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13h agoComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points 14h agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 14h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding YesterdayWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection Vehicles 6 OctKurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter 5 OctCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data 5 OctUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million 4 OctGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging 3 OctAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays 3 OctGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network

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12 May Environmental MonitoringU.S. Federal Audit Finds AI Wildfire Sensors Failed to Reliably Detect Fires in Real Conditions

DHS audit finds AI wildfire sensors from N5 Sensors failed to reliably detect fires, and S&T has no plans to fund similar technology.

11 May Environmental MonitoringPhiladelphia Deploys Real-Time Flood Sensors in Eastwick After Years of Resident Advocacy

Philadelphia activates real-time flood gauges in Eastwick, tracking water levels and rainfall to warn residents before storms strike.

11 May VideosurveillanceGandía Launches €1.33M Smart Surveillance Overhaul, with 38 Cameras and 175 Police Bodycams

Gandía commits €1.33M to unify 162 cameras under an AI-powered VMS and equip 175 officers with bodycams.

8 May Mobility and TrafficDetroit Deploys Autonomous Drones to Tackle Real-Time Truck Parking Visibility

Birdstop and TSPS launch an autonomous drone pilot across two Detroit truck stops to track real-time parking spaces without ground sensors.

8 May Environmental MonitoringSurrey’s Elstead Commons Trials Infrared Wildfire Sensors to Shield Rare Heathland

Surrey Wildlife Trust trials EmberEye infrared sensors at Elstead Commons in an 18-month wildfire detection pilot to protect rare UK heathland

7 May WaterThames Water Deploys AI Satellite Tech to Cut 100 Million Litres of Daily Leakage

Thames Water deploys AI satellite leak detection, targeting 100 million litres of daily savings with Origin Tech.

7 May EV ChargingWashington, D.C. Awards $609,500 to Expand Curbside EV Charging Access

Washington D.C. awards $609,500 to Voltpost, It's Electric, and PowerUp America to expand curbside EV charging across the District.

6 May Mobility and TrafficMobility Signage Secures €1.8M to Tackle Public Transport’s Fragmented Data Problem

Munich startup Mobility Signage secures €1.8M pre-seed to unify fragmented public transport IT with a vendor-neutral data layer.

6 May Mobility and TrafficGreater Manchester Deploys Adaptive Traffic Control to Advance Bee Network Goals

Greater Manchester picks Yunex Traffic's Yutraffic FUSION to prioritise buses and active travel toward its 2040 sustainable mobility goal.

5 May Street LightingFrankfurt Startup ENVIOTECH Raises €1M to Retrofit Europe’s Streetlights

ENVIOTECH secures €1M pre-seed to scale smart streetlight retrofits, enabling cities to cut energy use by up to 80%.

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