The Future of Urban Tech is an ongoing effort initiated in 2020-1 by the Urban Tech Hub of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech. The purpose of this project is to provide a curated body of knowledge on anticipated scientific discoveries and applied technology innovations of interest to urban engineers. Horizon Scan Explorer
In January 2022, the Jacobs Institute’s Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech released the final Rebooting NYC report, which proposes new and existing urban tech solutions to some of New York City’s biggest challenges.
After releasing a draft of the report in May of 2021, the Urban Tech Hub consulted with hundreds of tech, civic and community leaders, including current and former city council members and state senators, other elected officials, local business improvement districts and chambers of commerce. The team of 13 researchers, including several Cornell Tech students and alumni, was led by Rohit T. Aggarwala, a Senior Urban Tech Fellow at the Hub. Read More
Cornell AAP’s Design Across Scales lab has developed a Tree Folio for New York City. Tree Folio is the development of a high fidelity understanding and modeling of each individual street tree in New York City. This includes the trees physical dimensions, species information, and it’s interactions with surrounding environments and infrastructures. Explore Tree Folio