Tag: Smart Cities
IoT – Smart Cities
by Maximilian Mattern on August 3, 2018 11:06 am
Starting with the activities at the Auto-ID-Center [1] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where a global standard system for RFID and other sensors had been defined, IoT is now an accepted part of our private and public life and has already been established in the industrial sector. Even governmental administrations recognized the impact… Read more IoT – Smart Cities
Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities
by Rahul Kalluri on August 4, 2017 12:30 pm
The ever changing technological environment right from ancient civilizations to the modern era we live in right now has impacted the way we live, work and spend our time. For the first time in our history, 50% of the world’s human population now live in cities and this is expected to move to 70% by… Read more Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities
Level Up: Smart Cities
by Romi Alsaid on July 21, 2017 12:00 pm
Smart Homes to Smart Cities In the technology era we are living in, computers, phones, homes and even cities are getting smarter each and every day. As more people start to connect to the internet, so do other “things”. One of the common discussion topics of our guest speakers was the dependency on connectivity. To… Read more Level Up: Smart Cities
How Smart is your City?
by Patricia Opanga on July 17, 2017 2:14 am
A smart city is a city which is ‘aware’ of the status of its resources such as transport systems, energy and water usage, sewage levels, environment, infrastructure, housing and security; and uses this information to efficiently manage its resources. The data is generated from a set of interconnected devices (internet of things) with sensors… Read more How Smart is your City?