With Germany's largest international smart city startup challenge, the Ruhr Metropolis - City of Cities - is calling start-ups from across the globe to apply and solve the real-world challenges of four cities: Bochum, Bottrop, Hagen and Gelsenkirchen through a paid pilot. The application deadline has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic until May 3, 2020. In the following paragraphs, we will look more closely on the Bottrop and Gelsenkirchen challenges.
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CityTech RUHR: The Bottrop & Gelsenkirchen Challenges
By Thomas Mueller on Apr 28, 2020 12:50:57 PM
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Blockchain
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CityTech RUHR: Germany’s biggest smart city startup challenge launched
By Thomas Mueller on Mar 4, 2020 10:00:00 AM
CityTech RUHR invites startups from around the world to participate in Germany’s biggest smart city challenge. Four cities and their business partners seek innovative solutions for four different challenges and offer the opportunity to win paid pilot projects. Startups that want to participate can apply until May 3, 2020 (Deadline extended due to the COVID-19 situation) for one of the program’s challenges at: www.citytech.ruhr
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Smart Mobility
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How Crowdsourcing and Incentives Improve Public Safety
By Jon Glasco on Mar 10, 2019 10:44:35 PM
When it comes to public safety, smart city leaders recognize the importance of engaging with citizens and encouraging them to report safety problems. In this article, we present a perspective on public safety — and focus on Vizsafe, a U.S. startup firm which discovered opportunities to incentivize citizens and improve safety by creating a platform which connects the power of crowdsourcing and smartphone technologies with a blockchain-based rewards system.
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Smart Living
Smart Government
Smart People
Blockchain
Smart City Platform
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