by Chris Cooper | Dec 24, 2021 | Digital Twins, Innovation, IoT, kn-i, Open Data, Smart City, Technology
What is the Point of a Digital Twin Digital twins (DT) was a term coined by Michael Grieves in 2002. “It is based on the idea that a digital informational construct about a physical system could be created as an entity on its own. This digital information would be a...
by Chris Cooper | Dec 24, 2021 | Big Data, Consentua, Data Security, Energy, Innovation, kn-i, Marketing, Open Data, Privacy, Smart City, Technology
Great ideas that require lots of data are difficult to execute. The original rationale for a project can often get lost. Realising a digital twin and smart city project is no different. They too require vast amounts of data, and with many stakeholders and competing...
by Chris Cooper | May 17, 2019 | Innovation, Marketing, Open Data, Startup, Technology
Got a new Business Idea? Where does a business go when it has a new idea that it wants to realise. This could be outside its current expertise. Or it could be that the existing team is simply not skilled in this new domain. Or it could be that the rate of change...
by Chris Cooper | May 18, 2016 | Open Data, Smart City
Bristol is a Top UK Smart City Yesterday I attended the announcement of the first UK Smart Cities Index of top UK smart cities sponsored by Huawei and researched by Navigant. A very interesting event hosted by The IET at the newly refurbished Savoy Place. The...
by David | Jan 5, 2016 | Flood Event Model, Open Data
It is amazing how in early December, you wouldn’t read any flood news at all – the next week, and ever since, it is almost all that is in the news and our twitter feeds are awash with alerts, warnings and heartbreaking stories from those affected. The...
by Chris Cooper | Aug 26, 2015 | Big Data, Innovation, Open Data, Smart City, Technology
Smart City Design Our simple mission is to bring smart city data to a useful conclusion, in a safe, secure and sustainable manner. KnowNow provides this design service today to customers globally. How? The world around us is swamped with data. ...
