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Smart Cities: The Pothole Problem
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The silver lining behind Austins ride-hailing standoff
I voted against Prop 1, the proposition in Austin supported by ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft to ban fingerprint background checks, but I lack that glowing feeling that usually accompanies a...
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The Stone Age Is Over. Kansas City Definitely Got The Memo.
The arrival of a new streetcar in Kansas City, Missouri, heralds the beginning of a major technological shift for the Midwestern city. Lights along the 2-mile transit line, which opens Friday, sense...
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We’ve been mayors of New York, Paris and Rio. We know climate action starts...
If we want to reduce emissions, cities are key. But they need to be empowered if they are to have an impact The Paris climate agreement, already signed by more than 175 countries, was successful in...
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White House invites all to artificial intelligence workshops
Machine learning has come a long way in a short amount of time, and the U.S. government is working to stay on top of the subject. The White House announced on its website Tuesday that it will be...
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The woman who loves garbage: Veena Sahajwalla on making the best of waste
The inventor of green steel is working on a way to recycle smart phones, support developing countries and inspire young women all at the same time Professor Veena Sahajwalla is passionate about...
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Forget Dystopias, These Sci-Fi Writers Opt For Optimism Instead
Its hot, and youre walking. Shuffling, actually. Youve spanned a seemingly endless chalk-dry plane, and youre thirsty, run-down, exhausted. You think about your flaking, parched lips and aching...
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Story of cities #48: Cybercity, Mauritius a vision of Africa’s ‘smart’ future?
Ebne Cybercity was built 15 years ago to create a modern working environment for Mauritians and bring a hi-tech hub to this island nation. So does it offer a roadmap for Africa – or a warning of...
View ArticleFooled by smartness
The Smart Cities Mission is a flagship programme of the ruling National Democratic Alliance. , while expectations have been scaled down, the rhetoric has largely escaped political scrutiny. General...
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How Florida and Colorado are trying to build smart cities from the ground up
Ambitious new cities Songdo and Masdar may not have lived up to their promise, but smaller projects in the US aim to be laboratories for sustainable city planning Masdar, on the edges of Abu Dhabi, was...
View ArticleWe are far, far away from smart cities: Narayana Murthy – Times of India
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy on Thursday said the country was "far, far away" from realising the ambition of developing smart cities, a flagship programme of the Narendra Modi government....
View ArticleIndia ‘far away’ from having smart cities: Narayana Murthy – Times of India
The comment from the former chairman of the IT company comes even as government has been nudging IT and IT-enabled companies to go deeper into the country in order to create jobs all across. Murthy...
View ArticleState fails to spend smart city funds; Centre takes serious note
The Maharashtra government is facing criticism from the Centre for failing to use funds meant to create smart cities under Prime Minister Narendra Modis flagship Smart Cities Mission (SCM). The Union...
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Aid agencies in call for North Korea funding after devastating floods
Storm in August left 70,000 homeless and 600,000 in need, with children now at high risk, say Unicef and Save the Children International aid agencies have called for millions of dollars of funding for...
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How the street light has been given a hi-tech makeover – BBC News
Image copyright Science Photo Library Next time you’re out after dark, spare a thought for the humble street light. It’s not so humble anymore. Not only are light bulbs getting sharper and more energy...
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Yinchuan: The smart city where your face is your credit card
Yinchuan, China (CNN)Like most people, I’d never heard of Yinchuan before going there. But the Chinese officials showing me around are eager to present the capital of Ningxia province, in the north of...
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Half of US adults are recorded in police facial recognition databases, study...
More than 117 million adults included in virtual, perpetual lineup, which authorities can use to track citizens, raising concerns over privacy and profiling Half of all American adults are included in...
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Where is the world’s most hi-tech city? (And it’s not San Francisco )
Twitter and Uber may be based in San Francisco, but Santiagos Chilecon Valley and the South Korean capital Seoul could both make claims Before long, Santiago could be a city full of electric vehicles...
View ArticleSmart City Tech Would Make Military Bases Safer
The last time the Pentagon directed all of its bases to raise their threat level, the danger came from an unlikely source: social media. That’s where accounts connected to ISIS posted the names and...
View ArticleNew Material Can Turn Light, Heat, And Movement Into Electricity All At Once
Scientists from the University of Oulu have discovered a new material that is capable of turning different types of energy into electricity. The material is a type of perovskite crystal, a family of...
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