Infrastructure
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The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer. -
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.
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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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The Orange County Transportation Authority has effectively ended its planning of a streetcar system due to unforeseen costs and lack of support.
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The unanimously approved drone will include a zoom lens, high-resolution camera, thermal camera, training for 10 officers, mapping software, and an iPad Mini for controlling the drone.
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The automotive center of America is working out the kinks to ready the country’s infrastructure before self-driving cars roll out nationwide.
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Systems connected: Transportation, energy, economic development, health care, inter-city collaboration
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Systems connected: Transportation, disability services, public works
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Systems connected: Public transit, autonomous vehicles
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Airbnb insists it's trying to be a good corporate citizen: It has long urged its hosts to follow state and local laws. It also has voluntary tax collection agreements with communities in 18 states.
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A proposal has been introduced in Connecticut to outfit utility poles, that have traditionally been used for telephone lines and cable television, with high-speed Internet equipment.
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Under the new system, pilots receive flight plans via text and upload them into the airplane’s computer by simply touching a button, cutting down the potential for human error.
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It's a simple concept: The less rainwater that gets into the city's drainage system, the easier it is on the pumping equipment. And researchers now know that keeping our water table charged helps reduce subsidence.
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The new rule, designed for devices weighing less than 55 pounds, requires drone operators to pass an aeronautical knowledge test and clear a background check to earn a "remote pilot certificate."
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The Federal Aviation Administration released federal operational rules for commercial drones, but has opted to let state and local regulations have the final say.
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Although the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Facility is set to close by 2020, that might not be the end for nuclear.
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Karma Automotive joins Tesla on a list of locally based car and bus manufacturers, including Faraday Future, BYD and Atieva that together are making California ground zero for the electric vehicle market.
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The Ohio capital beat out 77 other cities, including techie San Francisco, with its plans to use technology to solve transportation problems.
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Here are a couple of ways the Internet of Things is currently being used, and how it has affected citizens and cities.
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In event of an accident, a utilitarian algorithm would instantly calculate the number of lives at stake inside the vehicle, versus the number of lives at stake if it hits bystanders.
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There's a revolution in the commercial real estate universe, where the "Internet of Things" has come home to roost.
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