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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The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) and the Smart City Works Actuator are seeking applications from entrepreneurs, startups and companies with emerging products that are designed to make cities smarter, more livable and more resilient.
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Startup Blokable designs and manufactures self-contained housing structures that are outfitted with electrical and plumbing systems as well as appliances and fixtures.
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Fishers, Ind., will be home to the state's first Internet of Things lab scheduled to open this fall — and the city intends for IoT and technology to bolster and even supplant longtime powerhouse industries.
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Velodyne now makes lidar, the laser-based sensors that let autonomous cars see their surroundings with stunning precision, even at freeway speed
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With Amazon’s pending acquisition of Whole Foods Market, there may soon be brick-and-mortar locations for the Seattle company to experiment with new shopping and pick-up experiences.
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To preserve their communities' economic and social well-being, leaders will need to manage an endless cycle of technological disruption.
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And if so, will people trust them?
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The Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria's latest edition has new instructions for reporting the emerging sector of autonomous vehicles.
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The few projects that have studied mileage-based usage taxes have been in California, Oregon and Washington. This will be the first East Coast study.
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Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute wanted to see how people would react to a normal looking van without a driver in the front seat.
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If the pilot project works, Arlington could add more driverless shuttles.
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The hope is that the two-month test of smart city tech is successful and can be made available to other cities in the state.
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Energy storage has received much more attention in the past few years as policymakers across the country have mandated the use of increasingly more renewable energy sources into their state energy portfolios as ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Since the tolls are electronic, this can mean extra fees for out-of-town drivers in rental cars.
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The tech promises to determine where hazardous flooding conditions exist down to within inches.
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Google spinoff Waymo has a new patent for developing a car that loses its rigidity during a crash, lessening the impact.
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As of right now, Cruise employees are the only San Franciscans who can currently get rides in robot taxis. However, app-hailed self-driving cars may not be far off.
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Widespread automation won’t happen overnight, but it is important to know what jobs will be at risk.
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