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Sensors.AFRICA
NairobiWe are here to give you actionable information about the quality of your city's air, water and sound.
8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions
Location Aware Sensing System (LASS) Environmental Sensor Network
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)LASS (Location Aware Sensing System) is an open source and public welfare "environmental sensor network system". 是一套開源和公益的「環境感測器網路系統」
We are creating low-cost, easy-to-use deep-sea systems that gather the most critical data to inform environmental decision-making and deployment strategies.
The Things Network
AmsterdamWe are a global collaborative Internet of Things ecosystem that creates networks, devices and solutions using LoRaWAN®.
6-month pilot of three pole-mounted static air quality machines
Let's build an open, free and community-owned IoT data network for New York!
Internet of Things pilots to improve quality of life in London neighborhoods
Smart Districts
Dublin, IrelandSmart Districts (Dublin) are strategically selected locations where innovation projects are fast-tracked.
Academy of the Near Future
Dublin, IrelandIreland's Smart Cities Education Programme designed for young people and local authority staff.
ATLAS is a crowdsourced (map) repository of projects happening in cities involving the use of artificial intelligence systems.
The Nordic Smart City Network is a collaboration initiative joining five Nordic countries, and currently 20 Nordic cities with a common goal: to explore the Nordic way to create livable and sustainable cities.
BLOXHUB
CopenhagenBLOXHUB is the Nordic Hub for Sustainable Urbanization.
DOLL Living Lab
CopenhagenOur expansive 1.5 km2 industrial area, frequented by over 10,000 daily users, functions as a vibrant physical testing space of smart city environments – now also offering a real-world platform with a digital twin for urban innovation at a 1:1 scale.
Copenhagen Solutions Lab
CopenhagenAt Copenhagen Solutions Lab, we support the development of the city through testing and implementation of intelligent and data-driven solutions, that support the needs of the city and its citizens.
C² Challenge
DenverThe C² Challenge provides an open-ended innovation process for government procurement that removes the need to meet specific requirements and provides an open door to business and academic innovators to propose new ways of solving a problem.
Urban Platform
PortugalA web solution designed for governments that provides the digital twin of the city, and delivers a real-time view of every street, plus insightful analytics to support decision-making and increase the efficiency of the city operations.
Living-in.EU
Estonia (Eesti Vabariik)Join us in building the European way of Digital Transformation for 300 million Europeans
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech
Cornell TechMaking cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.
Smart Cities Certificate
DenverThe certificate in Smart Cities is an interdisciplinary program designed for working or aspiring professionals and upper-level students interested in expanding their knowledge-base in the fields of emerging urban technologies, data science, sustainable design, and public-private partnerships.
Maai Makwa (My Water)
KenyaDeploying Open Data to Enable Kenyan Households & Communities Conserve Fresh Water Resources, including civic literacy campaigns and IoT monitoring of water supply and quality
A Reuters special report investigating global supply chains and sustainability programs
NYC FloodNet
New York City, NY, USAReal-time flood sensors were developed by the FloodSense project at NYU and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), with a goal of providing information on the presence, frequency, and depth of hyperlocal street-level flood events to a range of stakeholders, including policymakers, government agencies, citizens, emergency response teams, community advocacy groups, and researchers.
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Emerge
TorontoWe use emerging technologies - like blockchain, IoT devices and sensors, and artificial intelligence - to address some of the world’s most pressing issues, as defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
#STOPSHOTSPOTTER
United States of America (the)A coalition working against ShotSpotter's "harmful impacts on the Black, brown, and poor people that the company surveils."
Great King Machines
India (Bhārat)We manufacture embedded city maintenance machines for city civic and green agencies to upgrade to new standards of service to the citizens.
Accelerator for America
Cleveland, OhioAccelerator for America and Honeywell Collaborate to Promote Smart City Growth in Five U.S. Cities
An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States
The national voice of municipalities relating to information and communications technology.
US Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge
United States of America (the)mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated,first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data,applications, and technology to help people and goods move more quickly,cheaply, and efficiently. The Challenge generated an overwhelming response:78 applicant cities shared the challenges they face and ideas for how totackle them.
The Sounds of CDMX
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoThis is an audio/visual story exploring the sounds of Mexico City’s streets.
Smart cities and data protection: possible routes
Brazil (Brasil)InternetLab, ARTICLE 19 and LAPIN launch a policy paper with recommendations on smart cities and personal data protection.
Sharing anonymized data from your ecobee smart thermostat can help scientists advance the way to a sustainable future. JOIN NOW
Code for Africa Slack
AfricaDo you want to join Africa's largest civic technology // open data // digital journalism community on Slack?
To recognize outstanding Smart Cities projects, IDC launched its Smart City North America Awards (SCNAA).
NYC City Scanner Pilot
New York CityLow cost, mobile air quality and other environmental sensors installed on City vehicles. The City Scanner is a low-cost alternative to traditional methods of collecting environmental data. The sensor attaches to the roof of vehicles and collects detailed data at a more geographic level than traditional fixed-position sensors. The City Scanner sensors capture data related to environmental conditions including air quality (particulate matter 1, 2.5, and 10), temperature, humidity, and road conditions in New York City. The solar-powered sensors are removable and do not permanently alter vehicles.
NYC Internet of Things Strategy
New York CityThe Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer has developed the NYC Internet of Things Strategy in order to support a healthy cross-sector IoT ecosystem in New York City – one that is productive, responsible, and fair.
The Sage project will design and build a new kind of national-scale reusable cyberinfrastructure to enable AI at the edge.
Current Water
Chicago, ILCurrent is Chicago’s water innovation hub.
SMARTFISH H2020 is an international research project which aims to develop, test and promote a suite of high-tech systems for the EU fishing sector.
Empowering a faster, smarter emergency response Contextual emergency data: e.g. precise location, medical profile, and real-time sensor data One centralized platform: Securely sends data to public safety agencies worldwide Developed together with public safety: Seamlessly fits into existing public safety workflows
Whose Streets report
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAHarvard report on “smart city” technology risks to civil liberties.
An intelligent urban measurement project that’s changing our understanding of cities and urban life. The Array of Things (AoT) is a collaborative effort among scientists, universities, federal and local government, industry partners, and communities to collect real-time data on urban environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use. AoT uses an open intelligent sensing and edge computing platform called Waggle, developed at Argonne National Laboratory. AoT was funded primarily by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Open Seneca
LisbonDistributing air sensors to volunteer cyclists to map pollution data throughout Lisbon Sensores distribuídos. Cinco dezenas de ciclistas vão andar a medir a poluição atmosférica – Lisboa Para Pessoas
Numina
Brooklyn, NYNumina measures all kinds of curb-level activity. Anonymously and in aggregate, Numina delivers the volume counts, paths, and traffic behaviors of travelers and objects in streets.
Using integrated sensors and artificial intelligence, Livio AI enhances your listening experiences, proactively manages your health and provides access to information to simplify your life.
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