Planning Smart And Sustainable Cities Should Not Result In Exclusive Garden Utopias For The Rich
One of the big ideas of the 21st century, “smart cities” promised a new world of connected, data-driven and sustainable urbanism. Pervasive digital infrastructures would monitor flows from sewage to traffic to criminal activities, providing information in real time and anticipating and preventing risks.
However, in practice, smart cities have been disappointing. Schemes like Alphabet’s failed “city built from the Internet, up” was criticized for being opportunistic data grabs. And many other smart city projects have been fragmented and unimpressive
The "smart city" in Japan will soon welcome its first residents
Less than four years after the announcement of the plan to build a "smart city" near Mount Fuji in Japan, Toyota, the developer of the new project, announced that it will soon welcome new residents of the "living laboratory". The new city will indeed look like a scientific laboratory, with robots, unmanned vehicles, hydrogen energy, and many AI developments for a comfortable life for residents.
According to preliminary estimates, the total cost of the smart city construction is USD 10.13 billion. And this is despite the fact that the new city has an area of only 708,000 square meters, as it was built on the site of the former Toyota plant, which closed four years ago after the earthquake and tsunami, Interesting Engineering writes.
US: Arizona: My View: Explore how life can be better for all with smart cities, IoT
Safer cities. Less pollution. Better quality of life.
Since upcoming elections are front of mind, you might think I’m offering snippets of campaign promises. Actually, I’m talking about a nonpolitical type of movement designed to make everyone a winner.
We at the Arizona Technology Council are getting ready to host our 8th annual Smart City + IoT Conference, which will be held in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority from 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 19 at ASU SkySong Innovation Center in Scottsdale.
Preparing Malaysians for a digital economy
Ericsson and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDEC) have renewed their collaboration to prepare Malaysian students and the workforce for a digital economy.
Ericsson will provide access to its global Ericsson Educate 21st Century Technologies course – a free, self-paced online learning programme – that is designed to enhance the skills of the Malaysian workforce as well as interested tertiary-level students across all disciplines in information and communication technology.
KW: Gov't polls call for enhanced services, focus on automation and client needs
A series of government opinion polls aimed at improving services provided by ministries and agencies has resulted in a set of recommendations designed to enhance the quality of client-facing services. The proposals focus on advancing the mechanization of services such as electronic payments, streamlining procedures, improving the handling of complaints, developing electronic services, and reducing the documentation cycle for processing client transactions.