London: The GSMA today announced the launch of the GSMA Inclusive Tech Lab, which will take a hands-on approach to research, testing and development of the inclusive technologies of the future. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided three years of funding for the GSMA Inclusive Tech Lab, and will sit on the Advisory Group alongside industry representatives including GoPay, IDEMIA, KaiOS, Mowali, Telenor, the University of Washington, VEON and Vodafone.
2019.10.20
2019.09.12
Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners on New Civic Innovation Hub
In a rare bit of international news for the What’s New in Civic Tech weekly roundup, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a partnership that will see the scaling of one of its civic innovation programs in Israel.
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2019.06.23
Air pollution could be measured on every street corner
Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe – and 7 million worldwide, according to the WHO. Measuring it can be a challenge, however, as the equipment tends to be large and expensive. But soon, this may change, thanks to a small, optical nano-sensor, developed at Chalmers, which can be mounted onto an ordinary streetlight.
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Swedish university designs air pollution sensor for streetlights
- Researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology have developed an optical nano-sensor that detects low concentrations of air pollution and is small enough to be mounted on a streetlight, according to a release from the university.
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2018.12.15
10 Israeli Startups Shaping The Cities Of Tomorrow
The 1939 "World of Tomorrow" fair in NYC presented an optimistic vision of the future which included robots, flights to outer space and automated freeway systems. A significant part of the fair was devoted to the "City of Tomorrow" which isn't essentially different from the concept which we all talk about now as the "Smart City." While in 1939 we could only dream of actual smart cities, they’re now starting to materialize. On the banks of Lake Ontario, a little south of downtown Toronto, an old industrial zone is earmarked to soon become one of the most advanced neighborhoods in the world, with the help of Google sister-company Sidewalk Labs.
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