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Curious about smart cities? Our blog explores community-led applications and services, strategies for public-private partnership, approaches to data management, breakthroughs in wireless technology, and more. Read on!
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Six Memorable Moments at RIoT’s Final Pitch Night!

Date
08/26/2021

RIoT earned a grant from US Ignite and Facebook to host an AR Developer Challenge to find and support AR solutions for accessibility and inclusion, economic impact, and workforce development in the Raleigh-Cary region. These are the top moments of their final pitch event held in late July 2021. 

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Engaging the Community

Date
08/19/2021

Here are a few examples of how our Project OVERCOME communities are proactively engaging their residents ahead of deploying their tech solutions for connecting the unconnected.

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Project OVERCOME brings Olympic inspiration to Oregon and the World

Date
08/05/2021

In June, Blue River hosted the McKenzie International event, a track meet for athletes competing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. To enable the livestream pay-per-view of the event, project OVERCOME partners utilized CBRS to bring Internet connectivity to McKenzie Track for the very first time.

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Project OVERCOME Team Lands a $20M Investment

Date
07/28/2021

Project OVERCOME grant recipient, Digital C, will be receiving a $20 million investment by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Supporting Mandel Foundation and the David and Inez Myers Foundation. 

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VR Training for Healthcare Workers

Date
07/26/2021

Shift created training programs that allow healthcare professionals to practice with new sanitization standards and patient interaction protocol in a two- and three-dimensional training environment.

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Smart Community Sparks: Introduction

Date
07/20/2021

We are launching “Smart Community Sparks” – a blog series to summarize what smart city projects the US Ignite communities are investing in and how they are addressing challenges.

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Long Beach’s first ever AR Exhibition

Date
07/14/2021

In the upcoming Long Beach AR Exhibition, participants can immerse themselves in an augmented version of Long Beach’s downtown neighborhood while learning about the city’s historic past, diverse present and potential future. 

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State and Local Governments Can Deliver Home-Centric Healthcare Now

Date
06/29/2021

The pandemic made the case for telemedicine clear. Patients prefer the convenience of virtual healthcare visits, and in many cases, practitioners can effectively communicate with and diagnose patients remotely. Governments wanting to achieve meaningful wins around the standard of living for their residents should begin to view telehealth services as a critical component of smart and connected communities.

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Electric Mobility Symposium at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Date
06/22/2021

US Ignite is excited to announce the Electric Mobility Symposium will be held Thursday, June 24 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego.

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Fostering Civic Trust in Smart and Connected Communities

Date
05/21/2021

Time and again, privacy experts have raised concerns about “smart city” being a euphemism for surveillance state, which is part of the reason roughly one third of smart city projects fail, and almost 80% of prototypes don’t reach their desired scope. Too often, these project failures occur when municipal leaders don’t take the time to engage with communities, or don’t fully commit to thinking through policy issues that are essential for fostering civic trust. 

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RIoT Your Reality AR Challenge Selects Six Finalists in First Pitch Event

Date
04/21/2021

In US Ignite's Augmented Reality Developer Challenge, RIoT in NC has selected six teams to move forward with development of their smart city AR applications.

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Miramar Leaders Conduct Site Visits with 5G Demo Day Teams

Date
04/16/2021
Four teams developing smart base technologies demonstrated their working prototypes from last fall's 5G Pitch Day to Miramar leaders in early March, 2021. While many 5G applications seem far off into the future, the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego is already looking into how the technology can improve military operations at the base. The 5G Living Lab at Miramar is a $4 million i…
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A Policy Guide for Smart and Connected Communities

Date
03/15/2021

US Ignite has launched a project to identify policy gaps in how cities and connected communities approach smart city projects.

Go visit A Policy Guide for Smart and Connected Communities

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We Sought Feedback on How to Design Community-Driven Developer Challenges.

Date
03/08/2021

Our Competitions Team was driven to learn more about how we can deliver opportunities that both innovate smart city technologies while also serving communities’ unique needs.

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LoLa Brings Back Live Musical Collaboration in Flint, Michigan

Date
02/23/2021

A first-of-its-kind hip hop masterclass, Beats x Broadband, will connect musicians at Factory Two to students at the Flint Cultural Center Academy. LoLa technology will make it possible for students to interact in real time and participate in the musical experience without ever setting foot in the cross-town studio at Factory Two.

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US Ignite New Community Welcome

Date
02/17/2021

We're highlighting new community partners with two weeks of featured content across our media channels.

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