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I saw a vision of the near future while working near NY's Port Authority Bus Terminal, and it is all of the drifters plugged into a LinkNYC charging station watching inappropriate videos on YouTube.

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The smart city is, to many urban thinkers, just a buzzphrase that has outlived its usefulness: 'the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people'. So why did that happen - and what's coming in its place, asks Steven Poole

The truth about smart cities: 'In the...

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Updated 2 months ago

In India's rush to transform, build, and even engineer entire new cities, critics are right to raise concerns about citizenship and access

Who Is the Smart City for?

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Updated 2 months ago

Wow, people really like microgrids. Recently this article surfaced, the latest in a years long series of shallow regurgitations about the same microgrid project in Brooklyn whose technology was developed in 2015 ( here's one, here's another one, here's yet another one, here's ... well you get the idea).

Microgrids are not the solution you are...

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Updated 4 months ago

In order to be successful, blockchain platforms and microgrids require a regulatory framework. In New York State, such a framework is provided by "Reforming the Energy Vision" (REV). The platform's objectives are to minimize the vulnerability of the power supply system that became visible during Hurricane Sandy, to use more sources of renewable energy, and to reduce costs.

Microgrid on a Blockchain Platform

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Updated 4 months ago

Here at Stae, we talk to cities everyday. In a recent conversation with an infrastructure manager of a small U.S. city, he asked me: "What exactly makes a city smart?" And it's a good question. His team was in the midst of reviewing proposals for a connected streetlight system, and he wondered if buying these lights would make his city "smarter."

Taking a People-First Approach to...

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Updated 4 months ago

If Hurricane Katrina taught us anything, it's that having a preventative mindset towards climate resiliency is just as important as disaster recovery efforts. Except, as we are now seeing in Houston (1), we didn't implement many strategies that would indicate we learned those hard lessons.

Smart Cities Can Help Prevent Natural...

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Updated 4 months ago

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