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Iteris helps cities manage smart mobility infrastructure

Iteris helps cities manage smart mobility infrastructure

20 Jan 2021
Its new software product VantageCare is a managed service that utilises process virtualisation to continuously and proactively monitor intersections and arterials.
Start-ups to take part in UK smart city accelerator at MediaCityUK

Start-ups to take part in UK smart city accelerator at MediaCityUK

14 Jan 2021
They will be developing and prototyping solutions to discover how cities can use technology to adapt to a post-Covid world with the aim of securing investment at the end of the programme.
Mobileye pledges to bring autonomous vehicles to everyone, everywhere

Mobileye pledges to bring autonomous vehicles to everyone, everywhere

12 Jan 2021
The Intel company is previewing the strategy and technology that will enable autonomous vehicles (AV) to fulfil their “lifesaving promise” globally at this week’s online CES2021 event.
Orlando International Airport uses lidar-based crowd analytics to maximise safety

Orlando International Airport uses lidar-based crowd analytics to maximise safety

11 Jan 2021
Foot traffic monitoring specialist The Indoor Lab partnered with lidar company Cepton to provide anonymised, 3D tracking of people that claims to improve the usability, safety and cleanliness of large spaces.
Helsinki expands smart city innovation project to new districts

Helsinki expands smart city innovation project to new districts

08 Jan 2021
A number of development projects will be launched in Malmi, Pasila, Mellunkylä and Malminkartano-Kannelmäki, in which residents will also be invited to participate.
Berlin's S-Bahn smart rail project goes live

Berlin's S-Bahn smart rail project goes live

07 Jan 2021
Teams based at S-Bahn’s ‘4S’ operational headquarters are able to connect, respond, and collaborate with passengers and staff on-board trains, at stations, and with field personnel.
New urban use cases to propel cities' rapid uptake of digital twins

New urban use cases to propel cities' rapid uptake of digital twins

06 Jan 2021
Key factors behind the growth of digital twins include Covid-19 requirements in terms of achieving increased resilience levels and optimised asset and demand-response resource management.
Oxbotica secures £47m in new funding

Oxbotica secures £47m in new funding

06 Jan 2021
Oxford-based Oxbotica will use the funding to accelerate commercial deployment of its autonomy software platform across multiple industries and key markets.
Curiosity Lab deploys digital displays to broadcast announcements

Curiosity Lab deploys digital displays to broadcast announcements

04 Jan 2021
The pole-mounted, high-brightness screens share traffic-related updates, city announcements and other relevant information with the residents of Peachtree Corners.
Prague to trial large-scale dynamic waste collection

Prague to trial large-scale dynamic waste collection

23 Dec 2020
Pandemic is profoundly changing traditional waste generation patterns and standard collection frequencies, and the current routes are unable to flexibly cope with these changes in the city.
LoRaWAN to go nationwide in the UK

LoRaWAN to go nationwide in the UK

18 Dec 2020
Connectivity provider Connexin, which has raised £80 million in funding, aims to support increasing demand for smart networks and reduce barriers to entering the IoT market.
Autonomous mobility company chooses Velodyne's lidar to equip fleet

Autonomous mobility company chooses Velodyne's lidar to equip fleet

17 Dec 2020
May Mobility operates autonomous vehicle shuttles in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with planned deployments in 2021 in Arlington, Texas, and Higashi-Hiroshima City, Japan.
Motional and Lyft to roll out robotaxi services in major US cities in 2023

Motional and Lyft to roll out robotaxi services in major US cities in 2023

16 Dec 2020
Motional’s next-generation, fully driverless vehicles, based on the Hyundai platform, will be integrated, operationalised and deployed on the Lyft ride-share network.
Semtech and AWS collaborate on AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN

Semtech and AWS collaborate on AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN

16 Dec 2020
IoT developers will be able to leverage LoRaWAN to simplify the development process, as well as provide key features to their applications such as long-range connectivity.
Nokia provides 5G connectivity for Leuven's digital pole project

Nokia provides 5G connectivity for Leuven's digital pole project

11 Dec 2020
The Digital City Pole project paves the way for future 5G connectivity across the Belgian city that aims to stimulate local innovation, drive productivity and create jobs.
Companies partner to offer smart cities blockchain-enabled global data exchange

Companies partner to offer smart cities blockchain-enabled global data exchange

09 Dec 2020
The companies want to deliver a new level of trust and control for cities and provide municipal and commercial clients with unaltered and traceable data that ties back to its original source.
Envision Digital and Tridium sign smart parks partnership

Envision Digital and Tridium sign smart parks partnership

09 Dec 2020
As countries look to accelerate decarbonisation and meet their net-zero targets, investment in smart parks is forecast to eliminate more than 27 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Smart AI-based cameras to transform traffic management by 2025

Smart AI-based cameras to transform traffic management by 2025

03 Dec 2020
ABI Research reports that such cameras will enable an increasing number of low latency mission-critical machine vision applications like pedestrian detection and alerting, and real-time surveillance.