African cities are rapidly growing, creating both opportunities and challenges. A new approach focuses on involving residents ...

If a smart city is defined as a civilization that uses technology to support the community, then the origins of this concept date back at least to the Neanderthals. While the concept has, of ...

If smart cities are going to matter, they must do more than sound and look good. They need to solve real problems, improve people’s lives and protect the privacy and integrity of the data they ...

“Municipalities want a Smart City, but not a surveillance city,” explained Dr. Daniel Trauth, CEO of dataMatters. “Therefore, protecting citizens’ sensitive data is of the utmost priority.” ...

Smart city innovation is accelerating—so fast, in fact, that distant visions of the future are now becoming present-day realities, transforming how communities live, work and play. At the heart ...

Even worse, smart cities can create greater wealth and technology gaps between groups of people. If cities only focus on wealthier areas and improve them even further, this puts more of a burden ...

New Directions for Smart CitiesSmart cities, which collect data digitally to optimize urban services, have multiple dimensions beyond their technology. This Focus shows the challenges and ...

The city has so far directed around 100,000 Brazilian reais (USD 17,100) to the project, and there are plans to double that investment and the project scope within the next 12 months.

While many cities still use smart sensor networks as a key part of their smart city initiatives, AI is now increasingly playing a role, said Funk. Other technologies such as drones — both ground ...