Smart Cities

Smart Cities

Printable Sensors Could Trigger Next Wave of Innovation in the Built Environment

January 26th, 2021
Smart Cities

2020 Reshaped the Workplace, 2021 Will Reshape the Workforce

January 8th, 2021
Security

Progress Vs Privacy – A Tale of Smart City Development in China

The underlying premise of smart technology is that with enough data you can predict anything. Our smart buildings and cities are filled with sensors to gather as much information as possible in order to provide analysis that can fix problems, improve environments, and even avoid issues before they happen. The only real debate around this […]

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Smart Cities

Eyes on the Building – Drones Take Structural Inspections to the Next Level

The building envelope is the protective layer that creates the indoor environment by separating it from the outside world. It is central to ventilation, insulation, fenestration, and just like other essential parts of the structure, the building envelope is prone to unexpected damage as well as wear and tear over time that requires maintenance to […]

Smart Cities

Autodesk Continues its Digital Construction Crusade with Spacemaker.ai Acquisition

Last week, US-based software giant Autodesk announced the acquisition of Norway-based urban development startup Spacemaker.ai for a reported $240 million. The all-cash-deal is the latest in a string of acquisitions that repeatedly underline Autodesk’s determination to drive the digital evolution in the infamously antiquated construction sector. For a company that also serves the engineering, manufacturing, […]

Smart Cities

Can Rapid Testing Offer Hope of a Widespread Return to the Office?

This article was written by Owen Kell, Senior IoT Research Associate at Memoori. While much of Europe has returned to some form of lockdown, and COVID-19 cases continue to rise in North America, the calls for a widespread return to traditional workplaces will continue, particularly for activities that cannot be effectively delivered remotely. While health […]

Smart Buildings

3 Rules of COVID-19 Workplaces: Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility

Health concerns, lockdowns, and stay-at-home orders have challenged all organizations in the last 8-months. Some foresaw the length of the crisis and opted for long-term or permanent remote work policies, but the majority of businesses have been left riding the waves of office-return when supported by public health policy and in hope that it might […]

Smart Cities

The Small Data Counter-Revolution & the Democratization of the Data Age

Since the emergence of the data age we have been taught the 4 Vs of good datasets: volume, velocity, variety, and veracity. These are the qualities that have given rise to the big data companies that have come to dominate the growing use of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Those with the resources […]

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