CES 2020: Would you live in Toyota's Woven City smart city experiment?
If you really want to perfect the smart city you might as well start at the base of Mt. Fuji with a blank slate, 175-acres and the latest technologies such as robotics and AI.
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How AlphaStruxure aims to scale smart infrastructure
AlphaStruxure, a joint venture between the Carlyle Group and Schneider Electric, aims to integrate data, sustainability, analytics and energy-as-a-service into the front end of infrastructure development projects. AlphaStruxure CEO Juan Macias and Schneider Electric’s North American CEO Annette Clayton discuss the deal with ZDNet's Larry Dignan.
Carlyle Group, Schneider Electric form AlphaStruxure to ramp smart infrastructure deployments
The two companies are partnering already on infrastructure projects such as JFK Airport Terminal One Redevelopment and Lone Star Ports Harbor Island Crude Export Terminal.
Building windows powered by algorithms: View launches SmartProtect, an IoT security system for smart windows
View, the company behind Dynamic Glass, is leveraging Microsoft Azure IoT and Digital Twin services to make buildings smarter when glass breaks.
NXP's MIFARE, Google Pay integrate for smart city transportation deployments
NXP's MIFARE contactless payment system and cloud service will be integrated with Google Pay. MIFARE is used in 750 global cities.
Cisco, Huawei take duel to smart cities
Both companies aim to manage and integrate sensors and data tied to smart city networks. The race to be the brains of the smart city is on.
Qualcomm steps up its IoT game with processors designed to ease standard fragmentation
Qualcomm's latest efforts highlight how the company is supporting multiple clouds, development platforms, and standards. The goal: Be a Swiss Army chip for Internet of Things deployments.
Ford sees autonomous vehicles as key cog of smart city
Ford says autonomous vehicles will be concentrated in smart cities, which will manage the transportation system centrally with a core operating system.
How the U.S. Postal Service could enable smart cities
The USPS fleet in the field could be enabled with sensors that serve as the eyes and ears of smart cities to improve services. But hurdles abound.
Smart city implementation lessons: Data is everything
A series of executives highlighted how smart city projects are enabled by data, but aggregating it isn't easy. Here's a look at the core smart city project themes.