With all the talk of incorporating smart technologies within cities that already exist, it is hard not to wonder what it would be like to build a smart city from the ground up. Bureaucracy, limited resources, and rigid infrastructure often haunt urban planners’ dreams today and slow down progress. What does it take to build a truly smart city? And how can cities approach smart...
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Smart innovations touch every part of our lives – both at home and in the streets. We use them to facilitate our daily tasks, to move around town, and to stay connected. We can also use them to promote better public health, an area whose importance came to the fore during the pandemic. Just like the 1848 cholera outbreak in London prompted the creation of...
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The travel industry is still recovering from the pandemic but one thing is clear – people want to get new stamps on their passports as quickly as possible. After two years of insecurity, airlines and hotels are welcoming tourists once again. This prompts tourism boards to reconsider their strategies in order to provide a safer, more adequate, and more exciting service for visitors. At the...
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Even though we’re moving at lightning speed towards a truly connected future, one issue stands in the way of smart cities. Currently, every segment of the smart city ecosystem is built separately. This is sometimes due to the lack of funding, the lack of existing legislation (or the will to create a new one), or simply because we still lack the necessary components to integrate...
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Sustainability is so much more than a buzzword – it is our path forward to a livable future. While some cities struggle to get their citizens on board, others are bright examples of soft and hard measures that add up to create environmentally friendly urban areas. Today, we will take a look at five cities that sit on top of many sustainability charts, and we...
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5G networks hit the headlines during the past couple of years for various reasons – from technological issues that threatened to ground aviation to a certain vaccine controversy that we all want to forget ever happening. What news outlets failed to mention is that 5G can significantly speed up not only our internet connection but also the integration of smart city technologies. Let’s talk about...
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This interview first appeared on egoist.bg >> Please introduce yourself and share a little bit more about your professional experience and background. Hello, my name is Borislav Gorov and I am the CEO of Telelink City. My personal and professional goal is to help cities, citizens, and tourists by creating, developing and implementing hi-tech systems that make people’s daily lives better in every aspect – from transportation...
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Even though the pandemic is far from over, with the successful vaccine roll-out and containment measures in many countries the world is slowly returning to in-person events. During the past two years, many existing smart innovations became indispensable and we’re wondering how many innovations were born in lockdown. If you’re curious to find out, just like us, let’s meet at one of these smart city...
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