Alibaba Group to develop its own chips starting next year
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Alibaba’s CEO Jack Ma said China needs to control core technologies such as chip development Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced plans to set up a new …
Hong Kong launches automated warehouse service
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail The new facility features autonomous mobile robot technology, smart warehousing system and facial recognition Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and RV Automation have launched what …
Australia kicks off smart parking initiative in the Central Coast region
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail The smart traffic initiative stipulates the deployment of 450 smart parking sensors The government of Australia announced the launch of a project to install 450 smart parking sensors …
The technology shaping the city of tomorrow (Reader Forum)
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailAfter suburban lifestyles being the norm for generations of Americans, the pendulum is beginning to swing back towards urbanism: the United Nations says 54% of the world’s population lives in …
IBM X-Force Red, Threatcare warn about smart city vulnerabilities
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe team of researches have tested smart city systems from Libelium, Echelon and Battelle A team of researchers from Threatcare and IBM X-Force Red have joined forces to test …
Itron on track to fully integrate Silver Spring Networks business, says CEO
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailItron said it is seeing a high level of interest from customers for the firm’s new smart gas and water meters U.S. firm Itron, which focuses on technology solutions …
“First of its kind” LoRaWAN IoT project launches in Montreal
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailLoRaWAN being leveraged for smart transportation The City of Montreal is turning to the Internet of Things (IoT) to digitalise its public transport, with the help of LoRaWAN networks. Working …
Singapore preps open digital platform for major greenfield smart city development
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSingapore’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 …
Harnessing people-powered data for smarter(er) cities (Reality Check)
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailOne of the busiest train stations in the world is New York’s Grand Central terminus. In peak hours around 1,000 people arrive at Grand Central every single minute and head …
Chunghwa Telecom inks 5G, smart city agreement with Taipei
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailTaiwanese telco will deploy 5G base stations and smart sensors in streetlights and traffic signals Taiwanese telecommunications firm Chunghwa Telecom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Taipei …
