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Smart Cities
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How Hackers In Cities Can Solve Social Problems
Pittsburgh has declared itself an “inclusive innovation city,” meaning it is committed to making sure that white people…
To Ride the Subway of the Future, All You Need Is Your Face
Biometric markers could replace physical payment methods, speeding entry for passengers (and discouraging fare evaders). Is this awesome,…
The Top 10 Most Powerful Cities In The World
We often think of ‘magnetism’ as a human quality, as well as a physical phenomenon. Cities also have…
Singapore Island’s Smallness Drives The Bigness Of Its Ambitions
Jurong Island, a man-made smear of sand, lies just off the southern coast of Singapore. A quarter the…
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…
Smarter Cities May Very Well Be Slower Cities For True Urban Soul
Peter Jackson employed an intricate approach to the stage design of Lord of the Rings. The people who…
To Be Smart About Cities, Have The Future In Mind
Smart cities create a symbiosis between information, the Internet of Things and technologies to make better decisions and…
A Smart City Is, Because Its People Are.
By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in mega-cities. How all those people…
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,…
How Internet of Things Can Make a City Smarter?
IoT (Internet of Things) has become the talk of the technological world, but have you ever thought about…
Singapore Spearheading Driverless Taxis You Can Grab Soon
The city of Singapore has singed a new deal in partnership with automotive supplier Delphi and local startup…
High Tech Forest? In A Hotel? Only In Dubai.
Dubai is to embark on another ambitious project — this time building a 7,000 square meter rainforest in…
The Top 10 Most Liveable Cities In The World
The Economist Intelligence Unit, operating under parent media group, The Economist conducts research and analysis on countries and…
Stop Detaching A City’s Life & Fate With The Planet’s
Back in the 1960s, the influential urban planner and journalist Jane Jacobs put American cities under the microscope.…
Why The Price Of Convenience & Technology Is Our Privacy
Futuristic supermarkets promise customers the truth about their shopping, says Prof Carlo Ratti, but what are the retailers…
It Is Obvious To Begin With, Cities Are First & Foremost For People
The federal government’s recently released Smart Cities Plan is built on three pillars: smart investment, smart policy and…
A Bus For Cars? Hmmm… A Cleaner Future From Ideas Past
First dreamed up in 1969, the bus may help Chinese cities ease traffic and curb air pollution. Car…
Top 20 Cities In The World For Cycling Lifestyle
THE BICYCLE MAKES sense in cities. With rising urbanization, our cities need modern mobility solutions, and moving around…
Why & How Perth Is Testing If Its Strategy Is Really Working
City planning has many approaches that have been used to enable better economic, social and environmental outcomes. The…
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…
A Fun & Vibrant City Simply Has More Festivals
Last year the Institute of Museum and Library Services offered a catchy statistic: the United States has more…
Where Citizens Doing DIY Knows It Is Not Built In A Day
Armed with shovels and sacks of cold asphalt, Rome’s residents fill potholes. Defying rats, they yank weeds and…
Raising The Bar For Smart Cities In Singapore
Government-deployed sensors will collect and coordinate an unprecedented amount of data on daily life in the city. This…
Portland’s Leading Ways Invests In Minority & Women Entrepreneurs
Often referred to as the “Whitest City in America,” Portland, Oregon, has made concerted efforts in recent years…
From West To East And Back For Architecture’s Leading Light
Will American cities learn to love China’s best homegrown architect? Ready or not, here he comes. At just…
While Apple & FBI Are Fighting, US DOT & Google’s Sidewalk Labs Are Partnering
U.S. DOT and Sidewalk Labs Partner in the Smart City Challenge; Sidewalk Labs to Create Flow, a Transportation…
Future Cities & Societies Will Be Made With And Will Need New Skills
Today, the idea that data can play a key role in the design and management of cities is…
The Top 10 Smart Cities Consideration For A Prosperous India
The government last month revealed names of the first 20 smart cities that will get Rs 50,802 crore…
The Top 3 Smart City Trends To Expect In 2016
Predictions from research firm IDC revealed three particularly interesting trends emerging around the smart cities movement. For the…
Singapore + Copenhagen = Smart City Fusion
To mark the 50th anniversary of close bilateral ties between Singapore and Denmark, the two countries came together…
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…
Why Smart Cities, As It Is Portrayed, Is Not Always Really Smart
Digital tracking systems – The smart city ‘is a promise to improve quality of life, even in Dutch…
A 21st Century Smart Metrics Guide For Smart Cities
Smart cities make sense: they waste less, offer better quality of life and ensure a brighter future for…
The New Tool Helping Cities Build Sustainably
Before constructing new infrastructure, government agencies are starting to evaluate projects’ potential economic, environmental and social impacts first…
10 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs
NerdWallet tallied the top metro areas by population to determine this (surprising!) list of the best cities for…
How Climate-Smart Cities Could Save The World
Green buildings and better infrastructure would not only spur economic growth but also cut carbon emissions equal to…
The Top 10 Cities Of The Future
If you think about it, human settlements tend to have their own gravitational pull. Like stars and planets…
If Civic Engagement Is Boring, You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
The five cities of the City Accelerator’s second cohort — Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans and Seattle —…
How Charlotte Takes Action For Their Smart City Initiative
There’s been much discussion lately about the potential of “smart cities” and connecting data to help make communities…
How Salt Lake City Commits To A Cleaner Future
Five institutions in Salt Lake City were recognised by the city as part of this year’s Project Skyline…
Playable Cities : The City That Plays Together, Stays Together
Forget about smart cities, Playable City ideas – like Bristol’s water slide or its temporary play streets –…
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…
The Future Of Tech At Cities Of The Future
As witnessed in Silicon Valley over the last two decades, Tech industry growth impacts housing values and creates…
Why Cities Can Learn From Another Even When They Differ
No two cities are alike. Though they might share the same geography or even the same population numbers,…
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…
A Vulnerable City Is Not A Smart City
“Real world hacker” Cesar Cerrudo has blasted vendors, saying they’re stopping security researchers from testing smart city systems,…
Barcelona’s Quest To Become The Smartest City Of Them All
Barcelona has been named the Smartest City in the world for 2015, according to a February publication…
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…
The Cloud Cities Where Urban Automation Is A Reality
Remote storage, big data and the Internet of Things are often discussed separately, but together they’re the driving…
Visions Of Smart City Utopia Need Urgent Reality Check
Responsive urban technology sounds enticing but citizens must not be disconnected from plans drawn up on their behalf.…