Achieve ‘smart’ asset management with these three steps
Managing public infrastructure assets is one of the most complex yet crucial responsibilities that local government decision-makers have to make. Roads, drainage systems, street lighting, public buildings and numerous other…
New building at heart of Glasgow University campus redevelopment to represent ‘future of interdisciplinary science’
A new £300 million building at the heart of Glasgow University’s campus redevelopment will represent the ‘future of interdisciplinary science’, according to its designers. The flagship Keystone Building, which will…
Scientists investigating use of charcoal-like substance as ‘carbon-eating’ building material
Scientists in Edinburgh are investigating the use of a charcoal-like substance as a ‘carbon-eating’ building material. Biochar is produced by heating organic biomass from food, paper, agricultural and forestry waste…
Edinburgh City Council unveils digital on-street bus tracking system – with API open to developers
Edinburgh City Council has unveiled a digital on-street bus tracking system – with its API open to developers to create new apps and services. All of the city’s 322 new…
Virtual tour created for Scotland’s ‘first fully-digital hospital’
A virtual tour has been created for Scotland’s ‘first fully-digital hospital’ in Lanarkshire – which will feature electronic self-check-in kiosks. The computer-generated walkthrough shows online visitors around the proposed University…
Three Scottish innovation centres miss out on new round of government funding
Three Scottish innovation centres have missed out on the latest round of £8 million in government funding, according to details of a new financial package. Four out of the seven…
BT’s ‘digital incubator’ unveils electric vehicle charging units from repurposed street cabinets
BT’s digital incubator has unveiled its first electric vehicle charging units based on repurposed street cabinets previously used for telecoms cables. Etc will power up its first installation in East…
New global smart cities playbook developed by researchers in Edinburgh
A new smart cities playbook has been developed by researchers in Edinburgh – to help cities around the world to digitally transform. Academics at Edinburgh Napier University worked on the…
Scottish rural fibre firm secures £20m to boost targeted rollout
A Scottish rural fibre firm has secured a further £20 million to help connect 100,000 rural homes to ultrafast fibre broadband. Lothian Broadband Networks (LBN) will use the cash from…
12,000 Fife residents benefit from full fibre rollout
More than 12,600 residents and businesses in Fife are now able to access full fibre connectivity. Scottish broadband provider GoFibre’s new network across Cupar, Cardenden and Burntisland went live on…
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