Robot to Help Recover Impounded Cars in Moscow
Moscow’s Government Contact Centre has been in operation since 2011 and includes the city’s information and dispatch services. It currently processes about 2.5 million…
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City of Helsinki evaluates the impact of design
The City of Helsinki initiated collaboration with Aalto University’s Department of Design last spring to evaluate the impact of design activities. The evaluation represents…
7 Uses of Blockchain and Crypto in Smart Cities
You’ve probably heard a lot about smart cities and how they could drastically change how people live. Smart cities have numerous components that make…
Safe cities
The reduction of crime is not primarily to be expected from effective police work, despite the best technological support, but from a society with…
Future Cities: Smart by default. Humane by choice
Smart City Hub brings you an exciting new series of essays: “Future Cities: Smart by default. Humane by choice”. Every few weeks, a new…
Will autonomous cars make driving safer?
Most people who believe that autonomous cars will contribute to a more livable environment refer also at the potential savings of millions of lives….
Deloitte warns parking operators: technology is also coming for your business
Technology has made it easy and efficient to get from A to B. By accounting for real time information on queues and other disturbances,…
Hydrogen and the city: Smart, but still a promise for the future
Recently, Amsterdam[1] and Nijmegen published their plans for energy transition. The obvious conclusion is that they need a lot of hot water for district heating…
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…
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…