Articles about Smart Cities
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Smart restrooms at LAX use IoT 'Tooshlights' to help passengers save time and avoid lines
American Airlines Terminal 4 at Los Angeles International Airport now features Tooshlights smart technology for public restrooms.
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Baltimore emergency 911 dispatch hacked, taken offline for 17 hours
The cyberattack slowed emergency response times as dispatchers had to resort to manual methods.
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Why fiberless technology could be the solution to high-speed connectivity in NYC
"We believe, as does the CTO of New York City, that the future of ubiquitous connectivity is through wireless, coming off of fiber," said Louis Slaughter, chairman and CEO of Fiberless Networks.
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Recipe for success: Cities and startups must understand each others needs
At SXSW 2018, Miriam Roure, Program Director of URBAN-X, outlined three factors critical to a successful partnership between today's cities and the startups looking to do business with them.
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Inside London's brilliant plan to update its smart city technology
The chief digital officer of the city of London talked to TechRepublic at SXSW to discuss what's next in smart city technology in order to make London the "smartest city in the world."
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Philadelphia's smart city plan includes 5G and forward-thinking public policies
Smart city projects in Philadelphia include 5G, drone deployments, IoT, and public computing centers said Ellen Hwang, the city's program manager for innovation management.
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Transportation tech such as autonomous vehicles and dockless bikes critical to Austin, Texas
"Automated technologies are really important to Austin," Robert Spillar, director of transportation, City of Austin, tells TechRepublic's Teena Maddox at SXSW.
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NYC's program, Making Tech Work for People, promoted at SXSW
An inclusive, positive community is possible through its NYCX program, Miguel Gamiño, CTO for the City of New York, tells TechRepublic's Teena Maddox at SXSW.
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Ford's ideal fusion of data concerns connected vehicles and smart cities through a "transportation mobility cloud"
Ford focuses on a "transportation mobility cloud," fusing connected vehicles and smart city IoT devices, as well as a Chariot ride-sharing service, both of which could be transformative to traffic, sa...
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Big data will make public transportation more efficient and effective
A more efficient public transportation is accessible through big data and automation says Tom Kirschbaum, co-founder and managing director of door2door.
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Talking points: Samsung NEXT plans to make voice assistants more natural through AI
At SXSW, Brendon Kim, Managing Director of Samsung NEXT, explains how AI will power more natural voice communication through digital assistants like Bixby.
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Keeping transportation safe in tomorrow's smart city means taking wireless security seriously
The industrial IoT systems that run the trains, connected cars, and critical infrastructure in tomorrow's smart cities will depend on secure wireless networks.
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Smart Cities Council announces the five winners of 2018 Readiness Challenge Grants
Las Vegas, NV and Louisville/Jefferson County, KY are among the winners of five grants from the Smart Cities Council.
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New LED smart streetlight pole from Philips Lighting could be your next Wi-Fi hotspot
New Smart Fusion Poles from Philips Lighting and American Tower will be installed in Huntington Beach, CA. These new street lights combine energy-efficient LED lighting with embedded 4G, and eventuall...
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Behind the scenes: How software used for city planning helped create a futuristic Las Vegas for Oscar-winning Blade Runner 2049
Find out how Esri's CityEngine 3D design software was used by Framestore to create amazing special effects that helped Blade Runner 2049 win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
