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Terra Case cases are made of 100% biodegradable, compostable material and arrive in recycled packaging. Each Terra Case is made from a special plant-derived material that decomposes 100% in 6-24 months under compostable conditions, unlike traditional plastic that pollute the environment for 200-1000 years. Each Terra Case is unique in that the plant seeds appear in small patches, giving the case a special pattern. After each case purchase, 3kg (300 PET bottles) of plastic garbage is removed from the oceans in collaboration with The Plastic Bank.

Eco-friendly Pela cases are the world's first sustainable phone cases. Pela’s mission is to achieve a waste-free future. Pela's working with several environmental organizations (e.g., Save the Waves, Surfrider Foundation, Oceana). The  material is a combination of plant-based biopolymers, flax straw waste and recycled materials. The flax-infused biopolymers provide added texture and impact resistance, helping to protect your phone and the environment.

CSCC collects data that can be analyzed to determine opportunities to support the community’s voiced concerns and improved quality of life. They are addressing issues like pedestrian safety, traffic flow, air quality, and near hits. Working with Oak Ridge National Lab, they have begun to develop a “digital twin” model that uses collected data to run real-life simulations. With this approach, they are able to test theories regarding particular interventions to see how those changes would likely play out on the streets.

The City of Marietta wants to provide the highest level of service to their citizens and meet their trash and recycling needs and expectations. In order to better communicate with the residents  their IT department in conjunction with Recollect created a free app called "Trash Talk." This app allows customers to search for their addresses to see their collection schedule but it also allows them to schedule "out of the norm" pickup requests and have those requests added to their monthly bill if an extra charge applies.

The Iowa Data Bike is a proof-of-concept initiative by the Des Moines Area MPO in partnership with the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. Using an app that senses the roughness of pavement, the Data Bike will generate data scoring the condition of trails. The Data Bike will also collect 360-degree imagery along trails for Google Street View.

Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners is a publicly funded living lab designed to provide a real world test environment to advance next generation intelligent mobility and smart city technology.

Located within a 500 acre technology park where 7500 people work and more than 1000 people live, Curiosity Lab provides unique infrastructure and a supportive government to facilitate innovation.

Early stage startups, universities and established companies are all welcome to join their innovation ecosystem.

Breathe London combines state-of-the-art technology with new data analytics to better understand Londoners’ exposure to air pollution. Measuring harmful pollution at thousands of locations informs data-driven solutions to clean up our dirty air and foster healthier, stronger communities.

With cutting-edge sensor technology and research, Breathe London’s three complementary projects will help us understand what’s happening at the ground-level where people live, work and play.

Île-de-France Smart Services is a service platform developed by the Ile-de-France Region with and for Ile-de-France residents.

The idea of Ile-de-France Smart Services is simple: gather the large quantities of data produced by the Region and its partners, both public and private, and use this material to design and offer new services to make the daily life of Ile-de-France residents easier and more attractive and sustainable.

To ensure that these services meet the needs of users, the Region has chosen a co-construction approach.

Food is a fundamental requirement of life on this planet. However, the basic structure of today’s linear “take-make-dispose” food system is unsustainable—economically, socially and environmentally. In Guelph-Wellington, one in six families experience food insecurity, and the cost of healthy food keeps increasing. Meanwhile, between a third and a half of the food we produce is thrown away. Much of that ends up in landfill, where it creates the greenhouse gases that drive climate change.

KaiOS is a software that gives smartphone capabilities to inexpensive mobile phones and helps open portals to learning opportunities.Opens up new possibilities for individuals, organisations, and societies by bringing mobile connectivity to people without internet in emerging markets, as well as providing those in established markets with an alternative to smartphones.