Category: Smart Cities
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Buenos Aires is the 2021 recipient of the Smart City Award
The city of Buenos Aires received the City award of 2021 at the Smart City Expo World Congress today. The recognition for the Argentinian capital was announced during the 2021 World Smart City Awards ceremony hosted this afternoon in Barcelona. Eight more awards were given to the most outstanding initiatives and projects in the urban innovation and transformation […]
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UK Railroads Invest in Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning
The oldest rail network in the world, with over 32,000 km. of track, is investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning to streamline maintenance and deal with weather-related challenges. Two months ago, during the AI and Big Data Expo, I had the opportunity to meet Nikolaos (Nick) Kotsis, Chief Data Scientist at Network Rail. At […]
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Spanish City Zamora Hosts the First-Ever Silver Tech Summit
On November 27, the Zamora Fair, the province regional authorities, and Rural Innovation Hubs organize the first technology summit for the Silver Economy. The technology summit, gathering several local enterprises, coops, and an impressive lineup of national and international speakers, aims to position technology as the tool to provide services and products for seniors and […]
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Digital Building Technologies: shaping our future as Human Sensors
Digital building technologies are developing faster than designers, users, and other stakeholders are used to assimilating.
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Eixos Maps London Retail Offering Covid Impact Analysis
The way retailers are distributed across the city plays a vital role in business survival during a recession.
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The 2020 Smart City Award Goes to Shanghai
Smart Shanghai — People-Oriented Smart City, the deployment of intensive digital Infrastructure, e-government services, a City Brain, and massive industrial digital transformation, made Shanghai the winner of the 2020 Smart City Award.
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Are Corporate Headquarters Doomed?
With its corporate headquarters and iconic buildings, the business district now has an uncertain future.
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Trade Shows Uncertain Times
Expecting a dark winter, conferences are being canceled worldwide, putting millions of jobs at risk.
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The Six-Foot and 15-Minute City
There is consensus for making cities greener, healthier, and more liveable. The “15-minute city”, a planning concept based on proximity focuses on these goals
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Mayors Call for More Stimulus Funds for Green Recovery
Investing COVID stimulus funds in green solutions would create 50 million jobs, prevent 270,000 premature deaths, and deliver $280bn in economic benefits globally