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Trial tomorrow’s technology today
Imagine a world where… Imagine a world where food orders are securely delivered direct to your car boot while you work. Or maybe you’ve given up on owning a car and use a car club which is all electric and …
urban living
How could UK cities work better in the future?
Challenges to the sustainable development of our world We only have 5 years left at current emission levels if we want a 66% chance of keeping global temperature rise within 1.5ºC. Existing national plans and pledges are nowhere near enough …
Bringing IoT to life
There has been a recurring challenge that I’ve faced numerous times over the past three years: how do you describe the Internet of Things (IoT) to someone that has no idea what it’s about? From friends and family, to children …
Revolutionising town centre decision-making with big data
‘Bringing Big Data to Small Users’ is both an ambitious aspiration as well as a significant new project uniting a multitude of businesses, organisations, public bodies, and communities in town centres across the UK. The project is co-funded by Innovate …
Sustainable development and Innovate UK
Sustainable development is at the heart of Innovate UK’s strategy and purpose. At Innovate UK we think about the future and what a future economy will look like. A sustainable economy is one that delivers growth while operating within safe …
Using data to improve the lives of urban residents
Building a new solution for social prescribing In 2012, Innovate UK’s Urban Living programme ran a Collaborative R&D funding competition which invited innovators to design solutions based on data integrated from across siloed urban bodies and which could improve the …
Innovate UK at India-UK Tech Summit
The India-UK Tech Summit in New Delhi – 5 Summits, 30 conference sessions, 180 speakers, an exhibition, over 2000 delegates, two Prime Ministers and a host of other Indian and UK ministers - certainly put a huge emphasis on the …
Connected cities – seeking new opportunities for global partnership
I arrived in India after an exciting few days at the Innovate 2016 event in Manchester, co-hosted by Innovate UK and the Department for International Trade. Cities of the future were an important theme of the event, showcasing UK innovation. …
Creating a blueprint for smart cities worldwide
CityVerve’s goal is to create a smarter city, and that means being smarter with how we collect and use data. Though CityVerve is technically only a few months old, life for Manchester’s demonstrator really began in August of 2015 when …
Shaping Newcastle into a smart city
Major cities around the globe are currently struggling to cope with the need to: improve infrastructure deliver public services cope with changing demographics At the same time, it is widely recognised that cities can be the engines of future economic …