Harbor Research has published a white paper The Future of Open Data in Smart Cities. It does not put the giants of IT in pole position to capitalise. The title does not really do justice the contents: the paper argues that the complexities of advanced smart city applications will require new data architectures and drive the […]
Security in the city: an essential guide to IoT safety
These numbers appear incredible until we start to consider the volume of IoT devices that will drive smart streetlights, water, power metering, parking, padlock solutions and the myriad of other use cases that will impact, and indeed be critical, to the operation of cities in the future. Use cases will increasingly become part of a […]
UNSW plans to make Tamworth truly smart
UNSW Sydney has partnered with Providence Asset Group and Tamworth City Council to develop a trial of what it claims will be Australia’s first fully integrated smart city, with applications spanning transport, energy, health, telecommunications and other community services. UNSW contrasts this with previous trials that it says have incorporated only energy systems and were […]
SenSen launches GeminEYE: AI smartphone app for smart city management
ASX listed artificial company SenSen Networks (ASX: SNS) has launched a smartphone app for city council staff that it says will contribute to the development of smart cities by making operations related to civic compliance, asset management, traffic data collection and analysis, security and surveillance more affordable, accessible and versatile. It claims the app, GeminEYE, […]
IoTSI debuts smart cities and critical infrastructure security framework
The Melbourne based Internet of Things Security Institute (IoTSI) has released an IoT Security Framework for Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure. It says the frameworkprovides business, government and industry a means to address emerging and existing IoT security challenges in the built environment. The framework has been released under a Common Criteria licensing agreement. IoTSI […]
Smart cities and the gold coin
As cities and councils create new smart city applications, data will play THE key role in realising success. While the infrastructure will serve as the engine, data sharing platforms will act as the fuel for building new applications across city resources and residents’ needs. Now, you may be a bit fed up with half-baked […]
Darwin aims to become smart
The City of Darwin has released a for-comment draft of its #SmartDarwin strategy saying it provides a blueprint for the city to become a digitally innovative council and contribute to establishing Darwin as a smart, liveable, productive and sustainable capital city. The council has identified the current Switching on Darwin project, being delivered in partnership […]
Smart city data: it’s good to share, and ETSI’s helping
ETSI issued a rather enigmatic and acronym-laden press release last week that had some important things to say about data sharing in smart cities. It opened by saying: “The ETSI Industry Specification Group for cross-cutting Context Information Management (ISG CIM) has just released its main specification GS CIM 009 for NGSI-LD API, particularly targeting smart city applications […]
Can Government Be Innovative?
Smart City developments open up the possibility for government organisations to innovate. Will they take up this opportunity, and walk through the door to a new day? Or is the public sector inherently risk-averse? Developments such as IoT sensors, data analysis, artificial intelligence and open data open up the possibility for authorities to experiment, to […]
ASCA says local government must reform for smart communities
The Australian Smart Communities Association (ASCA) is urging reform of local government authorities to create a citizen-centred governance model that it says is necessary to realise the full potential of smart communities. ASCA’s future governance model would be driven by advances in analytics, social engagement and big data that would provide the tools to drive […]
