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Adapting EV battery technology for home and industrial energy storage plants isn’t a new concept. Several car makers have worked to develop the technology. But it took automotive upstart Tesla to successfully take EV battery-based energy storage to...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
The future of self-driving commercial vehicles is unclear, but the lure of fewer accidents, reduced fuel costs – not to mention less human error – have generated excitement in the trucking industry as well as the transportation safety sector.The...
Article - 05/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cubic tapped to roll out intelligent transport in Manchester, UKCubic Transportation Systems, a Council Lead Partner, was chosen to deliver Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) new Optimized...
Article - 05/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Knowing where today's markets are heading – and when – can help cities chart their smart city roadmaps. Scroll down for new reports on smart street lighting, Internet of Things security and stop-start vehicles.84% of world's streetlights will be...
Article - 05/08/2015
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Construction season adds angst to already messy commutes. In Michigan, a combination of sensors and Bluetooth technology is helping drivers negotiate a major road construction project on a stretch of U.S. 31. IMPROVING MOBILITY Visit our one-stop...
Article - 04/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partnersQualcomm, AMC Health team to improve care for at-risk patientsQualcomm Life, a subsidiary of Council Lead Partner Qualcomm, announced a collaboration with AMC Health, a privately held provider of real...
Article - 03/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Gartner expects phenomenal growth in the number of connected things due to more intense urbanization and a need for city leaders to find the right balance between limited resources and environmental sustainability issues.And that growth is a boon...
Article - 03/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
The weak link with traffic signals is often the motorists. Systems can be designed to optimize the flow, but it’s still incumbent upon drivers to do what the lights tell them to do. In one Chinese city where drivers tend to take traffic control into...
Article - 03/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for today's short takes from Council partners…UK power giant first to go live with innovative GE technology UK Power Networks -- the United Kingdom's largest power distribution company -- is the first to implement Council Lead Partner...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Bogota's urban mobility transformation gets a boost from MasterCardRecaudo Bogota, Bancolombia and Council Lead Partner MasterCard are introducing electronic payments to promote and facilitate access...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control