South Africa has broken ground on an ambitious smart city project named Westown, a multi-million-dollar development aimed at reshaping urban life in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, according to a ...

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Paul Rothman is the director of smart cities and internet of things at the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation. In this role, Rothman draws from his experiences in the private sector and ...

If a smart city is defined as a civilization that uses technology to support the community, then the origins of this concept date back at least to the Neanderthals. While the concept has, of course, ...