Too many neighborhoods are not designed for today’s record-setting heat. There is a solution: “Smart surfaces” can make cities cooler and less vulnerable to flooding.
- “Why is our neighborhood hotter than the one down the road?”
- “Why are flooding and mold more frequent?”
- “Why is it getting so hot that our kids can’t go outside and play?”
Weiterlesen: US: We Need Cooler Cities. Here’s How to Build Them.
- In 2018, Colorado Springs, Colorado, embraced 5G technology to become a "smart" city.
- The network has improved trash collection by optimizing routes and monitoring temperatures in bins.
- Streetlights that are 5G-connected self-report outages, making it possible to fix them quicker.
- This article is part of "5G Playbook," a series exploring one of our time's most important tech innovations.
The rise of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless connectivity, has captured the attention of some US city governments as they seek to leverage technology to upgrade urban infrastructure and services. With its high-speed connectivity, minimal latency, and ability to support a large number of devices, 5G holds promise for "smart" cities.
Edge computing continues to present a number of opportunities, but agencies need strategies to secure edge environments.
State and local governments are in a constant state of data gathering, and they’re gathering a whole lot of it — as much as terabytes per day. With an overabundance of information coming from dozens of sources (often smart city technology), agencies need ways to analyze data efficiently to make decisions on the fly.
Weiterlesen: US: Top Challenges Implementing Edge Computing for State and Local Governments
Kirkland's partnership with eleven-x, part of its smart cities initiative, will see the install of 500 smart parking sensors in its downtown
The city of Kirkland, Washington, is bringing smart parking to its streets, under a new partnership with eleven-x, a smart city technology provider.
Kirkland will deploy 500 of eleven-x’s eXactpark Smart Parking sensors in the city’s downtown area.
Smart lighting nodes atop each luminary create a connected network that enables the city to remotely access, monitor and control its entire lighting system.
The City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is embarking on a transformation of its lighting capabilities with a smart street lighting project.
Weiterlesen: US: Michigan: Grand Rapids launches smart streetlighting project