Helsinki’s startup ecosystem boosted by construction of large startup campus
Helsinki is developing an internationally significant startup campus with around 5,000 jobs and 70,000 square metres in connection to the successful Maria 01 startup…
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Smart grid: where social and digital innovation meet
In no fields the role of digital innovation can be illustrated as well as in the domain of sustainable energy. This also applies to…
Unique eBook: Smart City Tales
Herman van den Bosch has been a writer at the Smart City Hub platform for quite some time now and has published many of…
Düsseldorf Airport: Ready for takeoff with smart sensor technology
Düsseldorf Airport is one of the most important German hubs in international air traffic. In future, digital processes will play a role in successfully…
Barcelona: showcase of smart city dynamics
Barcelona was one of the first European cities to adapt smart city technologies. About ten years ago it started experimenting with digital technologies. The…
Smart Glass
Buildings account for 40% of the global energy use. As a consequence, the mass realization of net zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) is top priority for…
Beyond the smart city
The word smart city popped-up about 20 years ago, but its use rocketed since IBM built a business case on it about ten years…
Digital technology eats politics for breakfast
A virtual debate between Bas Boorsma and Adam Greenfield[1] Does technology develop autonomously or can society be in control? This issue takes a central…
Smart beyond technology push
Tech companies have successfully focused the definition of smart cities on being ‘wired’. In an earlier article I mentioned the three ‘I’s that designate…
Smart billboards are monitoring train passengers in Amsterdam
Dutch railway company NS has allowed advertisers to monitor the way travellers pay attention to billboards. A pilot fase by media company Exterion has…