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San Mateo streamlines its urban innovation process
March 20th, 2019
The Californian county is partnering with UrbanLeap to centralise projects on a single platform and enable county-wide stakeholders to discover and share ideas and technologies.
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UrbanLeap Launches in Larger Cities, Plans Expansion
February 04th, 2019
UrbanLeap Launches in Larger Cities, Plans Expansion The company, which offers a platform for government to systematically try out new technology and ideas, has launched in pilot-happy Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and San Mateo County, Calif. It's also working to double its team. Read more...How Silicon Valley can use community input to bridge the big broadband gap
August 09th, 2018
Despite massive telecommunication investment in recent decades, many areas of Silicon Valley still have inadequate broadband services. This broadband gap denies many communities access to a critical tool of daily life in the 21st century, equal in importance to electricity, water and sanitation. Read more...Digital Counties Survey 2018: Winners Prioritize Culture, Collaboration and Automation
July 20th, 2018
500,000-999,999 Population Category
Click points on the map above to learn more about each winner. Red indicates 1st place winners, yellow indicates 2nd place winners, green indicates 3rd place winners, and blue indicates winners that placed 4th through 10th.
1st Sonoma County, Calif.
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Redwood City Located In 1 Of Nation’s ‘Most Tech-Savvy Counties’
July 20th, 2018
The County of San Mateo placed third in the 2018 Digital Counties Survey, the 16th annual ranking of the most technologically-savvy counties in the United States. Read more...Fybr Partners with SMC Labs to turn San Mateo County into a Living Lab for Regional Innovation
May 21st, 2018
Fybr is pleased to announce a partnership with SMC Labs, San Mateo County’s Smart Region Innovation Lab, to deploy cutting edge Internet of Things (IoT) technology within two of the county’s innovation zones. SMC Labs will use Fybr’s end-to-end, integrated IoT platform to pilot several use cases, including parking, irrigation management, air quality and asset management. Fybr will also partner with SMC to test new technologies and potential solutions that facilitate the resolution of complex regional issues within San Mateo County. Read more...SMC Launches First-of-its-Kind ‘Smart Region’ Innovation Center
May 21st, 2018
Read more...San Mateo County, CA opens smart region innovation center
May 21st, 2018
- San Mateo County, CA has opened SMC Labs, which it is touting as a “smart solutions” innovation center in Silicon Valley.
- The first-of-its-kind center for the region will bring together cities, residents, universities and businesses to share resources and work together to solve problems.
- Ulysses Vinson, San Mateo County’s chief smart communities officer, told Smart Cities Dive in an email the center will bring “new and innovative internet of things (IoT) technologies to 22 cities and large unincorporated areas of our county.”
Scaling Smart City Tech Could Help Clear Regional Obstacles
May 12th, 2018
San Mateo County, Calif., is set to lead a smart city project through a new IoT lab aimed at deploying the technology on a regional scale. Read more...San Mateo County Opts for a Regional Approach to Technology
May 10th, 2018
In San Mateo County, Calif., we recognize that we must continuously leverage new technology to better engage with our residents, including providing more and better information and delivering our core services more effectively. Part of the mission of the Information Services Department (ISD, the technology department within the county) is to connect citizens both to each other and to their government. Read more...
Press Releases
County Launches First-of-its-Kind “Smart Region” Innovation Center
May 14th, 2018
Redwood City — In an effort to foster borderless technology innovation, the County of San Mateo opened SMC Labs, a “smart solutions” innovation center, at its main campus in Redwood City as a way to bring cities, agencies, residents, universities and businesses together with solutions providers, domain experts and resources to co-create innovative solutions for complex regional problems. The County announced the creation of SMC Labs today at IoT World 2018, the industry’s leading IoT conference attended by over 12,000 Internet of Things (IoT) professionals in Santa Clara, CA. Read more...