Building Smart and Sustainable Cities through Citizen Engagement
As a researcher the opportunity to work on truly innovative projects is too good to pass up. And from my first few weeks with the DG Cities family (that’s exactly what the wonderful team is like) I’ve already been immersed in some exciting, challenging and potentially transformational projects. Projects which will not only help to bring the newest technology into the hands of citizens, but will also work to make the cities in which they live cleaner, greener, and more liveable for generations to come.
Urban Innovation at the Front Line: April at DG Cities
The Good Old Days: Revisiting Imperial College London
Many years ago, before I was immersed in the world of autonomous vehicles and fibre connectivity, I was a civil engineering undergraduate student at Imperial College London. The last course I ever took was the infamous 3rd year design project. It was an intense, 5-week group project where student teams were put in a work-simulation environment, tasked with completing projects ranging from complicated engineering issues to snazzy urban design problems. My project consisted of designing a gas platform for the North Sea and included a rendered fly-through with the Batman theme song playing in the background as the sun rose above the horizon. Ah, the good old days…
Project Endeavour: What Happens Next?
Back in September, the DG Cities team was buzzing around the CENEX CAM event. Between presenting on panels and showcasing our projects, we certainly kept ourselves busy. We were especially excited to launch Project Endeavour at the event alongside our consortium partners Nominet, Oxbotica and Immense Simulations.
This week, our partners have been sharing some insights into the project at the Telegraph Smart Mobility Summit (where our MD, Trevor, also took part in the keynote panel on the importance of collaboration).
We’ve had a fantastic response since the launch and so now seems like the perfect opportunity to share a little more about the role of DG Cities in this exciting project.
A Different Sort of Click
New Year, New Job...
The new year has brought with it big changes as I have now emerged from the familiar university bubble and begun my official foray into the working world. I’ve traded in late-night, caffeine-fuelled study groups for early morning (also caffeine-fuelled) brainstorming sessions, and it’s been an exciting transition.
Taking Bin Lorries to the Next Level
The urban environment is an opportunity area for multiple actors; politicians, businesses and citizens, to make large-scale changes that dramatically reduce our impact on the environment. As a hotbed for new innovations, financial investment and governmental institutions, the city has the power to scale new technologies and influence our daily practices and infrastructure to ensure our cities (and the wider environment) continue to be a healthy and thriving place to live.