[LINK] Smart Cities

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

IBM wants to develop an Operating System for cities

 http://www.ibm.com/smartercities

 http://www.ibm.com/thesmartercity (flash interactive)

 http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8/cityone/index.html


Given that such smart-city systems will develop, I am curious regarding
Link opinions regarding the nature, and variety, of inputs, and outputs. 

What might a future smart-city control-room be able to know, and to do?

   
Eg: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/ibm-takes-smarter-
cities-concept-to-rio-de-janeiro/articleshow/12131015.cms

RIO DE JANEIRO: Not far from Copacabana Beach here is a control room that 
looks straight out of NASA. 

City employees in white jumpsuits work quietly in front of a giant wall 
of screens - a sort of virtual Rio, rendered in real time. 

Video streams in from subway stations and major intersections. A 
sophisticated weather program predicts rainfall across the city. A map 
glows with the locations of car accidents, power failures and other 
problems ... what is happening here reflects a bold and potentially 
lucrative experiment that could shape the future of cities around the 
world. 

This building is the Operations Center of the city of Rio, and its system 
was designed by IBM at the request of Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, after 
deadly landslides two years ago. 

There is nothing quite like it in the world's other major cities. 

IBM has created similar data centers elsewhere for single agencies like 
police departments. But never before has it built a citywide system 
integrating data from some 30 agencies, all under a single roof. 

It is the handiwork of an IBM unit called Smarter Cities and, if all goes 
according to plan, it could lay the groundwork for a multibillion-dollar 
business ...

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Cheers,
Stephen
 



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