According to Trend Micro, soon, smart technologies will be universal. This is, however, just the starter in terms of the types of technologies and potentially life-changing innovations that smart cities promise. These trends are captured in a new report.
The question posed by Trend Micro is what does it take to build a smart city? This is an intriguing question, given that more than half of the world’s population live in urban areas, but few of these locales can be considered smart. This also depends on how a smart city is defined and understanding the drivers for this form of urban living.
Weiterlesen: Are smart cities around the world getting smarter?
Leading vendors like Cisco and Panasonic see a shift in smart city planning with municipal leaders leading the way. Technology has the ability to make living in a city safer, more efficient and more enjoyable. Major companies involved in smart city innovations — like Cisco and Panasonic — produce technologies that do just that.
Weiterlesen: How Companies Think About Smart City Technology and Improving Metropolitan Living
At MWC Americas 2018, TechRepublic spoke with Peter Linder, Head of 5G Marketing for North America with Ericsson about how IoT sensors will be key to creating efficiencies and improving services in tomorrow's smart cities.
Smart Cities, says Peter Linder, Head of 5G Marketing for North America with Ericsson, will be reliant on creating efficiencies and improving services, on IoT sensors. Linder chatted with TechRepublic's Teena Maddox at MWC Americas 2018.
Weiterlesen: How efficient smart cities will be built on IoT sensors
The Smart Cities for All Initiative has launched a new project, ‘Inclusive Innovation for Smarter Cities' to develop and share means of making smart city solutions more accessible to persons with disabilities and older persons.
Smart Cities for All is a collaboration between G3ict and World Enabled, two non-profit organisations focused on inclusive, accessible design.
Weiterlesen: Smart Cities for All launches inclusive innovation projection
It’s no secret that we are about to enter a phase where living smart is the baseline, and everything else just falls in the jigsaw to complement that lifestyle. Our world is shaped by how people and machines work together sand technology is there to support this process. It helps to create better cities for all, and we have the power to make it happen, a future where people are empowered by technology to lead meaningful and fulfilled lives in smart cities.