The Chrysler Building: a look at one of the finest examples of Art Deco
Architecture often reflects human ambition, particularly when referring to skyscrapers. The Chrysler Building, one of New York City’s most iconic art deco-style buildings, reflects the personality of the tycoon Walter Percy Chrysler, but it also takes us back to a very specific moment in the history of New York: the roaring twenties.
Smart City Infrastructure: Innovative Platforms and Strategies for the Cities of Tomorrow
Author | Elvira Esparza Smart urban infrastructure is the technological foundation of smart cities, ensuring sustainability, service efficiency, and improving citizens’ quality of life. These infrastructures incorporate sensors, data platforms, and automation to enable more efficient management of resources and services, but how will they evolve in the future? What is a smart city infrastructure? […]
Smart cameras and data analysis enhance security at large events
Author | Lucía Burbano Historically, large-scale events have been prime targets for potential terrorist attacks due to the impact and alarm caused by the high number of people affected. Manually monitoring the movements and behaviors of hundreds or thousands of attendees at a single event is an extremely complex task. The use of technology, specifically […]
Exploring Smart Cities the French Way with Gérard Wolf
Agentic AI drives urban systems: adaptive governance in smart cities
Author | Raquel C. Pico Digital transformation has been one of the major revolutions in cities at this turn of the century. Cities shifted from the analog urban environment to the intelligent, digital city, to the smart city. It was a remarkable leap with powerful transformative effects. However, it is one that is about to […]
Mobility as a Service (MaaS): Innovative Technologies and Strategies for the Cities of Tomorrow
Author | Lucía Burbano Sustainable mobility cannot be achieved without innovative technologies and business models that help address one of cities’ biggest challenges: managing road traffic. In this context, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), emerges as a solution that enables the seamless integration of multiple transportation modes, improving traffic flow and reducing emissions. What is […]
Welcome to the post-diesel era. And now what?
City councils in major European cities such as Madrid and Paris, and even entire countries such as Norway, have considered banning diesel cars, but why?
Abu Dhabi to be the first city with a fully driverless robotaxi service outside the U.S.
Author | Lucía Burbano Abu Dhabi has become the first city outside the US or China to deploy a fleet of robotaxis, i.e., a type of autonomous vehicle specifically designed to provide passenger transportation services without a human driver on board, joining both countries in leading autonomous vehicle development. This move is strategic, as when […]
AI tools improve solar forecasting for the UK’s energy system operator
Author | Elvira Esparza The United Kingdom has improved its photovoltaic production forecasting with the use of Quartz Solar. This suite of AI tools enables more efficient grid management, as well as lower costs and reduced carbon emissions. The United Kingdom’s energy system operator, Neso, has begun using the AI-powered Quartz Solar tool to forecast […]
What life is like in Chongqing, the largest city in the world
The megacity of Chongqing is the largest city in the world by population. In its center, residents are stacked in skyscrapers like beehives, some of which are so compact that residents can even chat with their neighbors in the apartment in front without even shouting.