For smart city initiatives to take root, they need public buy-in, and that means the data privacy challenge needs to be tackled.
In today’s landscape, the success of enterprises, both public and private, now rests on how they utilize data.
Organizations of various sizes collect a wealth of data in major cities but principally for their own use, while citizens themselves seemingly derive little benefit from that harvest.
Read more: Smart cities with privacy in mind? Norway is making a start
The Smart Transport Bodø project is an innovative and unique opportunity to develop and test travel possibilities for an entirely new smart city neighbourhood in Bodø, Norway. Rune Eiterjord (RE) and Martin Opdal Sandtrøen (MOS) from Nordland Country Council spoke to Intelligent Transport’s Luke Antoniou about the significance of this project and the complexities that come with trying to deliver the mobility solutions of tomorrow.
Read more: The city in the city: the Norwegian smart city being developed from the ground up
The electronic medication record improves patient safety, thus making life easier for health care providers and creating new online services in the pharmaceutical field. It is a tool through which prescribing doctors, practitioners and pharmacies collect and update information on drugs used. Moreover, the system allows each patient to have access to his own pharmaceutical records.
Read more: NO: Introduction of national electronic medication record
The new version of Doffin is a more modern platform which is faster and reduces the cost of operation and use.
Read more: NO: New version of the national procurement service launched
The technology behind the EasyPASS gate is based on facial recognition and operates in two stages. After passing the first gate, passenger’s faces are scanned and identity is verified through comparison with the photo included in the passport. Once identity is verified, a gate opens and the passenger can walk though, having completed the process. The system takes an average of 18 seconds to complete.
Read more: Gardermoen Airport in Norway deploys self-serve biometric border control gates