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Get Paid To Ditch Driving?
We believe Don Shoup is right, we need to find ways to encourage current and future drivers to ride share, take mass transit, ride a bike or walk if we are going to accommodate further urbanization without massive traffic congestion, increased air pollution, and...
Fybr Launching Smart City Platform in 30 Cities
Fybr, announced today that it is rolling out the Fybr Smart City Platform in 30 cities worldwide in 2017. Their end-to-end, turnkey Smart City Platform is specifically designed to make cities, universities and corporate campuses more efficient, better, places to...
Fybr Releases Turnkey Smart City Platform
Fybr, announces the release of their end-to-end, turnkey IoT solution, specifically designed to make cities, universities and corporate campuses more connected and efficient. Last year, the US government announced a new “Smart Cities” Initiative that will invest...
Making Water Conservation Easy
It 's hard to argue with the challenges – both financially and logistically – that water and it's increasing scarcity play on the fate of agricultural businesses worldwide. In California, multi-year droughts have made irrigation and water rights/accessibility one...
IoT Adoption and Integration Will Command 43% of Enterprise IT Budgets by 2020
A new survey by Machina Research shows acceleration in the pace of adoption of IoT by US companies, as they increasingly recognize the commercial benefits associated with implementation. This growing importance is also having a knock-on effect on budgets, with IoT...
Parking Can and Will Get Better
Take heart the next time you’re circling the block of your destination, eyes peeled for somewhere – anywhere – to park your car. There are some brilliant answers to this modern problem we call “parking.” Our platform is a remedy for right now, offering a way for...
Smarter Cities: One Sensor at a Time
Many cities today are growing rapidly as the world becomes more urban. A 2014 World Health Organization study estimated that urban areas account for 54% of the global population, up from 34% in 1960 and by 2050, 66% of the World’s population will live in an urban...
Thoughts on Disabled Parking
With this week being the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, it seems appropriate to comment on how the use of disabled placards impacts parking. Everyone knows that parking can be a huge headache in a congested city. But the process is...
IBM Knows Its Smart Cities
If we want to keep pushing the leading edge of the Internet of Things and Smart Cities, the world’s leading technology companies are going to play an integral part. IBM, a strong player in the IoT and Smart City space, has continued to generate positive headlines...
An Awesome Visualization of the Internet of Things
A great IoT visualization by Information is Beautiful. (http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/) The folks at Information is Beautiful, with this smart animated primer, bring us even more reason to believe in the Internet of Things as an idea that will improve the...