Where digital transformation sets sail: The five smartest ports in the world
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailContainer ports are at the crucible of digital change for the global supply chain. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, the industrial internet-of-things (IoT) technologies afford an opportunity for the shipping industry at …
Surveillance, transport, lighting top for smart cities, as total spending to jump 95% by 2022
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVisual surveillance, public transport, and street lighting will command nearly one quarter of spending by smart cities this year, according to new figures from research house IDC. The Asia-Pacific region, …
The smart cities interview: “There’s marketing and reality; our world is based in reality,” says Palo Alto
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailForget the notion of an integrated smart city platform for a moment, says Jonathan Reichental chief information officer for the city of Palo Alto in the US. “What does a …
Singapore preps open digital platform for major greenfield smart city development
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSingapore’s industrial development agency JTC has appointed engineering group ST Engineering to build an open smart city platform for its green-field Punggol Digital District (PDD) project, a new tech hub …
The top 10 smart cities – ranked according to their applications and activity
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew research by McKinsey Global Institute has evaluated the planet’s smartest cities on both their underlying infrastructure and their over-lying applications, and ranked them in order on both counts. Here, …
The top 10 smart cities – ranked according to their infrastructure and potential
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew research by McKinsey Global Institute has evaluated the planet’s smartest cities on both their underlying infrastructure and their over-lying applications, and ranked them in order on both counts. Here, …
South Korea and Germany lead ‘automation index’; US and UK off the pace
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSouth Korea, Germany and Singapore are best positioned to lead the world for industrial automation, thanks to their approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. These three, along with Japan …
Using the IoT to create a ‘digital city’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew Nokia offering combines IoT, secure analytics, public safety A combination of IoT sensors feeding data into analytics engines, along with other connected assets, can unlock actionable insight that leads …
Smart manufacturing lab to launch operations in Singapore
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailRolls-Royce, together with Singapore agencies and companies, will invest $44 million in the initiative Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), British power systems technology company Rolls-Royce, and Singapore …
Case study: Smart city technology in Singapore
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIn 2014, the government of Singapore launched its Smart Nation vision in which the authorities of the Asian nation stipulated the implementation of a number of smart city initiatives as …
