A Q&A with Deloitte’s Dan Berner and Kathleen O’Dell.
As urban populations grow increasingly diverse, many cities are turning to technology and smart city solutions to build more livable environments and improve the delivery of public services. However, smart city design and implementation challenges, coupled with the digital divide between different population segments, might unintentionally leave some communities behind. This is forcing some cities to confront the question: How can digital solutions advance, rather than impede, inclusion?
Weiterlesen: Inclusive Smart Cities: Moving from Technology-Centric to Citizen-Centric Smart Cities
The more connected IoT devices a smart city employs, the greater the risk to individual privacy. Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is an example of how smart city technology brings new security challenges.
The next generation of urban infrastructure is on the horizon. As the technologies of the Internet of Things (IoT) become increasingly prolific, we can soon expect to see local authorities relying on it to improve living, working and traveling conditions in myriad ways. Everything from road traffic to municipal services could be more efficiently managed, and environmental issues from noise levels to air pollution improved.
Weiterlesen: How Smart Are Smart Cities? Balancing Innovation With Privacy
Smart City and Regional Development Begins With Data Not Technology
Jumptuit, Inc., announces the launch of Jumptuit Smart City, delivering smarter data services to all sectors of smart cities through Jumptuit's Regulated Contributory Data Streaming Service.
Jumptuit Smart City is part of The Jumptuit Group encompassing a broad spectrum of data that impacts Smart Citizen and Smart Business services in all sectors including healthcare, education, residential and commercial buildings, transportation and logistics, finance, insurance, energy, utilities and government.
Weiterlesen: Jumptuit Announces the Launch of Jumptuit Smart City: Smarter Data for Smart Cities
Andrew Lee, ESET Government Affairs Liaison looks into how cities turn to IoT to address long-standing urban problems, what are the risks of leaving cybersecurity behind at the planning phase?
You’ve probably heard the term “smart cities” – that is, the idea that extensive use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to monitor energy, utilities and transportation infrastructure can lead to cost savings, reduction of environmental impact and faster fault resolution.
The future of modern cities is anchored in data.
In 1999, a new device called a “smart phone” was just starting to hit the market—and it was a revelation. Smart phones, from the Simon Personal Communicator, launched by IBM in 1994, to the Blackberry, to the Apple iPhone, effectively changed the way we receive and distribute information. With smart phones, users could store several gigs worth of files in their pocket, communicate quickly through text and predictive typing, and access breaking news at the click of a button.
Weiterlesen: ‘Smart Cities’ Are Poised to Change Health, Safety, and Everything in Between