Pablo Valerio

Posts By Pablo Valerio

• IoT

  How IoT Helps to Bridge the Digital Divide

  Internet access and digital skills are key to unlocking the potential of the IoT. Applications such as telecommuting, virtual meetings, app-based public transport,...

• Environment

  Deputy Mayor of London: Diesel NOT the Right Thing for Cities

  Cities of the Future sat down with Matthew Pencharz, Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy for the Greater London Authority (GLA), during...

• Smart Cities

  Upcycled Shipping Containers and Treemail, Two Ideas for a ‘Circular’ City

  Barcelona’s Smart City Expo looks at ways for cities to transition to a more circular economy. Vertical vegetables and trees with their own...

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  An Assault on Reason: Airbnb Defeats Proposition F

  Airbnb defeated Proposition F by combining mass advertising with crowd politics. It gave $8 million to political groups opposing it, then mobilized...

• Environment

  Thank you for cheating, Volkswagen

  The automaker’s emissions scandal could end up being a boon if it pushes governments and the industry to reassess diesel’s impact more...

• IoT

  NXP and MasterCard Enable IoT Devices to Make NFC Payments

  Through MasterCard’s new program, which aims to enable any IoT device to become a payment device, the companies are revolutionizing how OEMs...

• IoT

  Amazon Robotics Moves the Warehouse

  The real magic of robots and the Internet of Things is happening right now at Amazon’s vast fulfillment warehouses in the US....

• Smart Cities

  As Dog Days of Summer End, Cities Pick Up Pace Fighting Poop

  Dog waste on city streets is more than a smelly inconvenience. It’s unsanitary, a hopscotch game for children and adults, extra work...

• Environment

  London Pushes Through Stiff Resistance to Cycle Superhighways

  Two new segregated bike paths will crisscross the city and open up speedy, safe cycling that will ease pollution and traffic for...

• Mobility

  Cities Should Consider Going Cashless

  It is starting to make sense for cities worldwide to prepare for a cashless society. Children in Iceland bake cookies to sell on...