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The quality of regular CCTV cameras may be excellent, but it is more of a reactive measure. Beginning next month, Polsec, a Brazilian security firm, will test AI-based cameras, on the streets of Mumbai, Delhi and Agra. The initial installation will...
Article - 01/31/2018
Active Region(s): India
With thousands of kilometres of tracks laid throughout the country, keeping tab on all of them is a hideous task for the Indian Railways. To make their job simple, Indian Railways will use cameras (UAV/NETRA) for various railway activities...
Article - 01/30/2018
Active Region(s): India
Bursting garbage dumps and landfills have always been the growing concern across the city of Coimbatore. The waste is ultimately thrown into municipal waste collection centres from where it is collected by the area municipalities to be further...
Article - 01/29/2018
Active Region(s): India
Smart surveillance systems have become an important entity to pave a smooth path for developing smart cities. To this, DCP Dr Fakeerappa Kaginelli at Kirlampudi (a village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh) inaugurated a community...
Article - 01/28/2018
Active Region(s): India
The government has launched the Liveability index to rate 116 Indian cities. The index will measure the quality of life in 99 smart cities, capital cities and those with a population of over one million. That apart, the cities to be assessed under...
Article - 01/24/2018
Active Region(s): India
In the quest to curb the number of road accidents in India, the government is planning a large-scale deployment robotic flagman to save lives. In addition, it can also help road construction companies cut down on labor costs. According to the ‘Road...
Article - 01/24/2018
Active Region(s): India
The Indian government has launched a star rating protocol to fight the garbage menace, and to make garbage-free cities in the country. Here, the cities can be rated as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 star, based on the compliance with the protocol conditions...
Article - 01/23/2018
Active Region(s): India
Although the smart city projects in many cities have been a slow take-off, some of the cities have started showing some visible results on the ground. For instance, three cities in Punjab—Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar—were selected in a nation-...
Article - 01/22/2018
Active Region(s): India
India is truly moving towards its smart cities mission. As promised, the Government has included another nine cities to the overall count of 90 smart cities announced, taking the total number to 99. That said, the cities too are progressing well in...
Article - 01/21/2018
Active Region(s): India
Over the years, communication technologies have changed the world; first it connected places, then people, and now it is connecting things. However, Blockchain is one level up. It’s not just Internet of Thing (IoT), but it is internet of trust,...
Article - 01/19/2018
Active Region(s): India
Following the Indian Government’s Smart Cities Mission, Bhopal is selected as one of the 20 lighthouse cities in the first round of the project. The city is expected to create a replicable model, which shall act like a lighthouse to other cities....
Article - 01/18/2018
Active Region(s): India
Even today, about 200 million people do not have access to electricity in their homes in rural India. To address this decisive challenge, it is imperative to establish a symbiotic relationship between IT solutions and energy solutions. In a bid to...
Article - 01/17/2018
Active Region(s): India
Because of sudden outburst in the electronics industry, combined with short product life cycle has led to a rapid escalation in generation of solid waste. For this, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and International Finance Corporation (...
Article - 01/15/2018
Active Region(s): India
A total investment of Rs 1,91,155 crore has been proposed by the 90 cities under their smart city plans. Projects focusing on revamping an identified area (area-based projects) are estimated to cost Rs 1,52,500 crore. Smart initiatives across the...
Article - 01/15/2018
Active Region(s): India
As water scarcity, population growth and aging infrastructure burdens India's smart water sector, however, utilities are leaving no stone unturned in improving the sector. That said, Council’s associate partner Kamstrup has successfully installed...
Article - 01/12/2018
Active Region(s): India
The port city of Visakhapatnam has always been at the forefront towards implementing smart city-related solutions. In another step forward, the city will soon have a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Internet of Things (IoT).The proposed CoE on IoT in...
Article - 01/10/2018
Active Region(s): India
Well, one of the most common and irritating problems that one faces in the national capital of our country is getting caught in traffic jams. In fact, Delhi’s traffic has been worsening day-by-day. However, the same will not be the case from now on...
Article - 01/10/2018
Active Region(s): India
With the emergence of IoT and Big Data, Smart and Connected digital lighting-based solutions are the way forward as they will bring in intelligence and functionality into lighting systems, enhance user experience and deliver desired outcomes for...
Article - 01/09/2018
Active Region(s): India
Logistics Data Bank (LDB), the award-winning container tracking solution from DMICDC Logistics Data Services (DLDS), marked the start of 2018 by crossing a milestone six million EXIM containers tagged at the port terminals of Jawaharlal Nehru Port...
Article - 01/07/2018
Active Region(s): India
Closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and Wi-Fi are primary building blocks of a smart city. However, in India, the penetration of Wi-Fi and CCTVs have been disappointing to say the least. This has left large parts of the population unconnected and...
Article - 01/04/2018
Active Region(s): India