As Santander, Rio and other cities have demonstrated, sensor-based solutions have the potential to impact a broad range of urban issues, from traffic and transportation to energy, public safety and the environment. Less understood is the value of some of the…
Smart Cities and the Smart Grid
A veritable “perfect storm” of challenges and opportunities is profoundly changing the fundamentals of urban areas throughout the world. The driving…
How Some Citeis Are “Smart” and Others Might Become It
In the field of urban innovation, perhaps no topic is as hot right now as that of the "smart city." But a new study finds that when broken down into its…
Smart Dublin: High-tech Sensors to Monitor Life in the Capital
Dublin is set to become the first fully sensored global city after chipmaker Intel announced plans to test more than 200 “gateways” around the city. The plan, which will use Intel’s Irish developed Quark system, will place sensor gateways around the…
Milnton Keynes Invests £16m on ‘Smart’ Economic Growth
Milton Keynes is benefiting from £16m over the next three years to develop new ways of managing the city’s key infrastructure, such as transport, water and energy supplies. The project MK:Smart is developing Milton Keynes as a smart city and will help drive…
3D Printed Canal House Gets Underway in Amsterdam
The Dutch architecture firm DUS Architects have begun work on the world's first 3D printed house in North Amsterdam. The project uses the world's largest portable 3D printer called 'Kamermaker' or room-maker. Not only is this a 3D printed house, but it also…
Dubai Launches a Geospatial App to Become a Smart City
Having launched the new geographic addressing system developed by the Geographic Information System Department of Dubai Municipality, Eng. Abdullah Rafia, assistant director general for engineering and planning sector of the civic body said that the new Makani…
Singapore Partners with Esri to bring Urban Planning to “New Heights”
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said it is collaborating with 3D mapping technology giant Esri to bring Singapore's urban planning and design to "new heights". On Thursday, URA signed a two-year memorandum of understanding with Esri, which will see…
Shanghai Undergoes Geographic Census as Smart City Baseline
Shanghai is undertaking a geographic census, an ongoing data collection effort to capture the city's natural and built environment through 2015 as a means to establish their Smart City project. The Shanghai Institue of Surveying and Mapping will be collecting…
China’s Smart City Concept Comes Together
China is in the midst of an urban planning boom for "smart cities" across the country with 193 trial cities approved and under development. Acknowledging IBM's concept, the idea involved a combination of sensors, systems and cloud computing resources to control…
