University classrooms are morphing into places most alumni would find strange. The days of traditional half-moon-shaped lecture halls with stadium-style seating for students is no longer in vogue. Students in today’s digital world demand much more. Sophisticated tech-savvy students want and expect unblemished, easy access to digital devices in classrooms and they want lots of […]
Five finalists from among more than 70 medium-sized cities competing in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart City Challenge will be named in June, with the winner to be awarded up to $40 million. That money will fund the winning city’s proposal that is geared toward safer, easier and more reliable transportation in the […]
Police departments nationwide are turning to public safety technology to do their jobs even better We are in a new era of law enforcement. Everything is continually changing as technology advances revolutionize almost every process. Law enforcement agencies are under increasing pressure to produce quick and efficient responses to crime, public risks, investigations and suspicious […]
Communication and information-sharing between public officials and citizens is critically important. Both, however, are costly and time-consuming. Budget constraints have made it even harder for cities and state agencies to handle citizen calls, questions and information requests in an efficient way. Communication between the parties can be frustrating for government employees and even more so […]
Cities look for innovative parking solutions — are there any? Parking has become a critical problem for many large cities. As downtown areas experience historic growth and popularity, developers rush in to construct high-rise condos and apartments. Restaurants and other retail stores scramble to find downtown locations. Convention centers (usually located downtown) become more active, […]
New York City hasn’t exactly “paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” but officials there are repurposing unused pay phone stalls and turning them into free high-speed Wi-Fi hubs in all five of the city’s boroughs. The plan has been on the drawing board for a couple of years, with a request for proposals […]
It is almost impossible to find an individual whose life hasn’t been touched by a cancer diagnosis. Last year, more than 1.6 million people in the United States became new cancer patients. Around the world, more than 8 million lives per year are lost to some type of the disease. For many, the treatments are […]