The city of Kigali in Rwanda has been rolling out smart buses that offer 4G Wi-Fi, a Tap and Go card that facilitates cashless payment system. The cashless system in turn helps to reduce the problems of queues and waiting time.
This cashless system of payment was made created by the AC Group a Rwandan payments company that facilitate solutions driving a cashless economy.
In 2016, the government of Rwanda, in partnership with California-based startup Zipline, started the world’s first national drone delivery programme. The programme delivers medical supplies across the country.
As part of our Vision Zero effort, Boston is working with Verizon to test data gathering technology at the Massachusetts Avenue and Beacon Street intersection.
Their goal is to capture aggregated data that helps to better understand the hazards on the roads. They use this information to decide on what changes they need to make. This could include:
In order to reduce waste generation at the source and maximize waste recycling, the Korean government introduced the Volume-Based Waste Fee (VBWF) system in 1995. In Korea, local municipalities have a responsibility to collect, recycle and treat municipal solid waste from household, small business and commercial sectors. Traditionally, all municipalities levied waste fee on each household through property tax or monthly lumpsum fee.
The City of Adelaide is the first Council in South Australia to trial iTouch – a new contactless pedestrian push button control. Supplied by Australian company Aldridge Traffic Systems, the units are being trialled at the pedestrian actuated signals on Melbourne Street in North Adelaide.
Aldridge Traffic Systems also produces a product called iTouch+ which is a pedestrian time-extender allowing seniors and disability cardholders to tap their card onto a sensor to extend crossing time. Council is looking into the feasibility of these products.
The Government of West Java is working to utilize more technology to improve its governance, public services, and the citizens’ life quality in Indonesia's most populous province. This is challenging as most West Java citizens live in predominantly rural areas—as many as 5,312 villages—and have limited access to technology; some even have no internet connection.
The Multimodal Trip Planning Application allows Columbus residents to more easily access different travel options based on personal preference, price or convenience. Users fund a single account so they are able to “click to pay” for the entire trip in one easy payment, whe
A total of ten air quality sensors are available for loan at Itäkeskus, Vallila and Viikki libraries and Central Library Oodi. The air quality sensors measure the carbon monoxide content of outdoor air, and the results of the measurements can be viewed on a downloadable smart phone application.
The project utilises IoT technology to demonstrate how 5G will impact the way citizens interact with technology on a daily basis through the installation of sensors in rubbish bins, car park spaces, street lights, pavements, and air monitors. The devices, which are installed along a 300-metre stretch, collect and analyse data across the street – enabling real-time data sharing and insight into street activity.
In conjunction with New Zealand’s leading AI company Soul Machines, Vector has created Will, a ‘digital teacher’ being trialled in its award-winning ‘Be Sustainable with Energy’ schools programme, which is offered free of charge to schools within Vector’s Auckland electricity network. The schools programme was launched in 2005 and has since educated more than 125,000 children about energy.