According to the United Nations, 68 per cent of the global population could be living in urban areas by 2050. To cope with this increase, cities are focusing on the use of technology to improve equity for residents, facilitate more…
Smart Cities
From smart vending to eco-friendly deliveries
Wireless Logic Group has announced the results of a Censuswide report into the ongoing digitisation of consumer behaviour and adoption of next level retail experiences. In particular, the report examines how an increase in food deliveries, omnichannel shopping and cashless…
Connected beehives are being built all over Sweden
BeeLab, an initiative by the Nordic tech company Tietoevry, has been awarded SEK 600 000 in funding from the Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket) to expand the network of connected beehives throughout Sweden. Data collected from the connected hives are…
Digital twin of the electricity network to be developed
SP Energy Networks and Digital Catapult, in a consortium with University of Strathclyde and National Grid ESO, have received funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to explore how an innovative, open and interoperable digital twin of the UK’s electricity…
Urban Digital Twins will unleash the power of the Metaverse
Influential accountancy giant, Ernst & Young, believes Urban Digital Twins are the key to unleashing the potential power of the Metaverse in real world applications for the built environment, including energy transition and decarbonisation. This verdict was delivered in an…
Plug-and-play IoT LED streetlight controller
Urban Control, a smart city solutions provider, announced that working together with Nordic Semiconductor it has developed a plug-and-play IoT LED streetlight luminaire controller that is quick to install and can scale-up to millions of lights. The Urban Node 324…
A Return to Smart Cities (City Digital: Season 1, Episode 3)
Following on from Episode 2, this three-part documentary from Digi-Key and Supplyframe present a three-part series highlighting some of the most advanced cities in the world, to discover how the latest technology and innovations are reshaping the way people work, commute, and…
Powering Smart Cities (City Digital: Season 1, Episode 2)
Following on from Episode 1 this three-part documentary from Digi-Key presents a series highlighting some of the most advanced cities in the world, to discover how the latest technology and innovations are reshaping the way people work, commute, and live in the…
The Road to Smart Cities (City Digital: Season 1, Episode 1)
Following on from their ‘Hardware for All‘ series, this three-part documentary from Digi-Key and Supplyframe present a three-part series highlighting some of the most advanced cities in the world, to discover how the latest technology and innovations are reshaping the way people…
Smart street lighting for cities and utilities
LoRaWAN is a long range low power, Wide Area Network protocol designed to wirelessly connect low power devices to the internet in networks of any size, and targets key IoT requirements such as bi-directional communication, end-to-end security, mobility and localisation…
