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Smart Cities
113 posts
LA’s pLAn : From Smog & Sprawl To A Green Sustainable City
Los Angeles is known around the world as the home of Hollywood stars, sunny beaches and a high…
2015-04-18
Smart Is As Smart Does. Stupid Just Does Nothing.
[infobox]I never realised how dumb our cities are until I saw what a smart one looks like.[/infobox] There’s…
2015-04-11
Manchester, Salford Grow Major Free Wifi Network, Bringing Superfast Surfing To Millions
Greater Manchester’s ambition to become a top worldwide digital city region has taken a major step forward with…
2015-03-31
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
The Smartest Cities Rely On Citizen Cunning And Unglamorous Technology
Ignore the futuristic visions of governments and developers, it’s humble urban communities who lead the way in showing…
2015-03-02
Smart Or Stupid: Will Our Cities Of The Future Be Easier To Hack?
As more and more machines are entrusted with managing city infrastructure systems, the prospect of disruption – and…
2015-02-28
Innovation In Energy Will Drive Sustainable Cities
Urbanisation makes cities a main focus for environmental policy. Digital technology and innovation will enable a better quality…
2015-02-26
Biometric Data And Smart Cities
Using information to track individuals’ behaviour and interactions in cities could be used to redesign systems from healthcare…
2015-02-23
6 Principles In Planning City-Level Sensor Projects
In Montreal, bus and subway riders who use the transit system’s OPUS smart fare card and have a…
2015-02-18
The “Sensing” City Is the Future of Urbanism
The Smart City isn’t enough. How might real-time data awaken the humanity in our buildings and public spaces?…
2015-02-07
Smart slums: Utopian or Dystopian Vision of the Future?
A researcher explores how smart-city sensor technology can empower or disempower slum dwellers. Life in a smart city is…
2015-02-03
Scaling Up Sensor-Based Smart Cities Proves Difficult
As Santander, Rio and other cities have demonstrated, sensor-based solutions have the potential to impact a broad range…
2015-01-31
Are You Willing To Trade Privacy For Efficiency?
Data science may be helping cities get ‘smarter’, but questions remain over how long urban populations will tolerate…
2015-01-31