El Monte selects Cleverciti to improve parking
The city of El Monte in California has selected German company Cleverciti’s smart parking guidance system to improve parking efficiency for local shopping and public transit access. Cleverciti specialises [...]
Scarborough fares well with Dhyan software
The town of Scarborough in Maine has migrated to StreetMan, Dhyan Networks & Technologies’ cloud-based central management software (CMS), to manage its smart streetlights. “Dhyan successfully migrated LumInsight, our [...]
India launches challenge for smart-city start-ups
Smart city living labs at IIIT Hyderabad in India are inviting start-ups to pitch smart-city technology ideas in a month-long challenge. Start-ups have until the beginning of June to [...]
Helsinki partners Aalto University in start-up incubator
The city of Helsinki and Aalto University are setting up an incubator for Helsinki-based start-ups. Called Urban Tech Helsinki, its goal is to draw experts and businesses to the [...]
UK security body warns of smart-city cyber risks
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has published as set of principles for local authorities and partners to establish secure smart cities. The government body believes the advice will [...]
Digi-Key video series focuses on smart cities
Minnesota-based electronics distributor Digi-Key has launched a video series focused on smart cities. Sponsored by TE Connectivity and Microchip, the three-part video series, titled “Smarter, Safer Cities” focuses on [...]
Singtel and Surbana Jurong sign smart cities MoU
Singapore telco Singtel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with local firm Surbana Jurong to form an alliance integrating technology and infrastructure to co-create smart city options that [...]
AWS and OASC help cities share data
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is helping customers of Brussels-based smart city network Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) share open data. This marks the launch of OASC’s Enterprise Partnership [...]
Cruise self-driving taxis to hit Dubai streets
Dubai will be the first international commercial market for California-based Cruise’s all-electric, self-driving, shared ride-hail service after its San Francisco launch. The agreement with Dubai Roads & Transport Authority [...]
Smart lampposts can help cities fight Covid-19
Smart lampposts that can read body temperatures and detect overcrowding could stop the spread of Covid-19 and regenerate cities, according to a report from UK firm UrbanDNA. These 21st [...]
Eilat deploys Viisights behavioural analytics
The Israeli city of Eilat has deployed behavioural analytics from Tel Aviv-based Viisights. The AI-powered technology provides real-time detection of events of interest to alleviate potential threats, maintain Covid [...]
Ubiwhere platform helps cities prepare for digitisation
Portuguese software company Ubiwhere has created the Urban Platform to help cities prepare for the future with data and digitisation. Through this, Ubiwhere is focusing on responding to urban [...]
