Technology is making cities ‘smart’, but it’s also costing the environment
Mark Sawyer, University of Western Australia The Australian government has allocated A$50 million for the Smarter Cities and Suburbs Program to encourage projects that “improve the livability, productivity and sustainability of cities and towns across Australia”. One project funded under the program is installation of temperature, lighting and motion sensors in buildings and bus interchanges […]
The convergence of contactless and mobile
Following a trail blazed by so-called Challenger Banks in the financial sector, Bournemouth-based Passenger is advancing its transport mobile apps to include contactless journey information, in a technology convergence that will force customers to look at the humble bus in a whole new light. Technology is moving quicker than ever before in all aspects of […]