Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Newcastle: a ‘living lab’ to test driverless cars, parking sensors and lockout laws

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Twenty years after BHP left town, one of the largest cities in New South Wales has reinvented itself as a smart city and a home for innovation

When the entrepreneur Dr Gunilla Burrowes reaches for a metaphor to describe Newcastle, she comes up with “the Goldilocks city”.

She means that like the middle bed in the fairytale, it is just the right size to be able to get things done. “That has really powerful implications for business,” she says.

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May 03, 2017 at 05:01AM

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from Fiona Smith

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