Ohmio’s Milton Keynes driverless pod service gets public launch

The new MK Smart City Experience Centre has opened in Milton Keynes, showcasing the latest cutting-edge smart city technology. The Smart City Consultancy opened the centre in the city’s iconic Centre MK shopping mall, showcasing to the public some of the most innovative projects currently being undertaken in Milton Keynes, offering a glimpse into the […]

Sat navs: Coroner issues stark warning after two die in wrong-way crash

A double fatal crash caused by incorrect audio directions from a sat-nav has prompted a coroner to warn tech companies of the risk of future deaths. Tracey Haybittle, 58, and Amal Mohamed Ahmed, 38, both died after a head-on collision when Ms Ahmed drove the wrong way down a slip road onto the A5 near […]

Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet

National Highways’ billion pound scheme to improve journeys between Milton Keynes and Cambridge on the currently single-lane A248, bringing communities together and supporting long term growth in the region, is set to open in 2027. The A428 between St Neots and Caxton Gibbet is the only stretch of single carriageway between the M1 near Milton […]

Aurrigo wins European grant for Living Lab for Autonomous Public Transport Project

The Coventry-based autonomous vehicle technology solutions company Aurrigo has been awarded a €275,820 (approx £240,000) grant from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for its participation in the Living Lab for Autonomous Public Transport Project. The project sees Aurrigo’s Auto-Shuttle autonomous passenger transport vehicle running in Prague, Brno and Milton Keynes, initially with a […]

Clearview wins top technology prize

Highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence has won Technology Business of the Year at the Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards. Given the number of cutting-edge technology companies based in the city, this is a prestigious prize which was won for the decades of technological innovation from the first automatic traffic counter in the 1970s […]

Nota AI™ completes AI parking Proof of Concept in Milton Keynes

Nota AI™ (Nota Incorporated), the South Korean IT start-up, has announced the successful implementation of their newest addition to the Nota ITS solution – smart parking – after completing a trial for their Artificial Intelligence-based parking management system in Milton Keynes. The Proof of Concept used the company’s existing AI Camera technology to analyse parking […]

Milton Keynes looks into high-speed driverless network

A high-speed, driverless transport network “could transform the way people get around in Milton Keynes” after the City Council secured funding to research the idea. Advanced Very Rapid Transport uses automated vehicles on purpose-designed segregated pathways. The City Council is receiving £200,000 funding to commission a study to determine how the AVRT project could fit […]

5G trials in Milton Keynes get underway

“Once again Milton Keynes will be the testing ground for more futuristic and novel uses of modern technology,” a report in the New City’s local newspaper proudly trumpets as trials using a new 5G system get underway. The Milton Keynes Citizen says trials have started in the MK:5G programme, which is a new testbed in […]

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