US: Georgia smart city living lab unveils 5G incubator
Dive Brief:
- The Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, GA, situated just outside Atlanta, unveiled an incubator program this week that will support developers as they build new 5G technology use cases.
- Providing access to T-Mobile's 5G network, the 5G Connected Future incubator program will allow startups and entrepreneurs to build and test solutions like autonomous vehicles (AVs), drones and robotics. It is the latest initiative from the T-Mobile Accelerator, which started in 2014 in Kansas City, MO as a way to test innovations and bring them to market.
- Program participants will work directly with technology and business leaders at the T-Mobile Accelerator, Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) and Curiosity Lab. The initiative offers networking, education and access to ATDC's research expertise and students to help evaluate and refine products.
Understanding the Role of Smart Cities, its Impact and Future
Smart cities are no more a thing of the future. They’re here.
How will smart cities provide new ways of living and working? Ever thought about that?
Smart Cities, also called Smart and Connected Communities, are being permitted thanks to the development occurring in the Internet of Things (IoT). There is a rapid growth of devices in our personal and business lives which are digital, linked, and worthy of data sharing.
ZM: Spread the digital platforms
The Ministry of Lands has for a long time been associated with inertia partly due to its operations being manual.
Some civil servants capitalised on this manual record-keeping to manipulate documents for their benefit and for those who paid “something” under the table.
Genuine land owners lost their properties when suddenly they would face other people claiming to be legitimate owners of the same land. The new landlords would brandish the evidence of official documents.
IN: PM Modi launches slew of infra projects in Kerala
Pinarayi assures Centre of continued cooperation in implementing works
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a bevy of infrastructure projects in Kerala, including the 2,000-MW Pugalur-Thrissur high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission corridor.
He said the power transmission corridor would ensure the transfer of a large quantum of power from the national grid to the State and guarantee reliable access to electricity.
When Planning Smart Cities, Don't Forget About Accessibility in Mobility
We live in an age where nearly everything we use is “smart.” Our devices have long had the capability to bring the data of the world to our fingertips. Still, now the smart capabilities have extended to once-mundane parts of our lifestyles like household appliances and modes of transportation. As such, it is not only our personal lifestyles that are becoming “smart,” but they are extending to affect our cities and our nations, developing into “smart cities.”
A smart city takes the idea of smart technology and expands it on a tremendous scale. The city will use technology and connectivity to provide services and solutions to address societal needs: improve social and economic welfare, reduce environmental pollution and waste, improve safety and security policies, and open these services and solutions to be inclusive to all.