Think it Was Crowded Before? Just Wait for the Post-Pandemic’s Mega Crowds
Our post-pandemic future will bring us together like never before — with gatherings in the tens of millions, predict some of the world’s experts in design and events. That’s the vision of Michael Lockwood, an architect at Populous, outlined at CityAge’s Bringing the Crowds Back. Technology has historically changed the dynamics of human gathering, he said, from […]
New online portal makes machine learning in Canadian agriculture a reality
TerraByte, a research group from the University of Winnipeg, is launching an online portal later this month to share their data sets and pave the way for machine learning in Canadian agriculture. Led by Professor Christopher Henry and Professor Christopher Bidinosti, TerraByte started collecting data in 2020 using an imaging robot that captures and automatically […]
The Big Apple Needs a Mayor For Tech
New York’s back. And it needs to get into Tech. That’s the recommendation of Cornell University’s Urban Tech Hub as the Big Apple comes back from the pandemic.. Through talks with experts and policy makers the team, led by Rohit Aggarwala, the Urban Tech Hub drafted a list of recommendations for the city’s newly elected […]
Canada Should Reach for the Moon and more: MDA CEO
Fifty years ago Canada emerged as a leader in the space race, and according to space tech company MDA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mike Greenley, we can do it again if we get organized. In the 1970s Canada stepped up and provided the robotics technology — the Canadarm — for the Space Shuttle. Canada was the third […]
Great Lakes: the leader in future mobility
The ICE age — the era of the internal combustion engine — is ending. The future is electrification — and the members of the US-Canada AutoPact are hoping to be its leaders. Ever since the 1965 AutoPact united the American and Canadian auto industry, the Great Lakes region has enjoyed years as the global hub […]
When it rains, it pours: water leaders tackle the worsening climate crisis
Hurricane Ida wasn’t just a freak accident. It was a consequence of our changing climate, and a glimpse into our future. But water experts know the way forward — act together, and quickly, to update aging infrastructure. “We got six to eight inches of rain in less than 24 hours, and we designed our infrastructure […]
Meet the Mayors of our Breakout Cities
Read up on the Mayors who will be speaking at our first event in the new series, Breakout Cities, on October 19th Hillary Schieve, Mayor, Reno, NV CityAge: What was the last project, event, or initiative you worked on, that you were really excited about? HS: My 1000 homes in 120 days initiative, and the current project […]
Digitizing Agriculture: It all starts with the farmer
This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. _______________________________________________________________ Shane Thomas: What are the main challenges for the Ag industry as it tries to go digital? Ryan Risdal: Let’s start with the grower. You have a grower who’s generating a lot of data, as they modernize their farm equipment and as the younger and […]
Top 5 Data Jobs Canada Should Invest In
The first recorded experiment in statistical data analysis was conducted in the mid 1600’s to create an early-warning system for the bubonic plague. Fast forward to 1974 and the term ‘data science’ was first used, to describe the convergence of data and computers to process large volumes of data to solve complex problems that couldn’t […]
The War Is On For Your Mobility Data – And It Is Imperative Cities Win By Felim Donnelly
VANCOUVER — Uber has recently threatened to sue the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, objecting to the agency’s stipulation that Uber’s scooter and bike-share company, Jump, be required to share data with the city in a format known as Mobility Data Specification. The new MDS format allows cities to access a greater level of detail […]