Smart cities
Citizens support smart cities with driverless cars, public service drones and surroundings that sense activities
Almost half of Americans aspire to live in a driverless city; more than one-third believe it will happen this decade. Nearly half say cities should collect anonymized data from citizens if it makes life better
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European Capital of Innovation finalists announced: Barcelona, Grenoble and Groningen
Barcelona (Spain), Grenoble (France) and Groningen (Netherlands) are the three finalists for the first European Capital of Innovation award, or iCapital
European partners join forces to boost business innovation and internationalization for smart energy-efficient cities
ICT clusters from Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the Basque Country are part of CLINES, a 36-month European project funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme
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Capital of Innovation: six finalist cities announced
Barcelona, Espoo, Grenoble, Groningen, Malaga and Paris are the six cities shortlisted for the first European Capital of Innovation award, or iCapital
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IBM reveals five innovations that will change our lives within five years
IBM predicts – in five years everything will learn
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€400.000 in prizes in Europe’s biggest app challenge
In Europe’s biggest ever app challenge the EU is offering €400 000 in prizes to best new applications that help build smarter cities and smarter businesses. Campus Party, the world’s largest geek forum, will manage the contest, judged by specialized engineers from the EU-funded FI-WARE Consortium
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