full article at Energy Digital Apr2020 The world-famous City of Las Vegas is investing in infrastructure to become a fully-fledged smart city by 2025. Wanting to provide its 650,000 citizens and more than 42mn annual visitors with a truly modern living experience, Las Vegas will be augmented with intelligent transportation systems and smart energy technologies. Hoping to achieve seamless interactivity… Read More »
Smart City News – Dallas Living Wall IoT SmartCityDive News Apr2020 Real estate investment firm Rastegar Property Company announced plans to build a “living wall” on its 26-story condo development in Dallas. The wall, made up of more than 40,000 plants, is estimated to capture more than 1,600 pounds of carbon dioxide and produce 1,200 pounds of oxygen each year. The wall is… Read More »
Smart City Images Photos We are still in the building phase of the website. I need photos of smart cities that I can use on the site and in the Pinterest page. We have lots of images we will add but we want to personally request any images you are willing to contribute. We will add acknowledgement for… Read More »
From the CoinTelegraph Apr 2020 By Jonathan Reichental Excerpt: My journey into smart cities and their future development was a really big surprise, as the way I arrived there was not something that I had planned. I was working as the chief information officer for a company in Northern California called O’Reilly Media when I got a call from a headhunter who… Read More »
From SmartCitiesDive Apr 2020 Excerpt: The new coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought many networking opportunities to a screeching halt as event planners are forced to readjust or cancel highly anticipated smart city conferences. The National Shared Mobility Summit, which was scheduled to occur last month in Chicago at the McCormick Place convention center, is one of these affected events.… Read More »
City Council weighs putting brakes on $2 million expenditure From Daily Gazette April 2020 Exccerpt: SCHENECTADY — Progress on the city’s Smart Cities initiative may come to a standstill as the City Council weighs halting funding until the financial impacts of COVID-19 emerge into better focus. “We really need to know what the impact is on our city… Read More »