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A study from Council Lead Partner MasterCard found that British citizens are gradually warming up to using their mobile phones to pay for goods and services.Following the launch of mobile payment program Apple Pay at over 250,000 locations...
Article - 07/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
It's common knowledge that urban populations in several countries are swelling quickly as more and more residents choose to take advantage of the economic and other benefits of city living -- and that the trend is not likely to slow anytime soon....
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
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
Self-driving cars are such an appealing idea that they are currently undergoing a particularly intense case of the technology life cycle. That's the theory that new innovations first reach a peak of overinflated expectations, then a trough of...
Article - 02/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
A professor at Lancaster University in the UK has won £171,495 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to lead a study of how the Internet of Things (IoT) can benefit problems from flooding and agricultural pollution to animal...
Article - 12/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Research, publications and web sites
We were interested to see this market research report that confirms many of the beliefs that led to the founding of the Smart Cities Council. For one thing: "smart cities are the way forward and will play an important role in the world’s future."...
Article - 09/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
Take this video tour of openBerlin, a Cisco Internet of Everything Innovation Center where collaboration between partners, researchers and startups is powering innovative new solutions for the Internet of Everything. Cisco is a Council Lead Partner.
Resources - 04/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites