This series of posts attempts to assist stakeholder communities at all levels to prioritize and explore the multitude of needs and issues that are at the forefront of Smart City conceptualization.  Cities are built for people, and human factors must be considered in the smart city project planning process.

As part of our ongoing series of webinars in cooperation with IEEE for smart cities, ARC analyst Rick Rys will be hosting a session on exploring electrical systems in smart cities tomorrow, 9/24, at 11AM ET.  

The consolidation of data into a common environment or context is necessary if you want to turn that data into useful information that can allow you to make informed decisions about how to run your cities, communities, buildings, and more.  This is where Project Haystack comes in, which is an open industry initiative that is focused on providing a common metadata methodology for building automation, smart city, and other applications.  

Mitsubishi Electric adds new business division and launches Europe-wide mobile mapping and high precision GNSS positioning systems for autonomous driving from Germany.

Economic Cities are a strategic project for the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia.  ‘Vision 2030’ is driving the efforts to diversify and modernize its economy.