Infrastructure
-
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.
-
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.
More Stories
-
To ensure travel happens without incident, state and local lawmakers must embrace technologies designed with safety in mind.
-
Sacramento will be among 16 select cites meeting next month to discuss ways to harness new technologies, including autonomous vehicles, as part of a new national study effort called the Smart Cities Collaborative.
-
The majority of the funding will be spent to procure and install a ground-based sense-and-avoid system at the airport, allowing operators to provide safe separation between drones and other aircraft in the airspace.
-
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced $28 million in funding, $3.5 million of which is slated for smart grid projects designed to introduce the latest technology to the utility’s services.
-
Air Force Research Laboratory scientists will talk about technology that disables roadside bombs to harnessing tidal energy to power a continent, among other things.
-
In July, the LED lighting creators received a $4.3 million contract to install LED lighting in municipal and school buildings in New Bedford, Mass.
-
At the CityLab 2016 Conference held by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute, city officials were in the spotlight sharing their efforts to create a more livable space for residents.
-
Researchers will help ensure that sensors and instrumentation used to measure nutrients in the ocean are fully operational.
-
Technology is boosting the idea of a zero-waste framework in which everything is used, reused and recovered.
-
While autonomous vehicles are the ultimate destination for cars’ transformation, there will be plenty of waypoints along the road — and interim ways for drivers to benefit from new technologies.
-
To protect public safety while allowing this sector to develop, policymakers will need to look out beyond where the technology is today.
-
Boston recently announced a partnership with the World Economic Forum to test and deploy self-driving cars, and said at the time they could be on Boston streets before the end of the year.
-
The City Council in April adopted a resolution supporting driverless vehicles for public transit, and the planning and IT departments are actively developing a strategy to make it happen.
-
According to a recently granted patent, police officers could be equipped with voice-activated drones small enough to perch on their shoulders.
-
The hardware gives the cars enhanced vision and 40 times the processing power of existing vehicles.
-
The program has been redirected at building self-driving programs that can be sold to existing carmakers as an Apple add-on.
-
The cities and counties will work together to create policies, pilot emerging technology and share insights to improve transportation in local government.
-
More collaboration between the region’s universities, smoother border crossings and improved transportation between the cities will benefit both Washington and British Columbia.
Most Read
- Plan Review Delays Are a Leadership Problem — Real-Time Insights Matter
- FETC26: Approach School Surveillance Tech With Skepticism, ACLU Says
- With Plans for All Sectors, Virginia Aims to Get Ahead of AI
- Are we in the largest solar radiation storm in 20 years?
- ClearGov Merges With Gravity in Private Equity Deal
