The Future of Urban Tech

The Future of Urban Tech

A Ten-Year Horizon Scan
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Self-repairing roads and sewers. Forests and farms inside buildings. Software that follows our instructions rather than following us around. These are just some of the possibilities and pitfalls for urban tech in the decade ahead. This site is a kaleidoscope that lets you explore future breakthroughs, innovations, and applications that will reshape our cities and communities.

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Forecasts

Dive in the Horizon Scan by exploring six big stories on the future of urban tech.

Network diagram of the internet

Supercharged Infrastructure

Urban systems converge into a deep, actionable web.
Aerial image of a building nestled in a park.

Wild & Well

Urban design taps life science to improve well-being.
A aerial view of Seattle through the clouds.

Resilient Corridors

Sustainable neighborhoods scale up.
Lights in an office building window.

Dark Plans

The chaos of urban life gives way to an algorithmic hum.
A group of people.

New Screen Deal

Inclusive innovation strikes back at surveillance capitalism.
A building with repeating window patterns.

Urban Innovation Industrializes

Big business cracks the code of the city.

A Research Project by the Jacobs Institute’s Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech

The Urban Tech Hub of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech is a new venture in New York City that generates applied research, fosters an expanding tech ecosystem, and cultivates the next generation of leaders in urban technology. Our goal is to shape the field of urban tech with a human-centered approach that focuses first on the people that use the technology. We advance technology research and education to build a better world by increasing access and opportunity within the tech sector.

Based at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, the Urban Tech Hub leverages the resources of Cornell University and brings together researchers, engineers, scientists, urban tech companies, government agencies, and community organizations to address the challenges facing cities today. Visit urban.tech.cornell.edu

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