by David | Nov 23, 2022 | Smart City
Experiences of transition to Digital Cities Our CTO, Chris Cooper, was the first speaker at a Global Future Cities Programme, arranged by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office. You can read a summary of the event here or the whole report at this...
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 | Dec 24, 2021 | Smart City, standards
As an experienced smart city consultant, I have a good idea as to the chances of success of a smart city project just from the questions asked by the project team. The thing is, everyplace is different. The start and end points, as well as the bits in between are all...
by Chris Cooper | Nov 14, 2021 | Smart City, standards
The BSI smart city standards are almost a decade old. KnowNow CTO Chris Cooper was one of a diverse cross-industry, public sector and academic community that came up with these standards. These became known as the PAS180 series. A recent blog from Allan...
by Chris Cooper | Nov 14, 2021 | Innovation, Smart City, standards, Technology
Many commentators are theorising about the impact of the post-Covid world on our cities, towns and other urban spaces. Will our previously busy city centres ever be the same again? Has the virus tamed our enthusiasm to get together, connect and...
