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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Experts caution that regulations could delay implementation of autonomous vehicles and there will be unforeseen problems.
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Startups in the field have struggled for years to attract enough attention -- but California’s four-year drought is changing that.
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The plan's first installment focuses on how to transform the nation's energy transmission, storage and distribution infrastructure.
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The city’s grid of LED streetlights are being fitted with remote monitoring controls that keep officials apprised of their condition.
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The batteries enable cars to turn off momentarily at a traffic light, but the air conditioner, radio and navigation system keep running.
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The $42 million, three-year program will provide expertise and time to cities that want data-driven solutions for their biggest challenges.
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In Jaguar Land Rover's new lab, researchers are testing concepts that could make driving safer -- or at least more entertaining.
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In a merger of old manufacturing with new technology, two companies are collaborating to make local data more interactive.
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Rural opponents, supporters said, could delay attempts to bring ultramodern trains to all of Texas by years — if not decades — and could end the efforts altogether.
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Between 2013 and 2014, core urban communities lost 363,000 people overall while exurbs gained about 146,000 new residents through domestic migration.
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Getting around The Big Easy just got easier.
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Breakthrough technology utilizes information-sharing between UAVs, enabling autonomous collaborative behavior in either defensive or offensive missions.
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is co-leading an international push to assure the reliability of solar panels—an assurance demanded by customers, manufacturers, lenders, and utilities.
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The Internet of Things offers a lot of exciting potential - but the first steps toward a connected reality begin with automating the mundane.
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Visualizing some of the boldest ideas and predictions about what we’ll see in the driverless car space and when we’ll see it.
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Auto insurance is a $200 billion industry that could lose big in the long term -- as cars function more like computers on wheels, the thinking goes, the number of accidents will decrease, and with that, so will the cost of insurance.
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A desire to do something -- anything -- to improve Miami-Dade's limited mass-transit system and wean South Florida off its automobile addiction is fueling a quest to bring commuter trains downtown.
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With the new technology, drivers can remotely unlock vehicles, start engines, open trunks or set off panic alarms.
