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Digital billboards in Stockholm swap ads for homeless shelter info

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · January 31, 2019 1:05 PM · 1 reaction

The urban built environment isn't always accommodating to those who have nowhere else to go after the sun sets and temperatures plummet. Increasingly, urban design can be downright hostile to those sleeping on the streets.

This winter, however, the Swedish capital of Stockholm is offering a brilliant and big-hearted antidote to a sweep of anti-homeless "defensive design" tactics popping up in both European and American cities. To be clear, Stockholm isn't making special accommodations to those who find themselves hunkering down on park benches and on sidewalks — rough sleepers, as they're often referred. But it is transforming another ubiquitous street-side fixture, the digital billboard, into a helpful tool for getting city's homeless population indoors in frigid weather.

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Stockholm marches at the front of the health tech revolution

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · October 31, 2018 3:30 PM · 1 reaction
Sweden's health service is world-renowned for the level of care it provides from the cradle to the grave. Now the nation is pioneering the development of health tech with many of the life-changing services being created and implemented in the Nordic start-up capital of Stockholm.

Swedes are among the healthiest people in the world and are living longer as a result. While the nation's health service is envied around the globe, longer lifespans are increasing the strain on medical professionals.

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Opportunity and Employment in a Big Data World

Posted on Podcast by Louis Zacharilla · August 29, 2018 1:40 PM

 

A panel discussion exploring how the "datafication" of business and institutions is creating wholesale change in business economics, practices and employment, and how communities should prepare to respond. Moderated by Roberto Gallardo.

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Data centre retrofit to boost Stockholm district heating

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · March 15, 2018 12:47 PM · 1 reaction

A world-first district heating project in in Stockholm, Sweden has the potential to heat up to 10,000 households with excess heat from a data centre.

Nordic data centre operator DigiPlex and Stockholm Exergi (formerly Fortum Värme), the city’s district heating supplier, announced this week that they have have signed a large-scale heat re-use agreement.

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Stockholm Sweden boasts two operating self-driving shuttle buses

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · February 27, 2018 12:23 PM · 1 reaction

Stockholm - Two self-driving buses started to share the road with pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles in a suburb of Stockholm. The shuttle buses travel at speeds of up to 24 km per hour.

Stockholm buses may serve as a model

Many see the buses as a model for the development of multimodal urban transport in smart cities in the near future.

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Self-driving shuttle buses hit the streets of Stockholm

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · January 26, 2018 11:43 AM · 1 reaction

Telecommunications company Ericsson has partnered with local Swedish public transportation and technology providers to conduct a six-month trial of two electric self-driving shuttle buses on public Stockholm roads. The goal is to test how the autonomous vehicles perform under real-word conditions for an extended period alongside cars, cyclists and pedestrians.

The fully-electric buses can carry 11 passengers (free of charge) at speeds of up to 24 km/h (15 mph) in non-ideal weather conditions. Their autonomous driving capabilities are supplied by Ericsson's open API Connected Urban Transport (CUT) platform, which allows the buses to communicate with sensor-enabled bus stops, traffic lights and road-signs.

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Top 10 Stockholm tech startup stories of 2017

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · January 11, 2018 12:10 PM · 1 reaction

While 2017 may already seem like a distant memory, it was certainly a year to remember for the Stockholm tech startup scene.

And as the new year kicks off, it will be exciting to see how Stockholm's entrepreneurial ecosystem builds on the accomplishments of the city's startup scene in 2017.

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"Building the Innovation Ecosystem" Report from ICF Analyzes How Cities Foster Private-Sector Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Posted on News & Media by Matthew Owen · January 09, 2018 11:44 PM
Report details strategies and successes of cities in Taiwan and Sweden

(9 January 2018 – New York City)  – The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) today released Building the Innovation Ecosystem. The new research report explores how two very different Intelligent Communities have fostered a local ecosystem of private-sector innovation through a comprehensive effort engaging government, education, nonprofits and business.
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How This Underground Urban Farm in Stockholm Will Heat the Building Above It

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · December 12, 2017 2:25 PM · 1 reaction

In just a few months, an emerging startup in Stockholm will attempt to change how urban farmers think about sustainability—and how building owners can benefit from being eco-friendly. A Swedish company called Plantagon is expected to open a basement farm under a 26-floor office tower in the city without paying a cent in rent.

How? If all goes according to plan, the heat from the LED lights helping to nourish the plants will be vented to the rest of the building, covering heating costs that are nearly three times the amount the building’s owners would charge to lease the space.

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Stockholm uses BlipTrack to ease road congestion

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 22, 2017 12:25 PM · 1 reaction

Stockholm is adopting queue and flow measurement technology from business intelligence company Blip Systems to help alleviate congestions and provide road users with more accurate, live traffic information.

The number of cars on the roads in the Swedish capital is constantly increasing leading to higher congestion, reduced road accessibility, and increased environmental pollution.

Therefore the city is using the Denmark-based firm’s BlipTrack queue and travel time measurement technology to increase travel time transparency, reduce environmental impact and optimise traffic flow as well as provide a detailed, up-close analysis of ongoing issues.

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