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Big Data
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How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Are Shaping Neonatal Care
Neonatal care has undergone significant transformation in recent years, largely due to advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and…
2024-10-25
Leveraging Big Data: How Analytics Shape the Online Slots Industry
The online slots industry has experienced significant growth in recent years, thanks in large part to advancements in…
2024-05-21
The Convergence Of Technology And Geopolitics – Implications For The Global Order
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, quantum computing, and biosciences are conferring new forms of power and…
2023-08-08
3 Proven Urban Designing Principles That Enhance Road Safety
Today, 55% of the population worldwide lives in cities. According to The World Bank, the number will double by…
2020-12-07
Business Trends To Look Out For In 2020
Every business must follow trends in order to stay profitable. Nowadays there are constant changes in the economy…
2019-10-01
Surprise! Digital Space Isn’t Replacing Public Space, And Might Even Help Make It Better
You’re on the train on your daily commute, head bowed, peering at your phone. A cavalcade of news…
2019-08-19
Who Really Owns Our Data?
Recently, FaceApp, the Russian-based application known for its aging filters gained attention after it was found out to…
2019-08-01
The City On Your Selfies: How Instagram Helps Us Learn More About Urban Dynamics
For so long, social scientists have taken interest in the dynamics of cities, and rightfully so, for cities…
2019-04-25
The Most Valuable Tool For Ending Poverty? Data.
The data revolution is under way, and data has impacted how we buy, work, live—even how we love.…
2019-04-05
With Smart Cities, Your Every Step Will Be Recorded
Modern cities are brimming with objects that receive, collect and transmit data. This includes mobile phones but also objects…
2018-04-23
It’s Time To Regulate ‘Smart City’ Technology, Too
This isn’t just about Facebook: When Google is building cities and cars are turning into data-harvesting machines, the…
2018-04-17
Why The Business Model Of Social Media Giants Like Facebook Is Incompatible With Human Rights
Facebook has had a bad few weeks. The social media giant had to apologise for failing to protect the personal…
2018-04-11
Infographic: Conquering The World – Chatbots Gone Wild
Are Chatbots the Next Big Thing? Businesses are always looking for new and innovative ways to interact and…
2018-04-02
How To Make Smart Cities Human Again
Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. These include cameras and sensors that count…
2018-02-12
We Are Finally Realising Smart In Cities Is Not Just About Tech
Australia, one of the world’s most urbanised nations, is looking to up its investment in digital technologies to…
2017-05-09
How Big Data Is Adding A Whole New Dimension To Public Spaces
Most of us encounter public spaces in our daily lives: whether it’s physical space (a sidewalk, a bench,…
2017-02-16
The Future Of The Cloud And Data Centers Are Found In A Bakery
We live in a data-driven world. From social media to smart cities to the internet of things, we…
2017-01-16
Predicting Our Future As Internet Of Things Come Alive
Physical actions in the real world and data processing in the digital world are fusing as the Internet…
2016-08-25
Innovative U.S. Cities That Are Leading In Economic Efficiency Too
The economy is a hot topic in the presidential debates and is among the top public concerns. But…
2016-05-17
Getting Lost (Safely) Is Part Of The Fun & Smarts Of ‘Smart’ Cities
The internet has reached our cities. A smart city is optimised for efficiency, productivity and comfort. The smart…
2016-05-16
Mobile Big Data Discoveries Show Social Segregations In Hong Kong
There’s plenty to learn about where residents travel each day, and with whom they choose to interact. Inequality…
2016-04-25
The Top Must-Have Urban Management Toolkits
In a world of interconnected systems, there are plenty of platforms that can help decision-makers see the big…
2015-12-28
How Big Data And The Sims Helped Us Build The Cities Of The Future
By 2050, the United Nations predicts that around 66% of the world’s population will be living in urban…
2015-10-30
How the Internet of Things Could Transform Public Services
Cars that can communicate with each other to avoid collisions. Thermostats that can be controlled from thousands of…
2015-10-23
California State Synergy To Use Open Data
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Efforts to bring open data into, well, the open have touched off widespread discussion as…
2015-09-09
How Big Data Can Also Discriminate Like People
“This program had absolutely nothing to do with race…but multi-variable equations.” That’s what Brett Goldstein, a former policeman…
2015-08-14
Why Are We Not Making The Most Of Buildings In Cities?
Urban residents around the world have different daily routines, but they share something in common that often goes…
2015-07-28
Without Smart, Connected People There Are No Smart Cities
Driverless cars, smart homes, streetcars and high-speed rail, skyscrapers clad in solar panels – there are a lot…
2015-07-20
How Governments Get Better With Citizen Engagement Platforms
Every year, more consumer technologies find their way into government agencies where they can help improve service delivery…
2015-07-17
Smart Alerting : Shelter From The Data Storm
Here’s a fundamental paradox of today’s massively connected IT systems: the more information available to you, the less…
2015-06-17
How Big Data May Help Sustain A Sustainable City
Global IT firm Hitachi Consulting has been chosen to build a first-of-its-kind Big Data platform for Denmark’s capital…
2015-06-17
Big Data Could Help Cities On Climate Change
With last year’s U.S.-China Climate Accord came a new focus on municipal sustainability. Yes, power plants and national…
2015-05-28
Big Apple. Big Cities. Big Data.
In mid-2011, New York found itself gripped by a series of horrible tragedies: Five people, including several children,…
2015-04-06
Ben Wellington : How We Found The Worst Place To Park In New York City – Using Big Data
City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But…
2015-03-18
What Big Data Means For Big Cities
Sometimes the most powerful and transformative technologies emerge by accident, an unintended consequence of other developments. When this…
2015-03-18
A Smart City Is More Than Just Sensors, Big Data, and Internet
Investing billions in big data and smart technology isn’t the only answer to building more sustainable urban areas.…
2015-02-03
Big Data Has Potential to Both Hurt and Help Disadvantaged Communities
In the future, all aspects of daily urban life might be tracked and translated into data points. Local…
2015-02-03