Smart cities: Why Oslo wants its buses to do far more than just transport people
The Norwegian capital has plans to turn its vehicles into data-generating mobile sensor platforms.
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Otis launches smart elevator, people mover platform Otis One
Otis, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has launched Otis One, an analytics platform to track its people moving systems and offer preventative maintenance and services.
NBN announces AI, IoT R&D with Sydney and Melbourne universities
UTS and the University of Melbourne will work with NBN on R&D projects across IoT, AI, smart cities, robotics, programmable networks, wireless, and data analytics.
Contactless and smart, London transit ticket system finds imitators overseas
London's world-first contactless ticketing system is now being licensed to New York, Boston, Miami, Sydney....
Transport for London's contactless and mobile device payments system will be adopted in some American cities
London's world-first contactless ticketing system is now being licensed to New York, Boston, Miami, Sydney....
NNNCo rolling out Newcastle IoT network
The NSW government has kicked in AU$5 million for NNNCo to build out a LoRa IoT network to support Newcastle's smart city project.
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Where next for mobile in the Middle East? Big changes are coming
The Middle East and North Africa is a complex region, but mobile usage and services are changing fast.
Raspberry Pi with a side of AI: These powerful new boards come with NPUs
Developer board makers like 96Boards are homing in on CPUs aided by neural processing units.
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.
Focus on local users saved us, says Brazilian startup unicorn founder
One of the brains behind ridesharing app 99 shares the lessons learned during his years developing the business prior to being acquired by Didi Chuxing and valued at over $1 billion.
Big Bezos: Amazon Alexa controls my entire freakin' house
My entire residence is under voice command. It's always listening. Isn't this what we wanted?
Report: Smart city tech can save every resident 125 hours a year
Anticipating that 2018 will be a breakthrough year for smart cities, Intel produced a report showing how these investments impact citizens' lives.
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Building robot Frankenstein from the pieces of CES 2017
Let's combine the best parts of the robots and digital-assistant devices we saw at the show and see how close we are to having the perfect mechanical butler.
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The 5 IoT products a smart city needs in 2017
Connected IoT devices are part of the key elements of a smart city. Here are some of the most interesting and useful products for smart cities in 2017.