Panelists at CES discussed the future of smart cities and the related business opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs are making cities smarter and more sustainable, and there's still time for more founders to get in on this very important work.
Weiterlesen: US: 3 Business Opportunities in the Booming World of Smart Cities
5G is the missing link that can provide the necessary bandwidth and wireless connection to the cloud for new smart city projects.
Current statistics predict that the volume of data generated will amount to 181 zettabytes by 2025, more than six times the amount that was processed in 2018. However, the 4G networks are a bottleneck for moving this data to the cloud. 5G increases mobile bandwidth by at least a factor of 100 which will allow data created by smart vehicles (think Teslas, buses, trucks), municipal surveillance cameras, traffic signals and sensors, emergency vehicle communications, and hundreds of other data sources to reach the cloud.
Weiterlesen: US: Overcome 5G Challenges to Power the Next Great Smart City
The Oakland County municipality selects GovPilot as provider of cloud-based government management software to streamline operations and constituent services
A transition from paper to digital processes is underway in Birmingham, Michigan where local officials have sought greater efficiency in municipal operations and constituent services. The city recently partnered with GovPilot, a Hoboken, New Jersey based provider of cloud-based government management software.
Weiterlesen: US: Birmingham, Michigan, Pursues Digital Transformation
Three sustainable initiatives for our homes, neighborhoods and cities
Here are some smart initiatives that are favorable to us and to our surroundings. They regard the potential green areas in your neighborhood, how you can understand and improve the transportation in your city and how you can benefit from the photovoltaic revolution. Other examples will follow in other articles.
Clark County, Nevada, is partnering with NTT to deploy the pilot at Sunset Park that will initially focus on park occupancy and notification, and vehicle counting.
Clark County, Nevada, is partnering with NTT to deploy a smart park pilot in one of Las Vegas Valley’s largest and most popular parks.
The project at Sunset Park will focus on two specific use cases: park occupancy and notification; and vehicle counting.
Weiterlesen: US: Nevada: Smart park pilot launched in Las Vegas