IN: Maharashtra: Insert a coin, feel relieved; Nagpur to soon get 100 e-toilets
In what may come as a big relief for Nagpurians who find it difficult to locate a public toilet to answer nature’s call, the Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) has started setting up 100 e-toilets (50 each for men and women) in the city. The city currently has 80 public toilets, including 34 community toilets.
A brainchild of general manager NSSCDCL (e-governance) Sheel Ghule, the smart toilets for men will be blue in colour, while the colour code for women’s toilets will be pink. “These e-toilets, which cost `8 lakh each, will be put into operation within a week,” Ghule said.
NL: Citizens help Amsterdam plot their electric future
The Netherlands capital has published an online map of electric vehicle charging points following contributions from citizens on desired locations in the city.
The City of Amsterdam has published a revamped map on the location and proposed location of electric vehicle charging stations following a citizen engagement project.
Fiber optic sensors: The game-changer in building smart cities - an interview with Nikolay Khorkov
In today's world, information consumption is growing explosively, with large amounts of data being sent over the Internet. As smart home and smart city technologies develop, all equipment, from household appliances to industrial devices, will soon be able to exchange information with each other and efficiently control all processes. To achieve this, we need technologies that can collect a wide range of data about the state of devices and the environment in real-time.
Nikolay Khorkov, the founder of Fibertooland Optolex and a renowned expert in fiber optic technologies, suggested that utilizing fiber optic cables as sensors could be a viable solution to the problem at hand.
MY: SMA collaborates with Japan’s ministry for Kuching Smart City initiative
The Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) and Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will continue to collaborate under the ASEAN Smart City Network (ASCN) and Smart Japan-ASEAN Mutual Partnership (Smart JAMP) programme to support the Kuching Smart City initiative through experience sharing session and personnel capacity building.
Three high ranking officials from MLIT made a courtesy visit to SMA’s office here yesterday to mark this continuous collaboration, said SMA in a statement today.
Smart cities 101: What they are and how to build one
Building a smart city has the potential to improve lives in big ways.
Smart devices have been in homes around the world for years—60.4 million households in America actively use smart products like speakers, televisions, and thermostats. By 2025, this number is expected to rise to 64.1 million. Globally, the number of Internet of Things devices is expected to grow from 9.7 billion in 2020 to 29.4 billion in 2030.