Jeffrey Berns plans to develop 67,000 acres into a city powered by blockchain
A cryptocurrency millionaire plans to transform desert land in Nevada – a plot larger than Reno – into a dream city that runs on blockchain technology.
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Alabamians can express political opinions, donate to candidates and register to vote via the internet.
So why shouldn't citizens cast ballots online?
In an effort to get more ballots in boxes, states and nations have looked to technology to bring more voters to the polls. Or in the case of online voting, bring the polls to the voters.
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Experts at the MetroLab Network Annual Summit warned about the need for control of data-heavy public safety projects, while emphasizing the positive side of community engagement.
The massive amounts of data collected by cities, and the analytics it enables, are often trumpeted as forces to grow the collective good, whether that is to make traffic move more smoothly or improve air quality.
Weiterlesen: US: Smart City Data Projects Need Transparency and Oversight
The kiosks provide free international phone calls, as well as Wi-Fi connectivity, and can charge cellphones.
International phone calls are expensive. But in Newark, N.J., you can make them for free. All you need to do is walk over to one of the city's newly installed kiosks in neighborhoods across the city.
“Free is pretty good,” quipped Martin O’Malley, the former mayor of Baltimore and governor of Maryland, as he moderated a panel discussion in mid-October at the 2018 MetroLab Network Summit on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark.
Weiterlesen: US; Newark, N.J., Installs Multipurpose Kiosks Loaded with Free Services
Chief Technology Officer David McCurdy on some of the major initiatives the state has recently completed.
Colorado CTO David McCurdy has been busy this year. At the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) annual conference, he described a number of major projects that have been launched in just the last 90 days, from health and human services applications to new policies around IT architecture.
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