Smart Cities Team with Universities to Launch Smart City Projects

Metro21 Executive Director Karen Lightman explains the intricacies of smart cities and how the model has evolved in a recent State Tech Magazine article.

“It is about how to protect workers in a gig economy. It’s about addressing food insecurity,” Lightman says. “We dabble in everything and the kitchen sink when it comes to smart cities, because they’re complicated. To the naked eye, it’s so simple, and then you get in it, and there are so many pieces. It’s like a game of whack-a-mole.”

Read the full article here.