Geme.io turns crowdsourced and voluntary data into accessible information Adventure of Lifetime OU has announced it has received EU funding to help commercialise and accelerate the development of its smart city app solution. The Geme.io solution uses geo-location to collect and display open public, crowdsourced and voluntary data that arrives via sensors, wearables, APIs and user-generated information. Shift to citizen …

Smart Mobility, whether it be moving people, goods, or services is the lifeblood of our future city, and one that we must get right before a city can truly become a well-oiled machine. Without it, it is impossible to move commerce efficiently through time or space. In a perfect world, a transportation system should move the necessities required for complex …

London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is the first of many new initiatives being introduced across the UK, designed to tackle the growing concerns over global warming and our nation’s increasing awareness over our carbon emissions. With its introduction, cars, vans, lorries and busses that don’t meet the proposed standards will be charged according to the weight of their vehicle. …

One of the most controversial – and expensive – components in autonomous car development looks set to get a significant price cut, with Nikon announcing plans to begin mass-producing LIDAR sensors later this year. The deal will see camera company Nikon build low-cost Velodyne laser rangefinder systems, suitable for driverless vehicles, robotics, UAVs, and other projects. LIDAR – or Light …

Sidewalk Labs has launched prototypes for common symbols which it says could be used to make it clearer where hidden technology is being used in cities and the data that is being collected. The company, which is owned by Google parent company Alphabet and is building a smart city district in Toronto, said it developed the visual language collaboratively with …

RACINE — The City of Racine is moving forward with an initiative to become a “Smart City” with the help of the Smart Cities Council, but what does that mean? What exactly is a “Smart City”? Peggy James, University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s dean of social science and professional studies, said what may confuse people is that the term is fairly recent, …

To butcher a quote from the great science fiction writer William Gibson, “Autonomous vehicles are already here – they’re just not very evenly distributed.” In other words, while autonomous vehicles may not be in your city, they might be in the city next door. Autonomous vehicles are primed for exponential growth, and all indicators point to that growth beginning to …

Growing populations, shifting demographics and evolving expectations. Modern cities are facing an expanding list of complex problems. Today’s urban economies are often dependent on static infrastructure that is not prepared to meet the challenges of tomorrow. The term “smart city” has long been thrown around, though usually in the abstract. But connected technology is real, and it can solve many …

As local governments continue to apply new layers of technology to their communities as they pursue “smart city” agendas, they face a growing number of questions about what becomes of the data collected by all those new streetlights, traffic monitors, environmental sensors and mobile apps. During a panel Tuesday morning at the Smart Cities Connect conference in Denver, a group …

The UK Government has announced its biggest ever regulatory review of new modes of transport as it unveiled plans to invest £90 million in new mobility solutions. The review will explore regulations around new types of vehicles, such as e-scooters and e-cargo bike trailers. It will also investigate how sharing data can improve services by reducing congestion. And it will …