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There’s a “Humble Lamppost” initiative running as part of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities & Communities. It seeks to put in place 10 million smart lampposts in European cities (given that there are 90 mln in total and 75% are more than 25 yrs old that’s not so daft).
Importantly it seeks to use the pole as an asset for…[Read more]

I am biased, however I rather like the new ISO definition for a smart city. It is unusual in that it includes a (very necessary) “call to arms”; it focuses on ‘smart as a means; it identifies four key features (which includes leadership - which is so often neglected, at one’s peril!); and it puts ICT in the right place / order - ie as a vital…[Read more]