Unity creates digital twin of Orlando
The Orlando Economic Partnership and California-based Unity have created a digital twin of the entire Orlando region. Unity’s platform is for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Operational [...]
Vianova lets Dutch cities analyse mobility data
The Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven have teamed up with mobility data platform Vianova to improve collaboration with mobility operators through data insights. The Netherlands is one [...]
Blattner and Indoor Lab provide predictive analytics
A partnership between Blattner Technologies and Indoor Lab can provide predictive analytics based on real-time location services for some of the most heavily trafficked airports, stadiums, retailers and monuments [...]
Info-Tech advises Canada on creating smart cities
Canadian IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group is working with the country’s Municipal Information Systems Association (Misa) to build smart cities and create social, environmental and economic [...]
Cycle-activated signs increase safety in Glasgow
Glasgow City Council has installed cycle-activated electronic signage on its roads. The LED warning signs illuminate a cycle symbol to alert drivers to the presence of cyclists. They are [...]
UN white paper pushes AI for sustainable cities
United Nations sustainable urbanisation body UN-Habitat and Canadian academic deep learning research centre Mila collaborated on a white paper on how artificial intelligence (AI) can help develop socially and [...]
Virtual teacher shows way round Chinese cities
A human lookalike teacher from China’s Alibaba Group is helping users find their way round cities. She is part of an upgrade to Alibaba’s Amap navigation platform that uses [...]
Silicon Labs sets up Wi-Sun smart city test lab in India
India’s International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad (IIIT-H) worked with Texas-based Silicon Labs to launch a campus-wide Wi-Sun network to enable research into IoT and smart cities. Wi-Sun [...]
Signify and Upciti help cities get more from street lighting
Signify and Upciti are helping cities and utilities across North America leverage their street lighting infrastructure to improve transportation, public safety and sustainability. Street lighting provides a strong foundation [...]
Eleven-X brings smart-city parking to UWM
Canadian firm Eleven-X is improving parking at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)’s main 104-acre campus using a LoRa-based parking monitoring system. The company will deploy its Exactpark parking monitor, [...]
Singapore lab to explore 6G technology
Singapore has set up the first physical laboratory in the region to study the potential for 6G communications and connectivity. With the goal of becoming a global node for [...]
Masabi delivers MaaS for Valencia public transport
EMT, the municipal transport operator for Spain’s third largest city Valencia, has called on UK firm Masabi to deliver mobile ticketing and mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) citywide. The system will see [...]
