver, according to new research.
Building Smarter Cities, a research brief from CompTIA, has ...
#councils#smart city
13th September 2016
Local governments can become overwhelmed by the numerous smart city solutions on offer, and should plan ahead to ensure that they choose the right options.
This is the view of Tormod Larsen, CTO ...
#councils#smart city
8th September 2016
Local councils could make significant savings and improve efficiency through implementation of IoT technologies in social care.
The government has provided funding for new social care initiatives, ...
#smart health
8th September 2016
Former leaders of a number of major US cities are joining together to create a smart city ‘supergroup’.
The group, whose members have consulted for cities such as L.A., Seattle and ...
#smart city
6th September 2016
Hypercat, a technology standard developed in the UK, has now launched in Australia.
Hypercat is both an alliance (with over 1,000 members) and an open standard, which enables free communication ...
#open standards
5th September 2016
As technology becomes more deeply embedded into our cities, one of the biggest issues facing city authorities is ensuring that they aren’t locked into a single provider.
Cities across the ...
#open standards
1st September 2016
National Grid’s new UK chief, Nicola Shaw, has claimed that smart technology could revolutionise the energy sector and ensure security of supply.
She believes that an ‘internet of ...
#smart energy
August 2016
31st August 2016
Consumers in the UK can now instantly purchase items with the launch of Amazon’s Dash IoT button.
The wireless buttons, which are powered by Amazon’s Dash Replenishment Service (DRS), ...
#iot
31st August 2016
Innovate UK, which is sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, has announced that it will be investing £1m in UK IoT startups.
The organisation will ...
#iot#uk smart city
30th August 2016
When it comes to smart city rankings, European cities often dominate the tables, and we should use these cities as best-practice models for future city development.
Juniper Research has stated ...
#smart city
25th August 2016
As cities evolve, there is an opportunity for them to become thinking, feeling entities that can self-regulate and self-modulate.
Although countries across the globe are running smart city trials, ...
#smart city
25th August 2016
Big data can be extremely valuable to businesses, and many are already benefitting from their use of data analytics.
Wal Mart have been gathering big data for several years, and it has provided ...
#big data
24th August 2016
Many companies are implementing IoT into their products and services without considering or understanding the challenges they face. To ensure IoT adoption is successful, they need to anticipate a ...
22nd August 2016
Ford have recently announced plans to roll-out a high volume of completely autonomous vehicles by 2021.
The company have spent almost ten years researching and developing autonomous vehicles, and ...
19th August 2016
There is a lot of buzz about how the IoT will change the world, but the new jobs that have already been borne out of the IoT prove that it is already influencing our lives.
We now have ...
#iot
19th August 2016
Fragmented deployment of smart city technology could cause cities to waste $341 billion by 2025, according to new research.
Machina Research found that those cities that are deploying smart ...
#open standards#network#security
17th August 2016
Big data can be extremely beneficial to businesses, but they must ensure that it is tailored to their needs.
Focusing on amassing a high volume of data can be problematic for businesses that ...
#big data#iot
16th August 2016
Innovative smart city solutions are emerging in cities across the world – here are a few of the most interesting.
Manchester City Council recently launched their CityVerve project, which ...
#smart lighting#smart transport#smart waste
12th August 2016
Academics at the University of Surrey have received a €762,000 grant from the European Union to conduct smart cities research.
The research will focus on the development of smart cities and ...
#eu#brexit#smart city
11th August 2016
US mobile operators are now adding IoT connections to their networks faster than they are adding phones.
Cars are being connected to cellular networks at a faster rate than anything else, ...
#iot#smart city#smart transport
11th August 2016
A new report has revealed that IT decision makers are holding back on implementing technology trends within their businesses because their department lacks the necessary skills.
The Trends vs ...
#big data#iot#technology
10th August 2016
A delegation from Nottingham City Council are visiting the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation as part of a smart city project mobilisation tour.
Both parties are looking to learn from the smart ...
#councils#smart city
5th August 2016
A new study has shown that businesses may be collecting more data than ever through IoT devices, but they aren’t acting on that data.
The Simplifying the Complexity of IoT report was ...
#big data#iot
4th August 2016
Bolton Council is set to save millions of pounds by replacing conventional street lighting with LEDs.
The council predicts that the energy saving program will save taxpayers £14m over the ...
#councils#smart city
3rd August 2016
Zurich Insurance have announced that they will be partnering with smart tech company, Cocoon, to create an all-in-one home security system.
Cocoon is an innovative security system that utilises ...
#security
2nd August 2016
Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that the IoT is at risk of a major hacking incident unless devices are fitted with improved built-in security.
Schneier, who has written several ...
#iot#security
July 2016
29th July 2016
The recent smart cities webinar, run by Lucy Zodion and Local Government News, focused on barriers to delivery and optimising infrastructure in a smart city. You can view the webinar and presenter ...
29th July 2016
Digital Greenwich has partnered with The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) to create smart city technology, standards and services.
Using 5GIC’s ...
#smart city
28th July 2016
With city populations set to rise exponentially, it’s crucial for city leaders to find more efficient ways to use resources.
Smart city technology could provide solutions in a number of ...
27th July 2016
Business and council experts largely agreed with the findings of Lucy Zodion’s smart cities report at a recent roundtable meeting.
Representatives from smart enterprises, such as Urban DNA, ...
27th July 2016
UK cities will need to embrace renewable energy sources in their transition to smart city status, according to a new report.
With two thirds of the world’s population set to be living in ...
26th July 2016
Pokémon Go may seem like just another fad, but smart city authorities could learn something from the success of the app.
Pokemon Go isn’t the first game to use augmented reality, but ...
#augmented reality#pokémon#smart city
22nd July 2016
Smart cities are still a relatively new concept, but there are concerns that we may soon be overwhelmed by the amount of data that smart cities produce.
Laurence James, from data storage and ...
#big data
21st July 2016
As cities grow, the demands on their infrastructure will increase. Resources that are vital to every citizen – like water, gas and electricity – will become steadily more ...
#smart energy#sustainable cities#utilities
19th July 2016
There is significant potential for IoT technology to improve time, energy and cost efficiency in the healthcare sector.
If healthcare professionals realize this potential and embed IoT-enabled ...
#iot#smart health
18th July 2016
Government and industry leaders came together recently to discuss urban mobility solutions for future cities.
The World Cities Summit 2016, held in Singapore, saw these experts discuss the ...
15th July 2016
Vodafone’s annual Internet of Things Barometer has indicated that spending on IoT is now equal to spending on cloud and data analytics.
Around 24% of the average enterprise IT budget is now ...
14th July 2016
The Internet of Things is growing rapidly, and many organisations have experienced success with pilot IoT projects. However, as they look to move into wider deployments of IoT devices, they must ...
#iot
13th July 2016
As cities become smarter, and technology becomes an even bigger part of city living, we must consider how this will influence jobs in these cities. Laura Hepler has put forward a number of new jobs ...
#smart city
12th July 2016
Columbus, Ohio, was the winning city in the Smart City Challenge, and it must now decide how to spend the $40 million prize.
Rory McGuiness, deputy director of Columbus City Council’s ...
#driverless cars#smart city
8th July 2016
The advertising industry needs more digital real estate, and they may find it as more city infrastructure becomes connected.
Advertisers have a problem – there is a significant amount of ...
#big data#smart city
7th July 2016
The IoT has been building momentum for a while now, but so far IoT devices have been using traditional cellular or wireless network. The Netherlands is now set to become the first country to have a ...
#network
5th July 2016
A YouGov survey has revealed that although Britain has voted to leave the EU, 76% of the British public want clean air zones that will bring cities in line with European standards.
The poll ...
#smart city#sustainable cities
5th July 2016
The first death fatal collision of a self-driving car has raised a number of questions about the safety of autonomous vehicles.
On 7th May 2016, Tesla driver Joshua Brown died in a collision that ...
#driverless cars
4th July 2016
The majority of local councils are lacking the budget, leadership and capability to implement smart city projects, according to new research.
Lucy Zodion’s report, released today, has ...
#smart city report#smart citizens#smart city
1st July 2016
Peterborough City Council has won the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Public Sector Smart City Award.
The prize is $25,000 in promotional credits, which can be used to offset the costs of their ...
June 2016
24th June 2016
Gartner analyst Bettina Tratz-Ryan has stressed the need for smart cities to communicate plans to citizens in ways that they can understand.
Tratz-Ryan, who is the research vice president for ...
#smart citizens#smart city
24th June 2016
Columbus has been named the winning city in the US Department’s Smart City Challenge.
Columbus, Ohio beat six other finalists, including San Francisco, Austin, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Mo., ...
#smart city
24th June 2016
In a week’s time, we’ll be meeting to discuss the future of our cities and reveal the findings of new research into progress and attitudes towards smart cities from local governments ...
#smart city
23rd June 2016
There are many opportunities that come with the IoT – improved utility, increased efficiency and convenience of services – but there are also new challenges, which the tech community must ...
#iot#network
22nd June 2016
It’s London Technology Week, and Jim Bowes – CEO and co-founder of digital consultancy Manifesto – has called for more support for London’s IoT sector.
Bowes suggested ways ...
#city#iot
17th June 2016
For driverless cars to become commonplace, they need to be able to understand their environment. This raises the question of whether autonomous cars will be held back by a lack of smart technology in ...
#driverless cars#city#smart transport
17th June 2016
With only two weeks to go until Lucy Zodion’s exclusive smart cities breakfast briefing, places are filling up quickly.
On 1st July 2016, Lucy Zodion are holding their first smart cities ...
#smart city
16th June 2016
Claire Maughan, Director of Policy and Communications at Smart Energy GB, believes that smart meter technology is critical for cities to evolve.
Increasing city populations will necessitate a more ...
15th June 2016
Although there are a number of extremely successful smart cities, governments must think about whether they really need their cities to be smart.
In May, India announced plans for twelve more ...
#smart city
15th June 2016
When thinking about smart cities, it’s likely that your first thought doesn’t involve waste management. But with the total volume of global waste set to increase by almost 50% over the ...
#smart waste
14th June 2016
Security technologist Bruce Schneier, one of the speakers at Infosecurity Europe 2016, claims that governments will be crucial when it comes to tackling IoT security challenges.
The lack of a ...
#iot#security
10th June 2016
Sir Malcolm Grant, chairman of the NHS, has stated that the UK can play a significant role in bringing leading smart healthcare solutions to the cities involved in India’s Smart Cities ...
#smart city#smart health
9th June 2016
It’s an exciting time for the IoT, with predictions for IoT market to increase dramatically over the next few years - but many businesses are currently unsure of how the IoT will drive new ...
8th June 2016
One of the problems that is emerging in smart city trials is a lack of cohesion between IoT devices, which makes it difficult to connect the masses of data that is being generated daily.
Comptel ...
#big data#smart city
7th June 2016
A newly released report by IOActive, the IoT Security Survey, has revealed high levels of distrust for IoT among security executives.
In the survey, 85 percent of respondents said that they ...
#iot#security
6th June 2016
Smart cities are developed to be sustainable, but if they focus solely on infrastructure then smart city dwellers may still be eating food produced in unsustainable ways.
Saahil Parekh, co-founder ...
#smart food#smart city
6th June 2016
Lucy Zodion’s Smart Cities webinar is now open for registration.
The buzz around smart cities is growing every day, with countries across the globe beginning to seriously consider and invest ...
#smart city#webinar
3rd June 2016
When smart cities were first imagined, they were extremely ambitious – plans emerged for cities that would be completely interconnected and intelligent, where everything would be ...
#city#smart city
2nd June 2016
There’s been a lot of talk about the launch of the fifth-generation network (5G) – but will it really move smart cities from concepts and trials to reality?
An inherent problem in many ...
#network#smart city
2nd June 2016
Sidewalk Labs, Google’s smart city research unit, appear to be taking a less technology-centred approach to the development of cities than might have been expected from the tech ...
May 2016
31st May 2016
Although ever-increasing number of people are moving into cities each year, there’s a big question about where millennials are going to live – will they live more urban lifestyles than ...
#city#millennials
30th May 2016
A technology expert has informed MPs that families are at risk of hacking due to newly installed smart meters.
Nick Hunn, of WiFore Consulting, made the claim at an inquiry into the installation ...
#iot#security#smart energy
27th May 2016
A new survey has found that most business leaders are already investing in and seeing the benefits of increased use of smart technology at work.
Avanade interviewed 500 C-level executives, IT ...
#technology
26th May 2016
While there are many plans and ideas for smart cities, at the moment we can only guess at how smart cities will actually materialise.
It’s likely that the current utopian imagery, ...
25th May 2016
Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom have announced plans to build a new LoRaWAN-based network in South Korea. They claim that it will be the first network to be used for commercial use, as existing ...
#network#smart city
24th May 2016
A new survey, undertaken by YouthfulCities, has revealed that millennials want more than a smart city – they want a youthful city.
YouthfulCities interviewed 15,000 people aged 15-34, across ...
#city#millennials
24th May 2016
Analyst firm IHS have predicted that the rise of smart cities will drive smart device sales past the one billion mark by 2025.
Global unit shipments of internet-connected devices were at 115.4 ...
23rd May 2016
UK startups are looking to get involved in smart cities in south-east Asia, with help from the Government trade mission.
The smart city market is very lucrative for businesses, and the UK’s ...
#smart city
20th May 2016
Although smart cities are becoming increasingly popular, problems with security and processing are making early adopters wary.
Professor Rob Kitchin, of Maynooth University, stated that the ...
#big data#security
19th May 2016
London has ranked as the third smartest city in the world in an extensive study of cities across the globe.
Juniper Research’s study named Singapore as the world’s leading smart city, ...
#smart city
17th May 2016
London and Bristol have been crowned the UK’s top smart cities in the first UK Smart Cities Index, commissioned by Huawei.
Both cities were named ‘leaders’, with Birmingham, ...
#smart city
16th May 2016
Speakers at OzWater 2016 have discussed the potential for smart technology to help Australian cities to deal with the effects of climate change.
This year OzWater, an annual three-day water ...
#smart lighting
13th May 2016
Our lifestyles are constantly changing as new technology causes us to be increasingly connected, and we are beginning to see the political dimension of the Internet of Things.
Lean Doody, ...
#smart citizens
12th May 2016
IoT technologies are becoming increasingly widespread, but even industry leaders are concerned about the data security and ethical issues that surround the IoT.
Speaking at the Internet of Things ...
#iot#security
11th May 2016
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is creating a smart city – and they should take this chance to create a city that is liberated.
With the city they are currently planning, they ...
#city#smart city
10th May 2016
In Tel Aviv, the government are using smart technology to keep the needs of local citizens at the heart of their work.
The main objective of any smart city is to improve the efficiency of local ...
#smart citizens#smart city
9th May 2016
An international coalition, the ‘Coalition for Urban Transitions’, has been launched to support sustainable cities.
The new alliance was launched at the Climate Action Summit on 5th ...
#sustainable cities
6th May 2016
The market for smart street lighting is growing rapidly, with many countries choosing to replace their traditional street lights with smart LED lamps.
Smart street lights can be switched on and ...
#smart lighting
6th May 2016
The number of products in the IoT is multiplying rapidly, and the companies that create these products need to ensure that they are secure.
Technology executives from the Forbes Technology Council ...
#security
5th May 2016
A new report by Machina Research has highlighted the potential for open standards to cut the costs of smart cities by around 30%.
With the technology that is currently available – the ...
4th May 2016
A survey by the Institution of Engineering and Technology has revealed that only 18 percent of the British public have even heard of the term ‘smart city’.
In a poll of 531 people, the ...
#smart citizens#smart city
3rd May 2016
The Indian Government are pushing their top 20 smart cities to apply for funding from International bodies like the World Bank, as global financial institutions set aside increasing amounts of money ...
April 2016
29th April 2016
According to Gartner, a technology research firm, global spending on security for IoT is likely to reach £239m in 2016. This is a rise of around 23% on 2015, and security spending is expected ...
#iot
28th April 2016
The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) has joined the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities.
The group includes Parliamentarians, academics, NGOs, businesses and local governments that ...
#smart city#smart lighting
26th April 2016
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, are the latest company to get involved in the smart cities buzz. Their urban planning team, Sidewalk Labs, will soon be pitching a proposal to get into the ...
25th April 2016
In many cities, there is a need for a balance between modernisation and preserving history. This makes it difficult for some cities to take advantage of new technology, but with the growing trend of ...
#smart city
24th April 2016
While pollution is a key focus for smart cities, many think of outdoor pollutants such as factories and car exhausts. Indoor air quality, however, is a growing cause for concern.
An international ...
#smart city
21st April 2016
When talking about smart cities, we must prioritise the ‘smart citizens’ that will inhabit those cities. The end-user is the focus in the development of any new technology, and smart ...
#smart citizens
14th April 2016
With the buzz around smart cities ever-increasing, more cities are looking to become ‘smart’ every day. Robert Bond, a lawyer with London law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, says that we ...
#smart citizens
13th April 2016
With so many people from different cultures and backgrounds living in close proximity, cities are typically diverse places. However, with the internet becoming increasingly influential as cities ...
#diversity
12th April 2016
In 2016, there’s likely to be a 30% rise in connected ‘things’, according to research by Gartner. With so many devices networked into the Internet of Things (IoT), the network ...
#network
11th April 2016
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2014 Mitigation of Climate change showed that cities consume between two-thirds and three-quarters of total global energy, and it is clear ...
#sustainable cities
4th April 2016
John Fox, managing director of LucyZodion
Urban populations are rising rapidly: by 2030 over 90% of the UK’s population is expected to be living in urban environments. Cities are ...
#smart city
March 2016
23rd March 2016
The telecommunications ecosystem is changing quickly as service providers harness the power of big data and the Internet of Things takes shape with smart objects and connected cities, all in a push ...
#big data
22nd March 2016
Deutsche Telekom’s Croatian subsidiary, Hrvatski Telekom, has partnered with the City of Dubrovnik on a new project. The pilot project, developed through a strategic relationship with Cisco and ...
#smart city
22nd March 2016
IoT technology is currently being utilized to improve cities’ transportation systems, parking, environmental monitoring, waste management, planning, street lighting and utility ...
#network#smart city
22nd March 2016
Smart City: How London's next mayor can harness the capital's entrepreneurial energy to revolutionise local services and save millions
The new mayor, whoever it may be, must have the same ...
#smart city
18th March 2016
Devolution could provide an opportunity for digital leaders to come to the fore in the creation of smart cities, according to the future technologies lead in the Digital Economy Unit of the ...
#devolution#smart city
17th March 2016
Chinese telecoms Huawei is expanding its reach across the globe - i the UK, the company has established a partnership with BT.
The company sees the UK as a major investment spot, with plans for a ...
#smart lighting
17th March 2016
‘There’s no end to smart cities’, Huawei exec says as world governments bet on technology to improve security, education and healthcare
Chinese telecoms Huawei is expanding its ...
16th March 2016
Networking suppliers Huawei and Samsung have both debuted smart street lighting solutions to enable city authorities to enhance the control and performance of their street infrastructure, and achieve ...
14th March 2016
Seven cities were named finalists in the U.S. DOT’s Smart City Challenge this weekend, chosen from a pool of 78 entrants the finalists remain in the running for $50 million to fund ...
#smart city
11th March 2016
Supported by the Ministries of Power, New & Renewable Energy and Science & Technology, India Smart Grid Week is an initiative to find smart solutions to India’s energy needs.
Power ...
#smart grid
11th March 2016
A need for the public sector to become more efficient, as well as the rise of IoT, has resulted in city halls embracing the notion of Smart Cities. In fact Gartner is predicting that in 2016, Smart ...
#iot#smart city
9th March 2016
Some of the best brains in technology and research are now collaborating with the four Dublin local authorities to solve issues using the data that is there for the world to see.
There are six key ...
#smart city
7th March 2016
With the growing energy requirements and reducing the effect of the global warming the countries across the globe have started using the energy efficient smart lighting systems.
It is expected ...
#smart lighting
7th March 2016
Gaia Smart Cities, an Indian start-up pioneering Internet of Things (IoT) & smart cities solutions has entered into an agreement with Stream Technologies to collaborate roll-out smart city ...
#smart city
4th March 2016
According to the Smart Cities Research Cluster (SCRC) at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, “a city can be defined as ‘smart’ when investments in human and social capital ...
#smart city
3rd March 2016
Faced with rapid urbanisation, city planners are turning to technology to solve a wide range of problems associated with modern cities. Smart cities are the outcome of this deepening integration of ...
#smart city
3rd March 2016
United Kingdom-based multinational consultancy companies gave a presentation on various aspects of a smart city during a round-table session in Ludhiana.
The representatives made a presentation on ...
#smart city
February 2016
29th February 2016
At Mobile World Congress, hundreds of companies showed off new smart city technologies, some that are just in the start-up phase while others are being implemented in select cities.
During MWC, ...
#technology#smart city
29th February 2016
The cities of Lyon, Munich and Vienna will deliver smart energy solutions under a €29 million (£22.6m) project.
The five-year Smarter Together programme aims to improve citizen’s ...
#smart energy
29th February 2016
Technology hub Innovation Birmingham has opened applications for a new smart cities incubator programme which will offer support and mentorship to Birmingham-based early stage technology ...
#smart city