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World-leading technology companies have signed on as Council partners to guide city leaders SEATTLE – (May 29, 2013) – Cities around the world have a new ally in the fight to achieve prosperity and sustainability. More than a dozen top technology...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
We always celebrate when an important company opens up its application programming interfaces (APIs) so they can be used by other developers. Or better yet (as in the example below) an entire software development kit (SDK). It is one half of the...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Grist is a publication that promises "environmental news, commentary, advice." They recently hired a standup comedian to compile a list of the 10 U.S. cities that will be hardest hit by climate change.Dig past the relentless one-liners and you'll...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Bristol is a city of just under half a million people in the southwest UK. Its city council has just joined a consortium to develop home sensor systems to improve the health and wellbeing of its citizens.When it comes to health and human services, I...
Article - 05/28/2013
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Gordon Feller is one of the smart city sector's premier thought leaders. Formerly CEO of the Urban Age Institute, he is now the Director of Urban Innovations at Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group. Cisco is a Smart Cities Council Lead...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
It was IBM's Rich Michos who first enlightened me to the crucial role smart phones play in the smart city. As he explained in his interview about building a smarter planet one city at a time, smart phones are showing up everywhere on their own, in...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
It's no longer news when a major city announces its intention to be a world leader in smart city services. But it is illuminating to drill down to see what those cities mean by that announcement. And, especially, what kind of smart city applications...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Everywhere I go I ask about the obstacles to smart city progress and the best ways to overcome them. If I had to pick a single roadblock that is named most often, I would choose "making the business case." The industry is still not doing a good job...
Article - 05/21/2013
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We recently interviewed Alstom smart grid chief Laurent Schmitt. He revealed that partnerships with local universities are part of Alstom's secret sauce.Now we have this article from The Guardian that drills down a little further into the science of...
Article - 05/21/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Smart Cities Council Advisory Board member Architecture 2030 has gone into beta testing of its new tool to help cities "successfully adapt to climatic changes." The tool provides guiding principles for all aspects of urban planning, from region to...
Article - 05/21/2013
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