Motional and Via robotaxi service in Las Vegas
Driverless tech firm Motional and transit software developer Via have launched a robotaxi service in Las Vegas. The service will provide free self-driving rides in the town centre. The [...]
Bahl and Colley to lead IMC expansion plans
After its strongest growth year ever, the IoT M2M Council (IMC) has tapped Romil Bahl, CEO of KORE, as its new chairman. In addition, Sam Colley, CEO of Pod [...]
Telus, Google and NXN smarten Canadian cities
Telus is working with Google Cloud and NXN Digital to make Canadian cities safer, greener and smarter. The Canadian telco is partnering Google Cloud and NXN Digital to deliver [...]
Qualcomm partners Essence to accelerate smart cities
Israeli firm Essence Group, a developer of IoT-based security, safety and healthcare cloud services, has joined Qualcomm’s smart cities accelerator programme to help protect workers, buildings and assets. As [...]
Chicago completes smart streetlight project
Chicago has completed its CSLP smart lighting programme, a massive streetlight modernisation project that has improved the quality of night-time visibility throughout the city and is projected to save [...]
Bird flies into Nashville for e-mobility pilot
WeGo Public Transit, Nashville’s public transit agency, has announced a pilot programme with micro-mobility company Bird to bridge first- and last-kilometre transit gaps using eco-friendly micro-electric scooters. Transit gaps [...]
Jacobs acquires mobility analytics firm StreetLight Data
Texas engineering group Jacobs has acquired California-based StreetLight Data, a pioneer of mobility analytics that uses data and machine learning to solve complex transportation problems. The addition of StreetLight [...]
Fujitsu and CMU develop social digital twins
Japanese company Fujitsu is working with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to develop social digital twin technology for use by smart cities. A social digital twin digitally reproduces the [...]
Researchers use computational design to improve cities
Computational design can identify greater efficiencies across the built environment, enabling more sustainable cities, according to researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. A suite [...]
SK Telecom plans ridesharing air-taxi service
SK Telecom and Joby Aviation, a California-based developer of an all-electric, five-seat aircraft that can take off and land vertically (eVTOL), are working together to introduce emissions-free aerial ridesharing [...]
Australian researchers apply IoT and 5G to garbage trucks
Garbage trucks could be the new frontline in repairing local roads, thanks to a research collaboration between Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology and Brimbank City Council that uses 5G [...]
Moovit powers on-demand transport in Wilmington
Public transport company Wave Transit has launched RideMicro, an on-demand service and mobility app that lets locals plan, pay and ride shared transit trips in Wilmington, North Carolina. Residents [...]
