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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