US Ignite Receives NSF Grant For Smart Cities Program
US Ignite received a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build "living lab" test beds in 15 communities throughout the country, it said in a news release Monday. The grant is a part of the Obama administration's…
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initiative unveiled earlier that day to research and develop smart cities (see 1509140054), which includes a total anticipated investment of $160 million. The end result of US Ignite's grant "will be a growing number of communities nationwide participating in a 'smart city app store' for interoperable and interconnected smart gigabit community applications," it said. The group said its new project will span three years and include participation from cities including Cleveland; Kansas City, Missouri; and Madison, Wisconsin. The White House announcement also marked the beginning of the Smart Cities Council's Smart Cities Week Conference and Exhibition in D.C.