The City of Nice and Cisco just inaugurated the "Connected Boulevard", an experiment aiming at testing the internet of things for urban management at the scale of a street. 200 sensors were installed on the street lights, sidewalks and waste containers on…
London’s Westminster district plans to renew its lighting system in the next four years by replacing 14,000 streetlights by smart connected devices.Such a system aims to reduce energy consumption thanks to special “connected” bulbs that can be controlled…
Launched in 2011, the budget of the Partnership has increased from 81 to 365 million euros in 2012.It supports the Energy and Transportation fields as well as the newly-added Information and Communication Technologies fields in urban areas. Europa
Devoted to promote digital innovation in the Paris region, this event has become a must-be. It gathers actors involved in this field such as startups making the most of the visibility offered and major leaders, enhancing their positioning on innovative…
The “Smart city” is a genuine concept aiming to gather institutions, companies and citizens on daily city-life topics as sustainability, economy or sociology. This designation has become a new way to speak of original city initiatives that help improve…
We already talked about « Clameurs », a mobile application that lets people record messages linked to their geographic situation.Telco company Orange recently launched TweetVox, an application that addresses the same topic: voice and geolocation.In order…
To make people more aware about their transportation options and to invite them to diversify their mobility, Mobility Lab installed digital screens with real time transit arrivals and Capital Bikeshare availability in two cafes in Arlington (USA).The lab…
A public agency of Japanese innovation, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the urban community of “Le Grand Lyon” signed an agreement on the new historic district “Lyon Confluence” covering out 150 hectares (371…