For our local computer club a couple years ago, I showed a video on smart cities. There are some really fascinating things that can be done in terms of cost savings. I especially appreciated the use for lighting controls for safety purposes and yet not having them on in the daylight. Our streetlights still turn on in daylight. It is ludicrous.
The Casey survey asked for citizen input. I suggested EVs for neighbourhoods without bus access (like mine). Usually regular residents don't know what is going on behind the scenes to manage a city. I commend that video if you can find it. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" To:"Tom Worthington" , Cc: Sent:Fri, 3 Jul 2020 11:53:13 +1000 Subject:Re: [LINK] Slow Smart Cities On 3/07/2020 9:09 am, Tom Worthington wrote: > Perhaps Smart Cities are slow to take off because they do not provide real short term benefits. Perhaps they don't provide any long-term benefits either, or at least none which have yet been identified. I suppose everyone has an idea of what a "smart" city is supposed to be: it has lots of tech stuff and communications infrastructure. But I suspect the term "smart city" is mostly marketing, and anything so vaguely defined is suspicious from the start. What is it supposed to achieve in terms of human peace & contentment? Sorry to be so negative, but there it is. Cheers, David Lochrin _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
