The smart city concept, however, has evolved, and now both the definition of and technologies within smart cities may look different from their early roots. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

New York City is redefining the 21st Century Smart City – which is why we are excited to host Smart City Expo USA for the first time in October. This two-day conference is great news for tourism and ...

Data drives the bus in smart cities. In response, municipalities worldwide are embracing “smart city” concepts and tools. Technology specialists such as Honeywell apply the latest generation ...

By that standard, many “smart city” initiatives fall short, not because the tools don’t exist, but because the focus is often on visibility and symbolic infrastructure rather than impact.

A 2016 report from the National League of Cities estimates that 66% of American cities had already invested in some type of ‘smart city’ technology, from intelligent meters that collect and share data ...

Most smart city technology is small-scale and incremental — such as adding software and sensors — and doesn’t require destroying anything in a city to implement it.

Toyota, the car company, has just built a smart city where AI runs your home, self-driving vehicles navigate the roads, and robots share the sidewalks with humans. The first residents move in this ...

The term “smart city” was coined in the mid-2000s to describe an idealized blend of modern technologies, enlightened urban planning and broadly inclusive civic engagement. It’s a semi ...

“So, basically today, what we view as smart city is these kind of things,” Ed Sun, CEO of Sun Global Broadband began to explain. “Each city has its own interpretation of what a smart city is ...

South Africa has broken ground on an ambitious smart city project named Westown, a multi-million-dollar development aimed at reshaping urban life in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, according to a ...

MyBroadband visited the site of the smart city in January 2023 and found no progress had been made on the physical development — at least in terms of actual construction.

If a smart city is defined as a civilization that uses technology to support the community, then the origins of this concept date back at least to the Neanderthals.While the concept has, of course ...