Infrastructure
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National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages. -
A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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Data center development, the subject of much public-sector conversation and policy, is predicted to expand, driven by the growth of AI. It's also expected to come at a cost and bring a selective benefit.
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Mayor Bill Peduto met Friday with the head of Uber's self-driving car efforts, both of whom said they want to rebuild their relationship after a tumultuous start to 2017.
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The automaker is touting the system's benefits, but also taking pains to clarify that the system is not a self-driving feature -- a distinction that should temper expectations.
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Kate Garman will move from Kansas City, Mo., to the Emerald City to help coordinate smart tech projects across city departments and forge partnerships to improve the quality of life for residents.
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This week, a House subcommittee approved a bipartisan markup of legislation dealing with the onset of autonomous vehicles.
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The city of Philadelphia has not had any contact with Musk on this issue, and a spokesman said he wasn't sure what Musk meant when he referred to "verbal government approval" for the project.
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Lyft has no plans to manufacture its own robot cars. Instead, it wants to create a self-driving system it can partner with the auto industry to bring to life.
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Brain Corp said its plans to port its BrainOS technology – which combines low cost sensors with hardware and software to control robots -- onto Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile platform to power a new generation of consumer robots that will be able to clean, sort and do other functions around homes and offices.
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The hyperloop would cut the nearly three-hour train ride or more than four-hour car ride down to a mere 29 minutes and include stops in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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Two solutions using data analytics and artificial intelligence may serve as a model for how cities across the country can take better care of their streets.
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The cost to do so could hit $14 billion.
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While the Bay Area plays an inextricable role in the development of self-driving cars, but Pittsburgh has long been its base.
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A small San Francisco startup says it has a cheap, quick way to create high-resolution, detailed maps of millions of miles of roads: computer-vision software that can generate highly accurate maps from crowdsourced dashcam video.
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The Santa Clara Valley Water District is hoping to build an $800 million reservoir in southern Santa Clara County near Pacheco Pass, along with a dam up to 300 feet high
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It isn’t the first time this argument has been made.
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The Contra Costa Transportation Authority is setting itself up to exchange data and insights from partners around the globe.
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The plant will build Navya's autonomous shuttles in Saline, Mich.
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The move would make Toyota the first big automaker to put self-driving cars on local streets.
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Now, as the cost of batteries plummets, officials in other states are looking to follow California’s lead in funding energy storage projects.
