Good connectivity and citizen engagement is the key to a truly smart city of the future, according to speakers at the PlaceEXPO Future Cities event in Liverpool on Tuesday. Property professionals packed out the morning event, sponsored by Muse Developments…
Swansea University to Use HP Technology for Smart Cities Research
HP has announced a three-year collaboration program with Swansea University to explore how its technology can be used in the development of future cities,…
The Volvo Group Studies Potential to Test Electric Roads in a City
The Volvo Group is now taking the next step in the development of sustainable transport solutions. In collaboration with the Swedish Transport Administration,…
University of Sheffield Researchers Create First Global Smart City Ranking
A global initiative to encourage the world's leading cities to become 'smart' has received a significant boost from information specialists at the University of Sheffield, who have helped develop the first global smart city ranking. Mobile-connected smart…
Smart Cities Market (Smart Homes, Smart Security & Smart Energy) Expected to Reach $1 Trillion by 2016
According to a new market research report, "Smart Cities Market – Worldwide Projects, Regional Adoption & Transformations, and Market (by Smart Homes; Building Automation – Physical Security, Life Security, Facilities Management; Energy Management…
Sault Ste. Marie Touts ‘Super GIS’
Geographic information systems (GIS) are imposing applications. Designed to render a comprehensive, multilayered description of natural and built environments, GISs have found a multitude of uses over the years. But sometimes even they can still go above…
Intelligent Transportation Vital for Smart Cities
With more than two-thirds of the global population expected to live in urban contexts by 2050, the deployment of smart cities technologies and intelligent transportation services in particular, will become key policy areas for local governments. By 2025, penetration…
Who Will Design Our Smart Cities?
Like its brethren S-words “smart growth” and “sustainability,” “smart city” can mean just about anything. I define it as the marrying of the city, in both its urban and suburban forms, to the telecommunications revolution signified by the silicon…
Smart Sensors, Wireless Links to Make Cities More Efficient
Smart bins with sensors and wireless links that remotely alert cleaners when they are full are among the devices on show at the Spanish city where the Mobile World Congress starts today. Manel Sanroma, a math professor who became Barcelona’s chief information…
Experts Say Planning Smart Cities Require Comprehensive, All-inclusive Outlook
The smart city of the future must supply all of the needs of its population, rather than focusing simply on niche areas of expertise, stressed an Energy and Water Ministry official at a Tuesday conference. “There is no holistic perception, and the holistic…
