If cars are getting smarter, roads should as well…Smart technology and the Internet of Things ( IoT ) are changing the world in a huge way. One of the biggest trending news items is the rapid development of autonomous vehicles. Yet, they are only part of the future of our roads. As Studio Roosegaarde founder Daan […]
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The rollout of smart cities is well underway, however, to make a city truly smart all the individual elements need to work together, not just independently. Connecting these elements is the infrastructure which, like the IoT devices themselves, are full of sensors but with their own challenges to ensure they work successfully. These may be […]
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ALPHA 2018 has sold out. ALPHA is a program run by Web Summit organizers and aims to spotlight the early stage startups engineering the future, connecting them to the world’s most influential companies at Web Summit. In this article, I’ve listed a few startups that caught my attention as they develop solutions in one of […]
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Half the world lives in cities. By 2050 that figure will rise to 70 percent, boosted by the 2.2 billion more people who will live on the planet at mid-century. Cities generate 80 percent of the global gross domestic product and swallow 75 percent of natural resources, producing around 80 percent of global greenhouse gas […]
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Today, 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66% by 2050. [2] According to the 2010 US Census, that number is even higher in the US, with 81% of the country’s population living in urban areas. [3] The largest metropolitan statistical areas in the US […]
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More than half (54%) of the world’s current population resides in urban areas compared with just 30% in the 1950s. In 2009, the global population was estimated at 6.8 billion —around 3.7 billion lived in urban areas. By 2050, 66% of all people will be urban dwellers. Urbanization does not always occur organically. To accelerate […]
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Investment in water infrastructure With the United Nations reporting that 60% of the global population will call an urban area home by 2030, what are the most pressing infrastructural systems that cities will need to evaluate to meet the growing demand of this population? The key challenge for cities will be to manage the growth […]
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For most people around the world, cities are central to our lives and security. More than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and that percentage is expected to grow dramatically over the coming decades. Along with this influx into cities, though, come many challenges. Increases in energy consumption strain remaining resources. Increasing […]
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Throughout history, regional and municipal governments have used new technologies to improve the lives of their citizens. The aqueducts of Rome brought outside sources of water into the city, enhancing both public and private facilities. The London Underground, the first underground railway, made it easier and safer for people to move around the burgeoning city. […]
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As a concept, ‘ smart city ’ has been on the agenda for the last decade to make the cities more productive, more sustainable and ‘smarter.’ According to a survey, annual technology investments in cities will be USD 34.4 billion on average until 2020. The future is coming. Rapidly! I don’t know if the flying […]
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What is a smart city? In a previous article, we described it as a city that uses technology extensively to achieve key outcomes for its various stakeholders, including residents, businesses, municipal organizations and visitors. We also described the Smart City Ecosystem Framework, a model for building and planning smart cities. In this article, we will […]
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Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region, which is, according to the “United Nations Development Programme,” caused mainly by poor management of those resources, affecting around 1.2 billion people around the world. The Internet of Things as a technology holds great potential […]
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