A New Era of Innovation and Trust in Data
By Tim Berners-Lee, CTO Today marks a huge milestone in Inrupt’s journey to deliver on my vision for a vibrant web of shared benefit and…
Author: Pinfold Pinfold
How innovation neighbourhoods can kickstart the move to smart cities
Institution of Engineering and Technology Incremental changes to local infrastructure are paving the way for the large-scale overhaul needed to create the urban environments of…
Back to Normal? Cities Say, ‘No Thanks’
Meeting of the Minds Just a few months ago, cities around the world were grappling with traffic and transit congestion that appeared to be out…
Epidemic control with digital contact tracing
The infectiousness of COVID-19 and the high proportion of transmissions from presymptomatic individuals, controlling the epidemic by manual contact tracing is infeasible. The use of…
Diversity is key in the grid, in energy innovation and in the energy industry, says Honorable
Stanford Energy By Kate Gibson From the perspective of other countries, the way the United States approaches energy regulation can seem like a patchwork. This…
How we underestimate the costs of climate change, and why it matters now
Environmental Defense Fund Cities, states and businesses are still feeling the shock. The coronavirus has stolen more than 138,000 lives and obliterated budgets. Had the…
An Open Digital Marketplace for Smart, Contactless Parking in the Netherlands
Harvard data-smart city As our economy continues to reopen from the COVID lockdowns and we all start going back to work or socializing in cities,…
Laying the Foundation for Smart Communications Networks
Meeting of the Minds I’ll bet that most of us have not thought about telecommunications and how it affects our daily lives until the Coronavirus…
Urban Design Next: A Conceptual Framework for the Open City
Timothy Smith, AIA, AICP & Wilfred Pinfold, PhD Abstract: Technology is remaking urbanism and enabling citizens, business, government and institutions to have access to a…
Encouraging Civic Engagement with What Matters Most to Residents
Meeting of the Minds As the co-founder and CEO of OurStreets, I recently completed a three month odyssey, leading the OurStreets team in a rapid…