[LINK] Slow Smart Cities

[Tom Worthington]

On 2/7/20 12:21 pm, Roger Clarke wrote:

> ... seems like slow progress to me  ...

Perhaps Smart Cities are slow to take off because they do not provide 
real short term benefits.

> ... street furniture ... free wi-fi, barbecues ...  parking sensors.

Smart parking can save on inspectors and smart BBQs a little on 
maintenance. Free public WiFi is a useful byproduct if you need the 
network for something else. But these are not going to revolutionize 
urban living, or save city a lot of money.

> ... LoRaWAN technology ...

I was impressed with Newcastle's IoT setup: 
https://blog.tomw.net.au/2019/02/

ps: Perhaps real smart cities take two or three decades. In 2002 I was 
invited to talk to students from the German "new" Bauhaus design school 
in Sydney on the role of ICT in urban development. The students produced 
a plan for redevelopment of the area around an old power station, now 
known as the Pays Precinct. With a Sydney Metro West station expected to 
open in 2030, something might finally be built. 
https://blog.tomw.net.au/2015/10/sydney-silicon-harbor-proposal.html


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