How to create a drone network out of streetlights
A Silicon Valley drone startup and a Portuguese smart city tech provider have come up with a way of building drone infrastructure networks by retrofitting existing streetlights.
Could a simple parking sensor improve our cities?
Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s innovation business, has created a low-cost, real-time sensor to manage and understand how parking spaces are used in an effort to kickstart better placemaking.
Property’s AI market poised for rapid growth
The size of the smart building AI and machine learning market is forecast to triple between 2020 and 2025, reaching $3.3bn by the middle of decade.
Threat to smart cities a ‘warning klaxon’ for property
Smart cities are an “attractive target” for threats, the GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned in a new set of guidance for data-driven city leaders.
ParkBee hires ex-Investec exec to ‘meaningfully scale’ in UK
The digital parking assistant has appointed Angelique de Rauville as managing director of its business in the UK as it plans to ‘increase our business exponentially in the short-term’.
WiredScore eyes ‘B Corp’ status on social impact
The digital connectivity rating firm has announced plans to achieve Certified B Corporate status for its social and environmental impact as it nears the launch of its smart building certification product.
Ordnance Survey appoints Carly Morris to lead Geovation
Carly Morris is the new head of Geovation, the OS and HM Land Registry initiative to propel innovative startups using location and property data to the next level.
Enfield sets high bar for carbon reduction at Meridian Water
The UK Green Building Council has announced a partnership with Enfield Council to “catalyse radical solutions for the delivery of sustainability on large regeneration schemes.”
‘Optimistic’ LifeX raises for co-living expansion
Danish co-living startup LifeX has raised €6m to continue rolling out its ‘Nordic feel’ shared homes in European cities.
Disruptive pairs with Sidewalk Labs’ energy product
Norway-based Disruptive Technologies, creator of the world’s smallest wireless sensors, is partnering with a new product from Google’s urban innovation company, Sidewalk Labs.
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