CNN
Tencent is building a Monaco-sized 'city of the future' in Shenzhen
4 min · · Technology giant Tencent has unveiled plans for an almost entirely car-free "city of the future" that prioritizes pedestrians, green spaces and self-driving vehicles. · Shared by 54, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz
The Washington Post
U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus
· The U.S. government is in active talks with Facebook, Google and a wide array of tech companies and health experts about how they can use data gleaned from Americans’ phones to combat the novel coronavirus, including tracking whether people are keeping one another at safe distances to stem the outbreak. · Shared by 50, including Marc R Gagné MAPP, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Jeremiah Owyang, Merlin Mann, Naomi Klein, Jeff Heuer, Michael Fauscette
WIRED UK
Amateur planners are using video games to fix our broken cities
6 min · · Cities: Skylines gives frustrated citizens a way of fixing their environments and smoothing out traffic. But real life isn't quite as straightforward · Shared by 19, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Paolo Pedercini 🥶
Forbes
How Data Will Fuel Smart Cities
3 min · · Hudson Yards in New York and Sidewalk Labs’ project in Toronto are test cases that will radically change the way our cities work through the use of data and the Internet of Things. · Shared by 49, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Jonathan Kogan, Sean Gardner
industrie-techno.com
Trains autonomes, biométrie et ville intelligente... Thales expose ses innovations aux InnovDays
5 min · · Thales tient du 27 au 29 novembre à Paris la Défense son grand rendez-vous dédié à l'innovation, les InnovDays.... - Innovation
The New York Times
Cities Worldwide Are Reimagining Their Relationship With Cars
6 min · · Cars changed the way we move. They also led to toxic levels of air pollution in many cities. Now, under pressure from their citizens, city officials are experimenting with new ways to reimagine the… · Shared by 35, including Emily Badger, Faik Ersoy, Hiroko Tabuchi, Nadja Popovich
TechCrunch
MIT develops a way for autonomous delivery robots to find your front door
2 min · · Researchers at MIT have developed a new method of navigation for robots that could be very useful for the range of companies working on autonomous last-mile delivery. In short, the team has worked out… · Shared by 21, including Sarah-Jayne Gratton