As part of the Test in Tallinn smart city project, City of Tallinn is working with Hayden AI to pilot its automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement platform.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and spatial analytics company Hayden AI is partnering with the City of Tallinn to pilot its automated bus lane and bus stop enforcement platform.
The pilot is part of the Estonian capital’s Test in Tallinn initiative, which aims to develop and implement smart city solutions for global markets.
Read more: EE: Tallinn pilots AI to increase road safety and efficiency
Buildings, which include schools and libraries, are chosen based on analysis of actual hourly energy consumption during sunny periods in the previous year.
Tallinn is progressing its plan to construct solar power plants on its municipal buildings across the city.
It follows a rooftop construction examination in 2021 on 56 buildings in the Estonian capital to assess energy-saving possibilities. It concluded that 28 buildings in the city can support such power plants.
Read more: EE: Tallinn to install solar power plants on municipal buildings
The project addresses the issue of the majority of waste containers being only half-full when emptied while up to 10 per cent of them are overflowing.
The Estonian capital of Tallinn is deploying sensors in waste containers around the city to prevent containers from being overfilled and waste transport vehicles from running empty.
On Thursday, 20 July, the city of Tartu and the University of Tartu signed a cooperation agreement with the cybersecurity company CybExer Technologies. The cooperation aims to create a better understanding of cyber threats, enhance the cybersecurity of smart city solutions and raise awareness of risk management across Estonia.
Cities and local governments worldwide are investing increasingly more time and budget in smart city solutions to improve the quality of people’s lives and the efficiency of services and meet the citizens’ needs through technological capabilities.
Read more: EE: Tartu to enhance cybersecurity for smart city solutions
There aren't many news stories about Estonia, a tiny country in northern Europe. The Baltic Sea nation, which is only home to about 1.2 million people, is occasionally eclipsed by its larger eastern neighbour, Russia, despite having a smaller population.
In a nation that suffered greatly under Soviet rule for many years, Estonia's borders are being directly affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine. In 1991, when Estonia declared its independence from the Soviet Union, Ukraine was one of the first nations to do so. Since then, Estonia has been a steadfast ally of Ukraine.
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