The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation details ways that smart cities can protect citizen data.
In recent years, cities all over the country have taken strides to modernize with emerging technologies that make communities smarter, safer and more connected. And with the rapid evolution of technology, they’ve only scratched the surface when it comes to smart city capabilities. But with data collection and Internet of Things (IoT) devices powering these innovations, there are always concerns about personal privacy.
Read more: US: Smart City Strategies Must Balance Progress and Privacy, Report Says
The city implemented a system to identity and detect drone activity in restricted airspace or near critical infrastructure. The deployment comes well ahead of the FAA mandate that requires drones be equipped with remote identification capability.
Remote identification systems (Remote ID) have steadily become a viable security asset for governments of all sizes, providing a means to identify and track drones near critical infrastructure or in restricted airspace.
Read more: US: El Paso, Texas, Implements Networked Drone ID System
The agreement will put Rubicon’s smart city software at the heart of Atlanta’s Department of Public Works and will help its operations become fully digital.
The City of Atlanta, Georgia, has partnered with Rubicon Technologies to help deliver efficiencies in its public works operations.
The agreement will see Rubicon put its smart city software at the heart of Atlanta’s Department of Public Works. According to Rubicon, it will help the department enhance its operations to become a fully digital function, with a focus on route optimisation, digital route sheets, digital workflows, tracking exceptions in the field, improved routing for the City’s bulky waste pickup drivers, and street sweeping.
Read more: US: Georgia: Atlanta enters smart city deal to drive public works ability
US: The next Austin? This booming city in Tennessee is about to take a leap into quantum networking.
Chattanooga is hurtling forward with a 25-gig network for everyone and a major new business push behind so-called quantum networking
Before it became the country's first "gig city," Chattanooga, Tenn., moved at a languid pace -- if it moved at all.
"In the late '80s and early '90s, Chattanooga was a dying city of industrial companies leaving," said Mayor Tim Kelly, a Chattanooga native who was reluctant to come home after attending Columbia University in New York. "But I felt a sense of obligation [a car business in town owned by his family]. At the time, Chattanooga did not have a buzz."
According to AI, the future is bright.
DailyMail.com asked the image-generator Midjourney to imagine what 10 American cities will look like in 2050 using prompts from leading experts in 'smart city' developments.
The prompts focused on how overcrowding, climate change and technological development are likely to change the cities of the future.