Tag: smart city
Automation as a Mindset: “Building Down” in the 21st Century
"Building down" means focusing less on what's above you than on re-engineering what's in front of and below you. Automation is a mindset.
Advanced Transportation Initiatives Require Dynamic, Data-Enabled Mapping Systems
Interactive, real-time data-integrated urban maps benefit everyone. They make cities smarter and easier to navigate.
Anatomy of a Smart City (Part I)
Adding to our series on smart city privacy, this piece clarifies the composition—from home to health to governance—of a smart city.
The Modern Smart City Comes of Age
As modern smart cities dawn on the horizon, we should learn lessons from the first industrial revolution about privacy and space allocation.
The Origins of Smart City Privacy
What can we learn about the origins of smart city privacy from what privacy meant in Neolithic cities? For one, privacy seems to be an intrinsic human need.
The Role of Piezoelectric Technology in IoT
IoT device lifespan is limited by power availability. "Piezoelectrics," i.e. mechanical stress generating an electric charge, offer possible solutions.
The First Smart City
This 2nd installment in our series on smart city privacy explores how two of the earliest cities, Çatalhöyük and Jericho, navigated urban privacy issues.
Smart Cities: A Decade of Progress
The last ten years have seen considerable progress in the field of interconnected municipal processes. Smart Cities are on the rise. Smart Cities are on the rise.
A Beginners Syllabus to Smart Cities
As 2019 begins and the promise of 5G connectivity, distributed sensing and tech-enabled citizenship continues to crystallize, more and more people will begin to hear about “Smart Cities”. Perhaps y...
Battling Traffic: Tech Adoption Meets Behavioral Change
As economies worldwide continue to grow, traffic movements are on the rise. Our roads are becoming busier and busier. In urbanized areas, streets and highways are clogged with buses, cars, scooter...