If governments can't get something like Quayside right, that bodes ill for Canada's digital future. The election gives us a chance to see where the parties stand on vital data governance issues.
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Connected technology could help the visually impaired to recognise people, places or even bank notes.
Sidewalk Labs has released its Master Innovation and Development Plan and invited the public to provide feedback.
Smart cities are more likely to be defined by quieter upgrades to existing infrastructure and new partnerships that better represent residents.
Cities need to focus on intelligent, collaborative and community-oriented approaches to smart city planning. This is important when it comes to addressing the roots of urban challenges.
Darwin is one of the aspiring 'smart cities' that is adopting Chinese technology that can identify and track individuals. Add changes in Australian law, and we have the makings of a surveillance state.
The history of how Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiaries manage children and data is a troubling one. How will Sidewalk Labs address concerns about minors and privacy in Toronto's Quayside project?
Technology and data are being harnessed to increase productivity in cities, but there also need to be 'slow moments', when people can pause to enjoy their surroundings.
As cities aspire to be smarter, technologies are only part of the answer. No utopia on the horizon but we need hostistic answers more than ever before.
Canadian researchers have mapped smart city technologies throughout the country. The interactive map is intended to inform urban residents of the locations of technologies that may affect privacy.
What a failed megacity project in Johannesburg says about similar ambitious ideas across the continent.
3-D printing has the potential to disrupt local manufacturing, and re-configure approaches to urban design, planning and production.
Selfies document women's struggles and accomplishments, as they step out from their traditional roles in the home, into the male-dominated public realm of the city.
As the number of 'internet of things' devices expands rapidly, so do security vulnerabilities to homes, businesses, governments and the internet as as whole.
Indians were promised they would be included in planning 100 smart cities and that everyone would benefit. But many of the millions of slum residents have had no say in their homes being destroyed.
How smart are our cities now? In Queensland, a study of all 78 local government areas reveals major gaps between the ten leading the way in becoming smart cities and the rest of the state.
Smart cities need places for people to engage in meaningful ways, and cohousing is one model of smart citizen development.
In a country where 26% of the population has access to mobile internet, India's working class women are finding other ways to fight the patriarchy.
Can happiness really be mapped?
The UK pioneered smart cards such as Oyster. But now, experimentation is being stifled as cash-strapped councils struggle to deliver basic services.
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Professor, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Winnipeg
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Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Reader in Urban Futures, King's College London
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Adjunct Associate, University of Canberra
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Marcus Foth is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Built Environment, UNSW
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Director of the Australian Smart Cities Consortium, University of Adelaide
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Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean International and Engagement, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global Urban and Social Studies; Co-leader, Climate Change and Resilience Research Program, Centre for Urban Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
