by Seth Rosenberg | Mar 27, 2013 | Announcements, Smart Cities
Governments and hackers, more affectionately referred to as technologists, are increasingly collaborating to find creative and innovative ways to use open data to solve important civic problems. With the help of independent programmers and developers, and by...
by Zia Yusuf | Mar 26, 2013 | Smart Cities
After years of imagining, the Internet of Things (IoT) is finally here. The Internet is no longer limited to your laptop or smartphone. It’s connected to your body, regular household items, car, and so forth. Wish you could turn on your lights remotely? Done. Wouldn’t...
by Issi Romem | Mar 25, 2013 | Smart Cities
Driverless cars are an imminent reality Google is the most conspicuous developer of autonomous vehicles, but it is hardly alone in pursuing this venture. Most automakers are competing to introduce their own driverless cars to the public, and are doing so piecemeal,...
by Dave Hahn | Mar 20, 2013 | Announcements
An archive recording is now available for our March 15th webinar, “Making Smart Cities a Reality — Today.”, presented by Charbel Aoun, Senior Vice President of Smart Cities – Strategy & Innovation at Schneider Electric. [margin60]Watch now The slide...
by Brenda Lucas | Mar 19, 2013 | Smart Cities
Municipal water and wastewater infrastructure keeps the families that live in Ontario’s cities, towns and municipalities safe. This same infrastructure allows businesses to operate, creating economic opportunity and employment, while it also protects the surrounding...
by Patricia McCarney | Mar 18, 2013 | Smart Cities
As cities continue to grow and become more complex, urban based data and the collection of city indicators becomes increasingly important for effective city management. While indicators to measure city performance are commonly used by management levels of government,...
by Frank Teng | Mar 14, 2013 | Governance, Society, Technology
What does it take to be crowned the “Innovative City of the Year”? An outdoor escalator system stretching 28 stories? A Barefoot Park featuring water and massaging stones set among bamboo groves? Or is it the tight social fabric needed to turn around a place once...
by Charbel Aoun | Mar 12, 2013 | Smart Cities
[colored_box bgColor=”#ededed” textColor=”#333333″]Webinar with blog post author Charbel Aoun Watch the archive recording of our 1-hour webinar with Charbel Aoun titled, Making Smart Cities a Reality — Today.[/colored_box] Cities are not about...
by Dave Hahn | Mar 8, 2013 | Announcements
Happy Hour Meet-ups, a set on Flickr. Meet us on the #1stThursday of each month for a casual happy hour meet up with other urban sustainability minded folks in San Francisco. More info at our events page.
by Philip Ross | Mar 7, 2013 | Smart Cities
Our cities have historically been shaped by natural resources and human endeavour. In London, for example, rivers and tributaries of the Thames shaped the urban plan. The river Fleet’s valley became Farringdon Road and gave its name to Fleet Street. Marylebone...
by Seth Rosenberg | Mar 7, 2013 | Announcements
A growing global mobile technology exhibition in Spain features a model city and interactive experience for exhibitors and attendees; Intel, Cisco, IBM among nation-wide climate change leadership recognized in Washington D.C. GSMA Mobile World Conference in Barcelona...
by Steve Raney | Mar 4, 2013 | Smart Cities
A Tantalizing Opportunity As we all should know from Donald Shoup’s landmark 733-page tome, The High Cost of Free Parking, cities with free parking do not qualify as smarter cities, as there is no free lunch and no such thing as a truly free parking space. Of the 102...
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