The spooky season is officially here, and now is the time to give your Halloween decorations a smart home upgrade

In today’s digital world, pet care is rapidly evolving, and AI and smart technology are at the forefront of this transformation

More joyful public spaces can offer a path forward for cities as housing and work trends weaken their relationships with residents

The term ‘smart home’ has become an increasingly popular buzzword in the world of home security. Every aspect of our home life seems to become increasingly digitized...

The rapid expansion and deployment of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) and AI more broadly across organizations worldwide has resulted in a global push for regulation

SMART achieves a historic peak in ridership. Get the inside scoop on the technological upgrades and service improvements that have contributed to this success

Researchers have created fibre-based electronics that use the human body to power T-shirts that display changing messages

How do we define what true brilliance looks like in cities and what are the building blocks to achieve the next level of true sustainability?

Six months after partnering with The Arab Organization for Industrialization, Iveda solidifies leadership in 5G, AI, and sustainable technologies throughout the region

We asked transport leaders from cities, industry, and associations about their predictions for public transit and how they think Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will evolve over the next 12 months.

With calls to meet sustainable growth targets looming over a number of industries, Johnson Controls (JCI) has a plan in mind.

Smart cities were once an imaginary option for future societies. But as more and more places are opting to become smart cities, should Honolulu begin thinking about it?

Smart glasses that play a specific noise when an object comes into their field of view, such as the sound of a page turning to represent a book, enable people who are blind to locate that item

The UK is about to embrace the potential of smart tech in towns and cities thanks to a £1.3 million government pilot program

Zeelo — a ‘smart buses’ platform providing bus operators, employers and schools with private bus and shuttle transport programs — has secured $14 million in a fresh Series A ‘extension’ round of funding.

BT entered into a strategic relationship with artificial intelligence-powered video analytics specialist Gorilla Technology, in order to deliver a container identification and damage detection solution as part of the Group’s growing “smart ports” interest.

Implementing technology can increase the capacity and efficiency of a port – for example, through optimising loading or unloading cargo operations and reducing the number of workers needed to manage such processes.

The global ‘smart city’ technology market is expected to grow from US$121 billion in annual revenue in 2023 to US$301 billion by 2032, according to a new report from Guidehouse Insights. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7 percent.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday published a cybersecurity best practices guide for smart cities, warning that municipalities should carefully evaluate and address cybersecurity risks associated with connected public services and infrastructure. 

The US Department of Transportation has announced the first round of grants through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program, totalling over US$94 million for 59 projects across the country.

Adaptive cities allow municipalities to balance political, economic, social, technological, and environmental conditions, continuously analyzing and acting on them.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, will add dozens of “smart city intersections” through an ongoing partnership supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. 

Israel urged mobile firms to expand the deployment of fifth-generation sites to allow for 'smart' stadiums and hospitals on Wednesday, as the country launched its second 5G tender.

FIFA is touting an AI-powered decision-making system that will use sensors in the actual soccer ball to help determine calls.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is trying to arbitrate changes in financial technology such as the growth of cryptocurrency.

Besides saving energy and reducing costs, smart street lighting can provide a backbone for innovative and cutting-edge IoT city deployments.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance has become an increasing focus for investors and corporate boards alike – but it wasn’t always this way.

It’s no secret the need for sustainable and resilient infrastructure is becoming more urgent every year. In fact, industry experts predict that the world will have to invest $90 trillion in sustainable infrastructure by 2030 to truly combat climate change.

Building strong communities and improving quality of life are just two of the many reasons passionate individuals chose to pursue careers in public service or public affairs. 

On the assumption that the “Metaverse” will likely influence our lives in many ways, some of them currently unfathomable, in the years ahead—and that many of you also are mystified by this and other developments in the tech world...

The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) is making a big investment in drone technology.

Today, the Internet of Things has advanced much further than the possibilities suggested by those earliest ideas. The world is now seeing the IoT on a massive scale in the form of smart cities.

Autonomous vehicles offer the potential for making streets safer, but currently face regulatory and safety challenges of their own.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added 22 new fields of study to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for enhancing contributions of nonimmigrant students studying STEM subjects.

The next big advance in chips is looking up.

President Joe Biden signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday before a bipartisan, celebratory crowd on the White House lawn, declaring that the new infusion of cash for roads, bridges, ports and more is going to make life “change for the better” for the American people.

A new ‘smart bandage’ has been developed that contains a sensor which detects moisture levels in a wound and then transmits the data to a nearby smartphone, without requiring doctors to remove the bandage.

Fulcrum Bridge makes it possible to combine conventional engine braking with automatic hydraulic lash adjustment – two technologies, which were previously incompatible, to both enhance vehicle performance and reduce operating costs.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to rethink the future of cities. The increase in remote work will impact office footprints, transportation patterns, and consumption habits, while the adoption of AI and the increase in automation will continue to reshape the workforce.

Columbus, Ohio, won a $50 million grant five years ago to use tech to solve old problems. But technical hurdles, bureaucracy, and the pandemic dashed many plans.

Easing the notorious rush-hour gridlock on Interstate 25 south of Denver will require controlling thousands of motorists’ access to the highway with fraction-of-a-second precision never before seen in Colorado.

Foreign object debris, or FOD, can come from a variety of sources and presents a major hazard to aircraft around the world, costing the aviation industry an estimated $4 billion in repairs each year.

A revolutionary new trial is using smart technologies in accessible housing to monitor health-related incidents among people with disabilities and older people.

A startup adopted NASA technology to build puncture-proof airless tires.

It is only a matter of time before cities worldwide embrace technology to improve transit and connect people to economic opportunities and each other – safely.

The deployment of an optical broadband network in the Bolivian city of Potosí will open up an array of opportunities that the city, its people and businesses have not had before.

Everyone's plans changed a bit, but automakers kept pushing forward with electric vehicles.

The course of technology-driven change has been diverted this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. While the biggest drivers of change are still artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), and other fourth industrial revolution fields, their impact was felt in different ways than we may have anticipated at the start of the year.

A new report released by Black & Veatch examines key issues and trends impacting today’s power industry.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is providing technical and contracting support for the U.S. Army Material Command’s Smart Barracks Initiative

These 11+ Smart Home Innovations could be the future of smart home tech

3 chemistry start-ups cope with COVID-19 chaos

Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fuse Technology Group Inc. recognized it would need a solution for monitoring symptoms of employees, many of whom work on software products for essential companies.

In this COVID-19 era, the need for health and care systems to become agile and change is very real.

The use of masses of connected sensors makes it clear that the coronavirus pandemic is–intentionally or not–being used as a testbed for new surveillance technologies that may threaten privacy and civil liberties.

Pandemics have always shaped cities – and from increased surveillance to ‘de-densification’ to new community activism, Covid-19 is doing it already

Centrica, Volkswagen (VW) set to accelerate EV adoption across the UK, after agreeing on a 3-year partnership to provide home charging solutions for new owners

Internet of things (IoT)-based technologies and systems could completely change operations in arable farming, suggests a review of their current and potential applications, implementation challenges and solutions.

As the world of production face a perfect storm wrought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), the accelerating climate emergency, raising trade tensions and growing economic uncertainty, manufacturers must develop new capabilities and adapt.

IoT projects will slow down and cities will have to decide if 5G is best for vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, IDC says.

The idea of smart cities was not on anyone's radar back in 2005, but New Orleans got a head start on data-driven decision making thanks to Hurricane Katrina. 

At this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft has announced several new features in Azure to accelerate the development and success of smart city solutions. 

Smart cities are going to have to put the people living there first if they're hoping to innovate.

San Diego cellular provider is counting on growth from Internet of Things, including connected smart cities infrastructure.

Smart DCC, which runs UK's smart meter infrastructure, sets out vision for harnessing technology to boost EV and smart grid uptake.

Cambridge Consultants has announced to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to the edge of the network, using low-cost, low-power devices to perform complex machine learning tasks.

‘AI at the edge’ is

Local governments must protect your privacy as they turn to “smart city” technology.
Walking through the streets of New York City, you can feel the thrill of being lost in

With the deployment of a fifth-generation network in China that comes with high speed and low latency, industrial applications including education and entertainment will discover new market opportunities.

When the city of Columbus, Ohio, submitted its bid to become Amazon’s HQ2, city officials rolled out the usual fanfare: an assortment of tax incentives, promotion of its major educational institutions

Pavegen, a UK startup which harvests energy from people’s footsteps and also tracks that data, has raised £2.6m on its crowdfundingpush having doubled its initial £950k target.

LG and The Qt Company have announced an expanded partnership to bring webOS to more devicesincluding cars, robots, and other smart home products. LG saysthe partnership will make it more

Sean Duffy, the co-founder and chief executive at digital health upstart Omada Health, approached the company’s new $73 million funding round with a philosophical question: “What will healthcare delivery look

New York Label & Box Company provides packaging to companies in the Cosmetic, Health, Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Vitamin and Nutraceutical industries.

CABA is a global non-profit industry association dedicated to advancing home and intelligent building technologies.
 The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) and the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) announced a new agreement

The winners of the 2019 Smart Cities Awards have been revealed at a Gala Awards Ceremony as part of the Smart Cities 2019 Conference in Melbourne.
Awards were handed out

The world’s largest beer maker is using low-cost sensors and machine learning to predict when motors at a Colorado brewery might malfunction, reports The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 24, 2019). 

Next year, building technology will become a core element of the new operating company, Smart Infrastructure, and its global HQ will be in Zug.
Siemens AG has inaugurated its new