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GigHacks Hackathon Announced for May 1-3 at Google Fiber Space
Do you have what it takes to Hack the Gig? The multi-city hackathon GIGHACKS is coming to KC, Chattanooga, San Francisco and Burlington May 1-3 at the Fiber Space.
The 2015 Gigabit City Summit in Videos
Watch complete video of all the keynotes and select panels from the 2015 Gigabit City Summit – North America.
Community Networks and Net Neutrality: The KC Digital Drive Perspective
Like so much of technology, when it comes to the debates out of Capitol Hill on community networks and net neutrality … it’s complicated. Here’s some perspective for those looking to make sense of it all.
Third Digital Health Innovation Forum Focuses on In-Home Technology
KC Digital Drive’s third Digital Health Innovation Forum continued on the journey to highlight Kansas City health projects that utilize high-speed fiber-optic Internet. The Feb. 26 Forum at the Sprint Accelerator, “Reaching Into the Home,” addressed the themes of innovation, connectivity and consumer-engaged health care for individuals in their homes. A crowd of around 40 people […]
Photos from the Civic Apps Showcase at the 2015 Civic Tech Forum
Homegrown Apps for Social & Civic Good From using open data to solve water main breaks to improving the way doctors treat patients in underserved areas of the city, all ten presenters at the Civic Apps Showcase are using technology to make Kansas City a better place for people to live, work and play. Check out […]
Signs of a Savvier Kansas City Government Emerge at First Civic Tech Forum
An air of civic engagement and open dialogue prevailed as 29 Kansas City, Missouri, city council candidates endured questions about innovation before a tech-savvy audience at Union Station.
Meet people building apps to make your city work better at the Civic Tech Showcase – Feb. 23, 2015 at Union Station
The Civic Tech Showcase on Feb. 23 at Union Station features 10 presenters showing off apps designed to make cities and governments work better.
Gigabit City Summit: Watch the Pre- and Post-Conference Webinars
Our webinars held in the weeks before and after the conference give ideas for organizing your community to take on the challenge of a citywide fiber buildout.
Community Projects in KC: There’s A Map for That
In the face-to-face world of community organizing, it can be a challenge to keep in regular contact with neighborhoods around your city. If your neighborhood association wanted to raise a community garden but had no experience in navigating permitting and licensing issues with the city — much less when to plant spinach versus strawberries — […]
What to do with all that bandwidth? Look to our schools.
When Google Fiber came to town, many wondered what we would do with all that bandwidth. Now, for schools, it’s becoming a case of what will we do without it?