U.S. MAYORAL ROUNDTABLE #10 | Reimagining the future city: how innovation, technology, and partnerships are driving urban transformation
Save the date! 18TH NOV 2024
The stage is set! First speakers out for SCEWC25
All passionate innovators, changemakers, and global leaders are called to gather at the Smart City Expo World Congress, taking place November 4-6 in Barcelona.
Woven City: when car manufacturers design smart cities
Spearheaded by Toyota, Woven City will be a new city in Japan pioneering new ideas and concepts in one of the world’s most densely populated countries.
Exercise and urban gyms: the solution for staying fit in cities
Urban gyms have reemerged. A network of infrastructures that cities implement heterogeneously through parks, specific facilities or by designing infrastructures that favor activity.
How can cities help visually impaired people?
According to the WHO, around 1.3 billion people in the world are affected by some form of visual impairment. Given that an increasing number of people are living in cities, it seems logical to facilitate the lives of people living with visual impairments through accessibility.
Call for Research Papers: AI for Cities to accelerate urban efficiency, quality of life, and resiliency
Smart City Expo is launching a Call for Research Papers in collaboration with the prestigious Street Art & Urban Creativity Scientific Journal (Scopus Q2) to connect cities with the leading-edge technologies in AI.
Are prefab homes the solution to housing access in the UK?
Author | Lucía Burbano The United Kingdom is currently facing the most significant residential crisis in the past decade, driven by a combination of factors: the imbalance between supply and demand, a shortage of labor, and reduced access to construction materials. In this context, prefabricated construction emerges as a potential solution, having already been successfully […]
Are power grids ready for zero-emission mobility?
Are power grids ready for mobility without emissions? How we are preparing for a Zero Emissions world? Is there any risk of blackouts?
Columbus, the smart city leading by example
Much has been written about smart cities and great ideas which, very often, stay at just that, ideas. In the case of Columbus, the capital of Ohio, its smart strategy can be measured with specific results showing how technology is the best way of achieving social and environmental well-being.
Head in the clouds – Feet on the ground: radical solutions for the skyscrapers of the future
The eVolo competition imagines the skyscrapers of tomorrow, designed to alleviate urban issues such as pollution and refugee flows