Smart Cities?

Smart Cities is a concept that encompasses the integration of digital and sensing technologies within a city with an increasing social and entrepreneurial capital or knowledge. This is what distinguishes it from a more technology only laden city scape.

Smart Cities Articles

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SEGD's Best Content of 2016

2016 was a busy year for our members and followers, so you probably haven’t read or watched each and every one of the over 1,000 pieces of new content posted on segd.org over the last 12 months. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a top 20 list from all the articles, videos and content the website has to offer. Consider it your SEGD 2016 executive summary. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

SEGD's Best of the Best Content in 2015
Best of the Best SEGD Content in 2015
Xlab 2015: Smart Spaces, Smart Interfaces
Smart Spaces, Smart Interfaces at Xlab

Thoughts and Opinions

Who will own the smart city?
Who Will Own the Smart City?

By now you’ve probably seen those silver, black and blue monoliths on the streets of Manhattan. Looking like giant cell phones, they’re part of LinkNYC,the communication network CityBridge has installed in New York City as a replacement for 7,500 pay phones. These 10,000 electronic slabs are also something else: an early and somewhat faltering step on the road to the Smart City, dressed up now as a new class of street fixture.

Creative Destruction: Part 08
12 Strategic Predictions for 2017
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Xlab 2016 in Summary

SEGD Talks - Smart Cities videos

2020 SEGDVoices: Learnings from The Hyperconnected City
2020 SEGDVoices: Learnings from The Hyperconnected City
George Burciaga - The Digital City: Creating New Ecosystems
George Burciaga - The Digital City: Creating New Ecosystems

Smart Cities Academic Research

Smarter Sidewalks

Smart Cities EGD Firms

Smart Cities News

Port Authority Connectpoint Real-Time Information Displays Success Generate New Contract
Port Authority Connectpoint Real-Time Information Displays Success Generate New Contract

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Expanding on the success of its initial implementation of real-time, passenger information displays, Port Authority of Allegheny (Pittsburgh, Penn.), the second largest transit agency in Pennsylvania, awarded Connectpoint Inc. an additional contract to continue their partnership in the rail and bus stop improvement program. The newly ordered Connectpoint E Ink, Digital Bus Stop displays and Interactive Kiosks will ensure the continued comfort and ease-of-use for Port Authority’s riders.