Smart homes and the Internet of Things present a huge potential to bring efficiencies, increase service quality and improve the standard of living for millions of people. Social landlords and their tenants need these benefits in their properties; the problem is there exist several barriers to achieving this goal. Whilst the generic barriers to wider
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This article is the 3rd of a 3-part series into Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and smart cities. The City of the Future Changing the human-driver-centric paradigm to a CAV-centric one will require a corresponding paradigm shift in vehicle ownership thinking. The majority of vehicle use in the city is for travel to and from work
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This article is the 2nd of a 3-part series into Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and smart cities. Road Infrastructure Existing road infrastructure has evolved over the past century to accommodate a steadily increasing number of vehicles. From the transport planner’s point of view, these roads have been designed to be fully human driver-centric. Take the
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This article is one of a 3-part series into Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and smart cities. 2018 is poised to be an exciting year for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). In January of this year, the UK Government had the first reading of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill; the first piece of UK legislation
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