Smart Cities

In the latest example of how drones are transforming the way we work, Tokyo Metro is using a custom-built flying machine to inspect its subway tunnels.

Myle, launched by a 20-year veteran of NY City’s taxi industry, will attempt to take on its established rivals with cheaper fares and no hidden costs.

UCLA was going to be the first university in the U.S. to use facial recognition on its campus, but after backlash, the school has decided against it. 

A congressional committee wrote a letter to Ring over concerns about the company's partnerships with more than 400 local police departments across the country.

Uber introduced a new feature that basically turns the rideshare process back into a taxi service aimed at older adults, or for those that don't have smartphones. 

The Los Angeles Fire Department will become the first in the U.S. to deploy an electric-powered fire truck, with the vehicle set for its debut run in 2021.

Google Nest is the latest smart home device to make it mandatory for people to set up two-factor authentication on their devices by using verification code.

Ring introduced a new category in its Neighbors App called Neighborly Moments. The category allows users to share footage of their neighbors performing acts of kindness.

Researchers from MIT have designed the RFocus, a smart wallpaper that can boost the signal strength of wireless devices thanks to thousands of tiny antennae built into the wallpaper itself.

Mumbai is aiming to reduce noise pollution with a new traffic signal that stays red if you honk your horn. The timer on a red resets to 90 seconds if the noise levels go too high.

Tesla thinks it would be "super cool" to design a vehicle in China for the global market, and it has started laying the groundwork for an engineering center in the world's largest electric car market. It released a sketch that suggests the model might take the form of a city car positioned below the Model 3.

FedEx's delivery robot only made a short trip as part of a promotion, but when New York City officials learned about the outing, they sent the machine packing. A cease-and-desist letter sent to the shipping giant warned of dire consequences if it rolled the robot onto the city’s streets again without prior permission.

Excited about the impending delivery robot revolution? If so, you need to know about Starship Technologies, the company which kickstarted the whole thing. Founded by two of the original creators of Skype, Starship is poised to change the world of deliveries. Here's what you need to know.

The city of Charlotte, North Carolina believes that e-scooters can have a positive impact on the world, so it's partnered with a shipping logistics company to figure out the best way for cities all over the globe to welcome micromobility startups onto their streets and sidewalks.

We all know 5G wireless networks are part of a smart city plan, but how will they benefit? When it comes to cars, it could help with congestion. For citizens, it could keep them safe and alive. We spoke with Qualcomm and Verizon during the 2019 CES on how they’re leading the effort.

From Disney World to the Mall of America, public venues are turning out to be microcosms for smart city projects. Cities and towns looking to up their infrastructure game can extrapolate from the experience of major sports stadiums, for example, as demonstrations of what happens when you offer free Wi-Fi to 70,000 people. And metropolitan areas can learn from shopping hubs that have installed Bluetooth to pinpoint consumers.

Google helped create this smart energy-harvesting walkway and light show for Berlin's 2017 Festival of Lights.

In becoming a smart city, Austin wants residents at all economic levels to benefit from the new tech.

Panasonic is helping Denver become a smart city, starting with 400 acres known as Pena Station. It will have autonomous shuttles, smart LED street lights, and more.

Long described as a big city that doesn’t feel like one, San Diego is quickly becoming the gold standard for how to develop, deploy and demonstrate technologies that help its environment, its economy, and its infrastructure.

Oslo is one of Europe’s most forward-thinking cities and is investing heavily in its smart city programs to help with technology, infrastructure, climate health, and more.

The World's Fair was a technology expo that sparked the world's imagination in a way that no other has. It's time to resurrect it

The American emergency response system is aging and easily overwhelmed. Ginny Katz, CEO of HazAdapt, is building an emergency response platform for the future.

High-speed rail practically doesn't exist in the United States, but if there's ever been a time where that could change, it's now.

Alexa can tell you how much energy your smart devices use through the Energy Dashboard and act on hunches through the Proactive Hunches feature.

Virgin Hyperloop has released a video showing the expected experience for future passengers traveling on its ultra-high-speed transportation system.

In smart cities and on college campuses, several self-driving shuttle projects are in works. But these public transports of the future, and the companies that make them, are facing challenges, such as vandalism and regulatory approval. See how they and the communities that support them are working through the hurdles.

The tool shows how many new confirmed coronavirus cases there have been in an area in the last seven days.

Smart Cities technology is front and center at this year's CES, including subjects like smart transportation and smart energy.

A new study has looked at how much street lighting contributes to the problem of light pollution, and how new smart city lighting could reduce it.

With porch piracy on the rise, Yale has launched the Smart Delivery Box, a secure way to store your packages. For cabinets, there's the Yale Smart Cabinet Lock.

General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit, Cruise, will start testing fully driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco before the end of 2020.

Third Wave Automation raised $15 million to make self-driving forklifts a reality. Here's how it's going to change warehouses as we know it.

A chain of convenience stores in Japan is testing out VR-controlled robots controlled by employees to stack shelves. It's social distancing, Skynet-style.