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AI Across the World: Top 10 Cities in 2019
Future Cities

AI Across the World: Top 10 Cities in 2019

AI has often been described as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It has become a top priority for companies, with many actively investing and exploring the capabilities of AI....

  • Luke Kenworthy
    Luke Kenworthy
12 June 2019
Can AI Help Save Our Planet?
Sustainability

Can AI Help Save Our Planet?

With advances in artificial intelligence, we can learn more and more about the planet and are able to identify elements such as the conditions of the oceans, the well-being of wildlife, and the pollution levels of the air to help us make informed decisions on how to reduce this....

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
20 April 2018
Coming Soon: Data Science for IoT at Oxford University
Big Data

Coming Soon: Data Science for IoT at Oxford University

Responding to the global talent drought of data scientists, Oxford University’s CPD Centre launches its new course Data Science for the Internet of Things (IoT) in January 2017.“Connected devices and the...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
18 November 2016
Creating Places Where Smart Energy Systems Can Thrive
Energy

Creating Places Where Smart Energy Systems Can Thrive

Vital to a low carbon future, smart energy systems also form a central pillar of most smart city visions. But there is a yawning gap between the rhetoric and current practice that needs...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
16 November 2016
How Can Machine Learning Create a Smarter Grid?
Energy

How Can Machine Learning Create a Smarter Grid?

Across the globe, energy systems are changing and creating unprecedented challenges for the organisations tasked with ensuring the lights stay on. In the UK, National Grid is facing shrinking margins, looming capacity shortages...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
31 October 2016
Recap: Videos From RE•WORK Connected City Summit 2016
Future Cities

Recap: Videos From RE•WORK Connected City Summit 2016

On 16-17 March in London, we held the third annual RE•WORK Connected City Summit, bringing together city and government representatives, industry innovators, exciting startups and leading academics for two days of discussions...

  • Yulia Ivanova
18 April 2016
Women in Tech: Equality, Challenges & Advice with Tia Kansara
Future Cities

Women in Tech: Equality, Challenges & Advice with Tia Kansara

To mark International Women’s Day 2016, we interviewed leading women in the fields of science and technology, to celebrate their achievements and to explore the challenges faced by women in the sector....

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
26 March 2016
Challenges of Stakeholder Engagement for a Truly Connected City
Big Data

Challenges of Stakeholder Engagement for a Truly Connected City

Finding the time and space for everyone to meet to present, properly understand and then discuss a project can be time-consuming and difficult. Many online collaboration solutions provide for communications within a project...

  • Yulia Ivanova
11 March 2016
How Can We Make Cities Smart?
Future Cities

How Can We Make Cities Smart?

Graham Southorn is a freelance science and technology writer and a former editor of BBC Focus magazine. He covers the science behind navigation and mapping for the HERE 360 blog. Thanks to social...

  • Graham Southorn
9 March 2016
Can We Crowdfund Our Way to Smarter Cities?
Future Cities

Can We Crowdfund Our Way to Smarter Cities?

Whether you want to transform a playground, bring an old building back to life, spruce up a park, repurpose an unused area or create something completely new, crowdfunding enables people to attract support...

  • Yulia Ivanova
2 March 2016
Smart Cities: What Can We Expect in the Next 5 Years?
Energy

Smart Cities: What Can We Expect in the Next 5 Years?

Cities are a focal point in the mission to create a sustainable planet for future generations, as urban areas are at the heart of unprecedented population growth and subsequent global challenges such as...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
16 February 2016
International Day of Women & Girls in Science: Part 3
Design & UX

International Day of Women & Girls in Science: Part 3

This is Part 3 of 3 in our celebrations for International Day of Women and Girls in Science! View the full series here. As science and technology companies continue to grow rapidly, with...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
12 February 2016
International Day of Women & Girls in Science: Part 1
Smart Cities

International Day of Women & Girls in Science: Part 1

This is Part 1 of 3 in our celebrations for International Day of Women and Girls in Science! View the full series here.  As science and technology companies continue to grow rapidly, with...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
10 February 2016
Designing Intelligent Data Infrastructures for Smart Cities
Future Cities

Designing Intelligent Data Infrastructures for Smart Cities

Dr. Larissa Suzuki is a Researcher at University College of London, where her innovative research contributes to a growing body of knowledge in smart cities and urban data management, as well as City...

  • Yulia Ivanova
9 February 2016
Creating Pollution-Eating Facades for Cleaner Cities
Future Cities

Creating Pollution-Eating Facades for Cleaner Cities

We are facing an era of rapid urbanization, with 70% of the world's population expected to be living in urban areas by 2050. As our cities grow at an exponential rate, how will...

  • Yulia Ivanova
21 January 2016
3D Printing Bio-inspired Materials for Future Cities
Future Cities

3D Printing Bio-inspired Materials for Future Cities

David Correa is a designer, doctoral candidate and instructor at the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart. At the ICD, David is leading the research field of bio-inspired 3D...

  • Yulia Ivanova
12 January 2016
Leveraging Data Mining & Visualization in Future Cities
Big Data

Leveraging Data Mining & Visualization in Future Cities

The number of people living in urban areas is expected to double by 2050, and the challenge of supporting sustainable growth without exceeding the capacity of infrastructure, as well as meeting key carbon...

  • Yulia Ivanova
30 November 2015
IoT & Smart Cities: Not Horizontal, Cross Vertical!
Future Cities

IoT & Smart Cities: Not Horizontal, Cross Vertical!

Robert Russell is Chief Technology Officer at Senseye, an easy-to-use, online service that takes data from equipment, sensors and the environment to provide predictions and forecasts that keep businesses one step ahead. Connect...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
15 November 2015
Future Cities & Smart Citizens: Envisioning the Connected City of the Future
Big Data

Future Cities & Smart Citizens: Envisioning the Connected City of the Future

Discover how sensors, robotics, collective intelligence and a network of connected devices are disrupting future cities. The 3rd annual RE.WORK Connected City Summit will showcase the latest technology advancements across IoT, sensors,...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
16 October 2015
RE.WORK Connect: Shaping a Hyper-connected World
Connected Home

RE.WORK Connect: Shaping a Hyper-connected World

With the increasing digital interconnection of things, people and places, we are moving towards a hyper-connected world. It's estimated the number of things connected to the Internet will reach 50 billion by 2020....

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
15 October 2015
Join the discussion: IoT & the smart city transformation
Smart Cities

Join the discussion: IoT & the smart city transformation

As we’re gearing up for the RE.WORK Connect Summit in San Francisco, we want to start a broader discussion on the opportunities and challenges of smart, connected cities with the Twitter...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
14 October 2015
Spotlight on Connected Core Services in Smart Cities
Energy

Spotlight on Connected Core Services in Smart Cities

As global Smart Cities flourish, Bigbelly is transforming one of the least efficient core services – public waste collection. It’s not the only innovation expanding connected street furniture like payphones, trash cans, park...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
28 August 2015
Soofa Is Creating Smart, Sustainable & Social Spaces
Energy

Soofa Is Creating Smart, Sustainable & Social Spaces

Smart phones are no longer just a phone - so why should benches just be a seat? More than half of the world’s population lives in an urban environment, and wants to...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
19 May 2015
The Science of Traffic: Can IoT Help End Congestion?
Big Data

The Science of Traffic: Can IoT Help End Congestion?

Like most great ideas, they appear simple and logical once they’re created. INRIX is no different. When the company was founded nearly a decade ago, drivers and departments of transportation relied on...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
11 May 2015
A $7 Trillion Opportunity: Introducing Boston's Next Generation of IoT Disruptors
Smart Transport

A $7 Trillion Opportunity: Introducing Boston's Next Generation of IoT Disruptors

IDC have predicted the Internet of Things (IoT) market will reach $7 trillion in just five years. However, despite this, a recent study found that 73% of companies have yet to make any...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
24 April 2015
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