All posts in Data and Infrastructure

Apr

Four Videos About Smarter Cities

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, UK

Tags: cc

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by Joe Peach

A debate last month brought together four prominent speakers from the urbanism world to discuss the potential of technologically-enabled cities. The event, hosted by Intelligence Squared and chaired by Tony Travers from the London School of Economics, is now online in the form of these four videos. Read more

Mar

Data Farming: Demonstrating the Benefits of Urban Agriculture

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, USA and Canada

Tags: cc, Kansas City, New York

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by Kyle Rogler

Finding available land for an urban farm is only half of the battle. The other half involves changing local zoning laws, influencing political opinion, garnering economic support, and proving the project will have a net benefit to a community. Strong data can help in all these instances. Read more

Feb

Urban Opportunities: Investing in Digital Energy Management Software

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, USA and Canada

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by Ashley Halligan

There's nearly five million commercial and industrial facilities in the U.S., accounting for nearly half of all domestic energy consumption. However, just five percent of this market has adopted sophisticated energy management tools. Venture capital firms are beginning to notice the opportunity. Read more

Feb

Borrowing Wi-Fi from Neighbours: Right or Wrong?

Categories: Data and Infrastructure, Digital, UK, USA and Canada

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by Meaghan Edelstein

As we increasingly access the Internet via smartphones, laptops, tablets and notebooks, we all know someone (or maybe it's you?) who 'borrows' a little Wi-Fi from the neighbours. So is there any harm in this? All you’re doing is borrowing a little Wi-Fi, right? Read more

Dec

Singapore Taxis Get Smart

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Cars and Roads, Data and Infrastructure, Digital, Transport

Tags: cc, singapore

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by (ART+DATA)

The Singapore government collects data from stationary and mobile sensors throughout the city, using it to develop an open platform for third-parties to access. This open software platform has gone on to fuel intelligent design of taxi services. Read more

Nov

Crowdmapping for an Improved Chennai

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Data and Infrastructure, Digital

Tags: Chennai

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by Global Voices

Transparent Chennai is a platform for citizen engagement which invites users to create and submit their own data about the Indian city of Chennai. The aim is to help counter inaccurate or incomplete government data and make better claims on the government for their rights and entitlements. Read more

Nov

Keeping Singapore Green with Data and Design

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Data and Infrastructure, Digital

Tags: cc, green space, singapore

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by (ART+DATA)

What would happen if data, not politics or purely commercial development, drove the design of our cities and towns? Singapore - a marvel of efficiency - shows that a dedication to data-driven urban living can create greener cities. Read more