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“Smart Village Liederbach”: Digital innovations for disaster control, the environment and transportation
Under the name "Smart Village Liederbach", the municipality of Liederbach is using digital innovations for disaster prevention, the environment and transportation. The name Liederbach already refers to the location on the watercourse of the same name, which can lead...
Rhineland-Palatinate takes positive stock of mobile communications pact and announces new edition
In 2022, the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate launched the mobile communications pact together with the mobile communications companies in Germany. The goal remains clear: to further improve network coverage in the state. The results two years later show clear...
Combining strengths: Key points and perspectives of the Brandenburg regional development strategy
During the legislative period from 2019 to 2024, the State Chancellery of Brandenburg developed a state-wide regional development strategy (RES) together with key regional players as part of the REGIONALE dialog and work process in order to make Brandenburg's regions...
Solar benches in Wiesbaden: Sustainable energy meets smart street furniture – an impulse from the youth conference
The combination of sustainable energy and innovative street furniture was recently realized in Wiesbaden on the Dern'schen site, where two solar benches were installed in November of this year. The initiative for this came from the youth conference. The benches are...
North Rhine-Westphalia: Digitalisation & Circular Economy transfer hub launched
With the help of modern technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things and the use of digital twins, processes within the circular economy can be significantly optimized. The aim is to use resources more efficiently and sustainably. The...
Port5G sets sail for the future: 5G innovation project presents research results
Innovative applications of 5G campus networks and autonomous systems in the maritime industry were the focus of the final meeting of the 5G research project 5G-PortVG. The partners involved in the joint project presented the results of three years of research and...
For a free, open Internet: International digital dialogs set the tone in Berlin
Source: BMDVOn November 21 and 22, Federal Digital Minister Dr. Volker Wissing invited his partner countries to the first conference of the international digital dialogues in Berlin. During the two-day conference, international representatives from politics, science,...
Fulda lights up smart: 3 million euros in funding for innovative street lighting
The state of Hesse is providing the city of Fulda with funding of around 3 million euros to implement the "Smart Infrastructure Street Lighting" pilot project. Susanne Ruth, Head of Department at the Hessian Ministry of Economics, presented the funding commitment to...
City of Schwabach increases climate resilience with digital twin
To help Schwabach efficiently and sustainably adapt to the challenges of climate change, the city has developed a digital twin. The "Golden Urban Twin Information Schwabach" (GUZI) project enables better planning of urban infrastructure as well as the modeling and...
Gap closure pilot program ends on schedule
The second call for applications in the so-called "Gap Closure Pilot Program" ended as planned on 15.11.2024. The aim of the program was to exploit synergy potential from infrastructures that have already been built or are currently being built or planned. The call...
Etteln becomes world’s best smart city: Global recognition for digital innovation and community spirit
The digital networking of the village of Etteln in the Paderborn district has been recognized with an award. The village was named the best "Smart City" in an international comparison by the world's largest engineering association for electrical engineering and...
Urban digital twins: New DIN standard published
After more than two years of intensive collaboration with over 40 experts from municipalities, associations, politics, science and business, the team of the "Connected Urban Twins" (CUT) cooperation project has published the new DIN SPEC 91607 "Digital Twins for...