Digital twins stop cities under-reporting emissions, says Cityzenith
Digital twins can prevent US cities under-reporting their carbon emissions, according to Chicago-based Cityzenith. This follows a report in Nature Communications, the journal for research across the natural sciences, [...]
Autonomy Institute pilot enables smart cities
The Autonomy Institute has launched an intelligent infrastructure pilot with Texas Military Department to enable autonomous vehicles, smart cities and connected things. The Autonomy Institute is a cooperative research [...]
G42 and Serco integrate public services in UAE
Serco Middle East has signed a memorandum of understanding with UAE-based AI company G42 to transform and deliver integrated public services across the region. Artificial intelligence and cloud computing [...]
Espoo pilots Trombia autonomous street sweeper
The first commercial pilot of the autonomous Trombia Free street sweeper has started in the city of Espoo in Finland. A bicycle path in Espoo is being cleaned fully [...]
Microsoft joins IMC to accelerate IoT adoption
Microsoft has joined the IoT M2M Council (IMC), a trade group that fosters a community of 25,000 qualified IoT users. The Microsoft Azure IoT Engineering group will use the [...]
FirstNet gives green light to first responders for BeamFirst
First responders can now access BeamFirst from California-based BeamLive via the FirstNet app catalogue. BeamFirst delivers situational awareness and first responder communication and safety through near real-time IoT content [...]
NEC wins project to turn Indian city smart
Japanese technology giant NEC has won a contract to help turn Thiruvananthapuram in India into a smart city. Thiruvananthapuram is among the 100 smart cities selected in the third [...]
Cox pilots kerbside management in Las Vegas
Cox Communications is piloting its smart kerbside management technology in the city of Las Vegas with the aim of reducing downtown traffic congestion. Covering six parking spots along the [...]
German alliance aims to transform cities digitally
Four German organisations have formed a joint venture to help cities transform their services digitally. DKSR, or Daten-Kompetenzzentrum für Städte und Regionen (Competence Center for Cities and Regions), was [...]
Alliance publishes uCIFI unified data model
The uCIFI Alliance has announced the public release of a unified data model to provide interoperability and interchangeability between connected devices to unlock smart cities, reduce costs and guarantee [...]
Hong Kong researchers sign smart city MoU
The Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (Astri) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to implement a smart [...]
Optibus helps bus operators plan routes out of lockdown
Stagecoach, Britain’s biggest bus, coach and tram operator, is using technology from Israeli company Optibus to plan bus networks and timetables as cities come out of Covid-19 lockdown. The [...]
