Tag: smart cities

New ceramic material makes energy-collecting piezoelectrics lead-free

Piezoelectric materials transform energy of walking, cycling or your car driving over them into energy. But piezoelectric materials require lead. This new advance paves the way for a lead-free solution.

Advantages Of Turning Older Properties into Smart Office Buildings

As far as smart technology is concerned, most people wrongly believe that it only applies to newly built properties.

Sustainable Ways to Dispose of Old Mattresses

Sleeping with a conscience? Find out how you can recycle your mattress.

Smart Cities: Examples, Pros & Cons, and More

These days you can find just about everyone connected with a smart device, and even whole homes are designed around it. Just like out of an old science fiction story, the impossible is happening.

“We’ll stop cutting trees” part of Tel Aviv’s climate action plan

Spend a few years or a dozen in a coastal city like Tel Aviv or Beirut and you'll see...

Internet of Things – From Smart Fridge to Smart City

Like Cloud, Big Data and other technological buzzwords, the definition of the Internet of Things (IoT) is often stretched...

Israel innovators build the next smart city: meet them in France

In 2014, Israel was ranked first in the world in the field of innovation related to clean technology according...