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…
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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…
Montreal is pairing the best sensor tech with artificial intelligence
Montreal, the French-Canadian capital of Quebec, is among the world’s smartest cities. In 2016, it was awarded the title of “Intelligent Community of the…
Smart Cities: Kansas City
According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, smart cities are anticipated to create huge business opportunities across different industries with a total market…
Adelaide to construct transformational Ten Gigabit City Network
The City of Adelaide is getting ready to construct a transformational ten gigabit fibre-optic network that will deliver lightning fast data speeds to the…
How Palo Alto is using technology to solve urban problems
To solve modern city problems like traffic congestion and air pollution, city governments need to think different. Here is an eight-minute documentary on how…