The positive effects coronavirus is having on the environment
The Coronavirus has taken the world by storm – so far, over three-quarters of a million people have tested positive with the disease, thousands have died, countries have gone into lockdown in an attempt to contain the virus and help their health...
What will Smart Homes look like post-pandemic?
‘Smart Home’ is a phrase that has increased in circulation in the last few years. It is now dawning on the general public what it could mean in terms of our everyday lives. According to the Digital Market Outlook, the number of Smart Homes in the...
5 places running on 100% renewable energy
As nations across the world are putting in the effort to help tackle the climate crisis, some places are doing better than others. With the United Nations Paris agreement signed by 175 countries, they have vowed to help with the long-term goal that...
What is the best strategy for containing Coronavirus?
Coronavirus has understandably affected countries in different ways, at a different rate. Different cultures, different population densities and different timelines mean that the spread of the virus varies from country to country and from city to...
Healthcare in Singapore
Healthcare is a basic right. Good healthcare is a no-brainer. With more and more individuals moving into cities every year, and life expectancy increasing, developing better medical facilities and systems are key. So why are so many countries...
Egypt’s new capital
Rising up from the Sahara Desert just east of the Nile, Egypt’s brand-new capital city is been erected. The yet ‘unnamed’ new capital has ambitious plans to have the countries parliament moved 45 kilometres east from Cairo, into the parliament...
Smart city projects with good return
Smart cities are in theory brilliant. With ideas to reduce waste, improve sustainability and generally improve people’s lives through technology, much investment is going into smart city projects that are launching globally all the time. But these...
How can Smart Cities prevent a future disease outbreak?
It’s all anyone’s been talking about for what seems like forever. No one knows for how long it will continue to spread, and how many it will kill. I am of course talking about Coronavirus, also known as COVID 19. Not caused by Corona beer, but...
How AgTech in Smart cities are supporting the UN’s sustainable development goals
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all United Nation (UN) Member States in 2015, to achieve a better and more sustainable future for the world. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that they outlined,...
Clean energy sources
If the world is going to tackle climate change, they have to change the way they generate power. With scientists warning that nations have to act fast, a lot of power companies have set deadlines to become carbon neutral. The main way at becoming...