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North monitors air quality for Commonwealth Games

As the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK, gets underway, smart environmental air quality monitoring technology has been deployed across the host city as the games aims to become [...]

Aimmo sorts data for smart cities

South Korea-based AI and data company Aimmo has updated its smart labelling inspection technology so it automatically classifies data for autonomous driving and smart city use. The technology reduces [...]

Kapsch handles traffic in Peru’s first smart city

Miraflores is the first city in Peru to launch a comprehensive smart city project, and is using technology from Austrian company Kapsch TrafficCom. The objective is to improve the [...]

Ubicquia eases public wifi deployment

Florida-based Ubicquia is helping cities deploy public wifi and cameras for traffic analytics, public safety and licence plate recognition. The company, which is dedicated to making intelligent infrastructure platforms [...]

MaaS Alliance MoU to increase use of mobility data

The MaaS Alliance and the European Parking Association have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve the use of mobility data in smart cities. The partnership aims to [...]

SmartCow AI platform monitors road intersections

Maltese engineering company SmartCow has built an AI platform with sensor fusion capabilities for monitoring road intersection and other smart city applications. Ultron is an Nvidia Jetson-based edge AI [...]

Flashnet lights up Washington DC intelligently

Washington DC’s smart city transformation will be powered by 75,000 InteliLight streetlight controllers from Romanian company Flashnet. The $309m project will reduce energy use by more than half, improve [...]

Ecopia to make 3D maps of top 100 Canadian cities

The Canadian government has committed $8m for Ecopia AI to create high-precision 3D maps of 100 cities in Canada to support net-zero initiatives. Toronto-based Ecopia has announced a funding [...]

TomTom improves traffic safety in Netherlands

Geolocation specialist TomTom is collaborating with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management to provide traffic services with more extensive and effective safety warnings to Dutch drivers. Through [...]

Neuron brain controls Ottawa e-scooters

Ottawa has become the first city to implement central control of its e-scooter fleet using technology from Singapore-based Neuron Mobility. Neuron’s safety and innovation technology has earned the company [...]

Vexel provides aerial data for smart-city planners

Project planners can use intelligent aerial imaging technology from Colorado-based Vexel to create 3D models that help them design smart cities. Vexcel Data Program has announced a product that [...]

Self-driving vehicles in Oxfordshire transport plan

Oxfordshire has become the first UK council to include self-driving vehicles in its Local Transport Plan and sees harnessing technology and data as key to a thriving transport system. [...]