Smart-X: Cities, Buildings, Grids

12/10/2025

Self-healing has been around for a long time!

Latest results from a recently discovered ancient Roman construction site confirm earlier findings.

11/25/2025

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The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the LEAP (Learning the Earth through Artificial Intelligence and Physics) NSF Science and Technology Center at Columbia University, in collaboration with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners and NVIDIA, will host Urban Futures: Co-Creat...

03/21/2024

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/critical-us-water-systems-face-disabling-cyberattacks-white-house-warns/

Biden administration rallies nation's governors to secure their facilities.

03/20/2024

https://nextcity.org/features/repair-cafes-are-the-beating-heart-of-the-right-to-repair-movement

Op-ed: Right-to-repair legislation is crucial to systemic change. But every item salvaged through America’s growing patchwork of local repair movements is its own victory.

03/11/2024

Article on smart panels.

Electrifying your home means having enough power for all your appliances: 48 million homes (like mine) need more. Here’s how to fix that.

03/08/2024

10/15/2023

NYCOTI's NYCSmartCity Testbed Program was made to fast-track cutting-edge tech solutions to urban challenges.

The initial round includes an innovative project using drones, deep learning, and radar to combat building emissions.

09/17/2023

At the UN SDG weekend for the SDG Digital Event

04/22/2022

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/21/1050815/hackers-target-critical-infrastructure-pwn2own/

Two Dutch researchers have won a major hacking championship by hitting the software that runs the world’s power grids, gas pipelines, and more. It was their easiest challenge yet.

04/04/2022

Medical schools across the country are increasingly reckoning with the need to teach the intersection of climate change and health.

01/01/2022

X (formerly known as Google X) wants to virtualize power grids to speed clean energy adoption. Will utilities and grid operators get on board?