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Smart Cities and sensors

Technology that quantifies the physical environment, such as traffic or environmental factors

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Münchner Cluster für die Zukunft der Mobilität in Metropolregionen – Innovationen für den Mobilitätswandel (MCube)
mcube-cluster.de/en

Münchner Cluster für die Zukunft der Mobilität in Metropolregionen – Innovationen für den Mobilitätswandel (MCube)

Innovations for the mobility transition

Munich, Germany
Smart Cities and sensors, Research and policy centers, Academia
Curb Data Specification (CDS)
openmobilityfoundation.org/about-cds

Curb Data Specification (CDS)

A digital tool that helps cities and companies pilot and scale dynamic curb zones. CDS provides a mechanism for expressing static and dynamic regulations, measuring activity at the curb, and developin...

California
Data schemas and standards, Curb management, Civic data
Air Quality Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10346175

Air Quality Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms

This study aimed to develop accurate short-term air quality forecasting models for Asunción, Paraguay using machine learning algorithms.

Asunción, Paraguay
Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and sensors, Machine learning
Automotus
automotus.ai

Automotus

tackling safety hazards, congestion, compliance and emissions. automated curb management for cities + airports

Los Angeles, CA
Smart Cities and sensors, Hardware, Artificial Intelligence
urbantechsummit.com

Urban Tech Summit

The Summit will offer practical insights and examples of how researchers, companies, governments, and communities can continue to drive innovation amid these headwinds—and how urban tech can help citi...

Roosevelt Island NYC
Conferences, Meet the others, In-person meetings
oecd.org/en/publications/smart-city-data-governance_e57ce301-en.html

Smart City Data Governance

Key trends in smart city data governance

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France
since 2023
Smart Cities and sensors, Data governance
city
STRONG Manoomin Collective
manoom.in

STRONG Manoomin Collective

The STRONG Manoomin Collective is a tribally-driven research effort that aims to strengthen Ojibwe resilience by supporting development of scientific and environmental governance capacity.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Smart Cities and sensors, Tech for your meetings, Engagement tech
indigenous, Clean water and sanitation, Zero hunger
Waymo
waymo.com

Waymo

Mountain View, CA
Hardware, Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors
mobility, commercial
Miami-Dade County SMART Curbs Program
miamidade.gov/global/transportation/public-works/smart-curbs-program.page

Miami-Dade County SMART Curbs Program

Miami Dade County
Smart Cities and sensors, Curb management, Govtech
Boston Curb Usage Map
boston.gov/news/improving-parking-and-curb-usage-through-tech-innovation

Boston Curb Usage Map

To solve these challenges, the Streets Cabinet and Innovation and Technology Cabinet are building a digital map of Boston’s complex curb network and regulations.

Boston
Smart Cities and sensors, Curb management, Govtech
city
MeshPoint One
meshpointone.com

MeshPoint One

MeshPoint One believes that access to Internet is one of basic human rights. Their mission is to enable Internet access and improve the quality of life for people in disaster struck areas. Also by emp...

European Union (EU)
Connectivity, Smart Cities and sensors, Hardware
migration, refugees, immigration
Automating School Surveillance: How Student Vape Detection Technologies Threaten to Expand the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Minnesota and Beyond
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Automating School Surveillance: How Student Vape Detection Technologies Threaten to Expand the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Minnesota and Beyond

Report by Ending Youth Surveillance and NOTICE Coalition published November 2024

Minneapolis
since 2024
Tech for Bad Hall of Shame, Smart Cities and sensors
surveillance, youth, criminal justice
End Police Surveillance
endpolicesurveillance.com

End Police Surveillance

ShotSpotter creates thousands of unfounded police deployments, fuels unconstitutional stop-and-frisk, and can lead to false arrests.

Chicago, IL
Specific campaigns, Smart Cities and sensors
surveillance, crime, criminal justice
Smart Columbus
smartcolumbus.com

Smart Columbus

Columbus, OH
Smart Cities and sensors
city, Sustainable cities and communities
SAGA Smart Machinaka Project
smart.saga.jp

SAGA Smart Machinaka Project

The SAGA Smart Machinaka Project is a demonstration project that aims to improve the convenience of the city center of Saga City through the use of technologies such as AI and IoT, and to create a cit...

Saga, Japan
Smart Cities and sensors, Artificial Intelligence, Dashboards
city, place-based, Sustainable cities and communities
Chicago Truck Count
chicagotruckcounts.cnt.org

Chicago Truck Count

Counting trucks for environmental justice

Smart Cities and sensors, Cameras, Civic data
air quality, Reduced inequalities, city
Media Awareness and Justice Initiative (MAJI)
majinigeria.org

Media Awareness and Justice Initiative (MAJI)

Using Technology to Empower Rural and urban last mile communities across Nigeria

Nigeria 🇳🇬
Smart Cities and sensors, Connectivity, Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)
workshops, rural
When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study
dl.designresearchsociety.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1221&context=iasdr

When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study

[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized

Amsterdam
since 2023
Smart Cities and sensors, Urban planning, Ethical tech and responsible tech
mobility, city, Sustainable cities and communities
The Atlas of Urban Tech
atlasofurbantech.org

The Atlas of Urban Tech

A global atlas of case studies of tech-enabled urban districts and municipal digital masterplans.

Cornell Tech
since 2024
Smart Cities and sensors, Civic tech catalogs, Urban planning
place-based, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Air Quality Improvement and Monitoring
testbed.cityofnewyork.us/pilots-aq

Air Quality Improvement and Monitoring

6-month pilot of three pole-mounted static air quality machines

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Smart Cities and sensors, Hardware, Emerging tech
air quality, city, Reduced inequalities
The Things Network New York
thethingsnetwork.org/community/newyork

The Things Network New York

Let's build an open, free and community-owned IoT data network for New York!

Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors
The Things Network
thethingsnetwork.org

The Things Network

We are a global collaborative Internet of Things ecosystem that creates networks, devices and solutions using LoRaWAN®.

Amsterdam
Smart Cities and sensors, Emerging tech, Peer networks
Smart Districts
smartdublin.ie/smart-districts

Smart Districts

Smart Districts (Dublin) are strategically selected locations where innovation projects are fast-tracked.

Dublin, Ireland
since 2018
Innovation teams and labs, Smart Cities and sensors
neighborhoods, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Academy of the Near Future
nearfuture.ie

Academy of the Near Future

Ireland's Smart Cities Education Programme designed for young people and local authority staff.

Dublin, Ireland
Smart Cities and sensors, Digital literacy
youth, local
Innovate Project Project Use Cases
innovateproject.org/project-use-cases

Innovate Project Project Use Cases

Internet of Things pilots to improve quality of life in London neighborhoods

London
Smart Cities and sensors
local, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Atlas of Urban AI
gouai.cidob.org/atlas

Atlas of Urban AI

ATLAS is a crowdsourced (map) repository of projects happening in cities involving the use of artificial intelligence systems.

Barcelona
Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and sensors, Civic maps
BLOXHUB
bloxhub.org

BLOXHUB

BLOXHUB is the Nordic Hub for Sustainable Urbanization.

Copenhagen
Meet the others, Hubs, Smart Cities and sensors
city, Sustainable cities and communities
DOLL Living Lab
doll-livinglab.com

DOLL Living Lab

Our expansive 1.5 km2 industrial area, frequented by over 10,000 daily users, functions as a vibrant physical testing space of smart city environments – now also offering a real-world platform with a...

Copenhagen
Innovation teams and labs, Smart Cities and sensors, Hubs
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Nordic Smart City Network
nscn.eu

Nordic Smart City Network

The Nordic Smart City Network is a collaboration initiative joining five Nordic countries, and currently 20 Nordic cities with a common goal: to explore the Nordic way to create livable and sustainabl...

Europe
since 2018
Partner networks and coalitions, Smart Cities and sensors
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Copenhagen Solutions Lab
cphsolutionslab.dk

Copenhagen Solutions Lab

At Copenhagen Solutions Lab, we support the development of the city through testing and implementation of intelligent and data-driven solutions, that support the needs of the city and its citizens.

Copenhagen
Smart Cities and sensors, Innovation teams and labs
city, mobility, Sustainable cities and communities
Location Aware Sensing System (LASS) Environmental Sensor Network
lass-net.org

Location Aware Sensing System (LASS) Environmental Sensor Network

LASS (Location Aware Sensing System) is an open source and public welfare "environmental sensor network system". 是一套開源和公益的「環境感測器網路系統」

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
since 2015
Smart Cities and sensors, Crowdsourcing
air quality, Clean water and sanitation
C² Challenge
coloradosmart.city/c%c2%b2-challenge

C² Challenge

The C² Challenge provides an open-ended innovation process for government procurement that removes the need to meet specific requirements and provides an open door to business and academic innovators...

Denver
Challenges, Smart Cities and sensors
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Urban Platform
urbanplatform.city

Urban Platform

A web solution designed for governments that provides the digital twin of the city, and delivers a real-time view of every street, plus insightful analytics to support decision-making and increase th...

Portugal 🇵🇹
Urban planning, Dashboards, Smart Cities and sensors
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Living-in.EU
living-in.eu

Living-in.EU

Join us in building the European way of Digital Transformation for 300 million Europeans

Estonia (Eesti Vabariik) 🇪🇪
since 2023
Manifestos, Digital transformation, Govtech
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech
urban.tech.cornell.edu

Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech

Making cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.

Cornell Tech
Smart Cities and sensors, Emerging tech, Academia
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Smart Cities Certificate
smartfutureslab.com/smart-cities-certificate

Smart Cities Certificate

The certificate in Smart Cities is an interdisciplinary program designed for working or aspiring professionals and upper-level students interested in expanding their knowledge-base in the fields of em...

Denver
since 2023
Online courses, Learn about civic tech, Smart Cities and sensors
Maai Makwa (My Water)
maaimakwa.demographyproject.org

Maai Makwa (My Water)

Deploying Open Data to Enable Kenyan Households & Communities Conserve Fresh Water Resources, including civic literacy campaigns and IoT monitoring of water supply and quality

Kenya 🇰🇪
since 2023
Civic data, Environmental data, Smart Cities and sensors
Clean water and sanitation, Climate action
Reuters uses Airtags to investigate recycling program
reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-dow-shoes

Reuters uses Airtags to investigate recycling program

A Reuters special report investigating global supply chains and sustainability programs

since 2023
Smart Cities and sensors, Media, Investigative journalism tech
Apple, sustainability
#STOPSHOTSPOTTER
stopshotspotter.com

#STOPSHOTSPOTTER

A coalition working against ShotSpotter's "harmful impacts on the Black, brown, and poor people that the company surveils."

United States of America 🇺🇸
Specific campaigns, Smart Cities and sensors, Open justice
criminal justice, noise, surveillance
Low-Cost Sensors and Systems for Ocean Discovery
oceandiscoveryleague.org/low-cost-sensors-and-systems

Low-Cost Sensors and Systems for Ocean Discovery

We are creating low-cost, easy-to-use deep-sea systems that gather the most critical data to inform environmental decision-making and deployment strategies.

Rhode Island
Smart Cities and sensors, Emerging tech, Hardware
Life below water
ShakeAlert®
shakealert.org

ShakeAlert®

An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States

Smart Cities and sensors, Govtech
earthquakes, apps
Accelerator for America
acceleratorforamerica.org/news/accelerator-for-america-and-honeywell-collaborate-to-promote-smart-city-growth-in-five-us-cities

Accelerator for America

Accelerator for America and Honeywell Collaborate to Promote Smart City Growth in Five U.S. Cities

Cleveland, Ohio
Smart Cities and sensors, Accelerators
commercial
Canadian Municipal Information Systems Association
misa-asim.ca

Canadian Municipal Information Systems Association

The national voice of municipalities relating to information and communications technology.

Canada 🇨🇦
since 2006
Peer networks, Smart Cities and sensors, Trade groups
city, Sustainable cities and communities
The Sounds of CDMX
pudding.cool/2022/09/cdmx

The Sounds of CDMX

This is an audio/visual story exploring the sounds of Mexico City’s streets.

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Artistic interventions, Smart Cities and sensors
noise
Smart cities and data protection: possible routes
internetlab.org.br/en/news/smart-cities-and-data-protection-possible-routes

Smart cities and data protection: possible routes

InternetLab, ARTICLE 19 and LAPIN launch a policy paper with recommendations on smart cities and personal data protection.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Smart Cities and sensors, Digital security and privacy
reports
Ecobee Donate your Data program
ecobee.com/donate-your-data

Ecobee Donate your Data program

Sharing anonymized data from your ecobee smart thermostat can help scientists advance the way to a sustainable future. JOIN NOW

Smart Cities and sensors, Data donations
commercial, Climate action
IDC Smart Cities Awards
idc.com/prodserv/insights/government/smart-cities-awards

IDC Smart Cities Awards

To recognize outstanding Smart Cities projects, IDC launched its Smart City North America Awards (SCNAA).

Awards and prizes, Smart Cities and sensors
Toward a Smarter Future: Building Back Better with Intelligent Civil Infrastructure -- Smart Sensors and Self-Monitoring Civil Works
hks.harvard.edu/publications/toward-smarter-future-building-back-better-intelligent-civil-infrastructure-smart

Toward a Smarter Future: Building Back Better with Intelligent Civil Infrastructure -- Smart Sensors and Self-Monitoring Civil Works

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial and multiethnic democracy and self-governance.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Smart Cities and sensors, Digital Public Infrastructure
Whose Streets report
belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/WhoseStreets.pdf

Whose Streets report

Harvard report on “smart city” technology risks to civil liberties.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Smart Cities and sensors
reports, public space
Current Water
currentwater.org

Current Water

Current is Chicago’s water innovation hub.

Chicago, IL
Smart Cities and sensors
Clean water and sanitation
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