Energy harvesting, the process of tapping into micro-power sources in the environment, now spans a number of ambient sources and “has matured through the use of a variety of environmental…
Technology for lighting, building, energy, transportation, commnications, water, food, infrastructure – all of these – will be required to build and sustain the city of the future. World population is…
Didier Goepfert argues that real-time data has real value for people generating it, and there is now an opportunity for them to regain control and even be able to monetize…
As the 14th annual summit between India and the European Union (EU) took place in New Delhi on 6 October 2017, the European think tank Bruegel published data to suggest…
A mobile operator and city council have partnered to implement a low power wide area network technology as part of a smart city initiative, and also announced an innovation fund…
Every year in October, research firm Gartner publishes its top 10 strategic technology trends for the following year. This year, it says the top trends tie into the ‘intelligent digital…
Earlier this year at a conference in Yinchuan, China, the City of San Diego illustrated how it used street lights and smart lighting as the backbone of its current and…
The Alibaba Group is to establish seven new research centers around the world to focus on developing new technologies. Called the Alibaba DAMO Academy (academy for discovery, adventure, momentum and…
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Communications (MCTIC) has launched the results of its study ‘Internet of things: an action plan for Brazil’,…
A new list reveals which US cities are most ready to benefit from smart city technologies. The Smart City Benefits index claims to be the first comprehensive study designed to…