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afwriter
11/29/2017 1:28:26 PM
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Re: IoT Integration
I know that it is a ridiculous fiction television show, but the Fall finale of Grey's Anatomy *spoiler alert* saw the entire hospital being hacked and held hostage for bitcoin. While fiction, the idea came from somewhere and it is a deeply terrifying idea that a semi-skilled hacker could put peoples lives at risk for some bitcoin.
srufolo1
11/29/2017 10:27:38 AM
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Re: IoT Monetization
@elizabethv As yourself, I also do not like the idea of autonomous cars. I can barely stand it when some other human being is behind the wheel of a car, such as when I am in an Uber, but the GPS system and its glitches I don't think are a good comparison to the smart city. Maybe it was just MY GPS because the "maps" in it weren't updated. And if anyone can tell me how to update maps in a GPS system I have hanging from my visor, I would like to know. As I recall, that wasn't the problem that day. When I was finally pulled over, my sister "smartly" told me what was wrong, and I needed to go to preferences and program something. In any event, yes, I think we need to go forward and work out the bugs as we go along, otherwise we will never progress. When the Romans built the sewer system (or whoever was responsible for that), I am wondering if they ever thought what the consequences would have been had there been a glitch.
srufolo1
11/29/2017 10:18:18 AM
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Re: IoT Monetization
@elizabethv Smart cities are intended to take the burden off our shoulders for being stupid and miraculously convert us from the dolts we are into intelligent, thinking human beings, or at least to reflect upon the stupidity of how we did things in the past. Maybe "smart" is not the proper term. Maybe something like "digital" cities or "collaborative" cities that work with municipalities, governments, and schools so there will never again be piles of stinking garbage, or people roaming around in cars looking for parking spots, or someone that has no access to education. All in all, I think it's the wave of the future, and the U.S. can't get there because of all the bureaucracy.
elizabethv
11/29/2017 9:14:24 AM
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Re: IoT Monetization
@Joe - Oh, our redundant bureaucracy is without a doubt at this point a cemented-in aspect of our government. But they aren't the only problem in the equation, since people have also pretty well proven as of late their sincere lack of intelligence. And I don't foresee that changing any time soon either. Smart Cities would have to be programmed to overcome the human tendency to act like stupidly.
Re: IoT Monetization
@elizabethv: Indeed, maybe before we move to "Smart Cities," we need to first figure out how to do things smartly. Municipalities have a lot of dumb bureaucracy as it is, and no amount of technology can ever change that.
SoftBank + Smart Cities
Considering how SoftBank is leveraging its tech in this space, as Watson comments on, could you imagine if SoftBank's 70-cents-on-the-dollar deal for Uber gets accepted?!? What a Smart Cities boon that would be!
I think it will be rejected, of course...but with all the regulatory and brand troubles the company is having now, it might well be a very smart exit.
Michelle
11/28/2017 1:57:36 PM
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Re: Smart Citiies
Depending on the services provided, testing in a real life city could have interesting and possibly dangerous consequences. I think I'm fully investested in the outcome of this project. I really want to know what happens next!!
srufolo1
11/28/2017 12:09:51 PM
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Re: IoT Monetization
@afwriter And apparently, from what I've been reading about Barcelona over the years, they control garbage collection, lights, parking, etc ..., and they are even trying to make it better because they truly want to improve the lives of their citizens. That's what the U.S. has to really start thinking about -- its citizens. Have a great time in Barcelona. It's one place I want to visit, but I know plenty of people who have gone and just loved it!
elizabethv
11/28/2017 9:20:35 AM
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Re: IoT Monetization
@srufolo1 - Your two posts together are almost ironic. You state the GPS in cars isn't always accurate, but then also state we just need to make the move to smart cities. I see the differentation, but I also see similarities. To some extent, please correct me if I'm wrong, I believe what you are stating is that there are going to be bugs, but we can work through them and we just need to move forward. And while I can certainly appreciate the thought. The control freak in me panics at the thought of hackers keeping me locked out of my house. Or an autonomous vehicle not seeing a white semi-truck in the glare of the sun and sending me propelling forward to my unstoppable death. Nope. Nope. Nope.
elizabethv
11/28/2017 9:17:08 AM
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Re: Smart Citiies
@afwriter - I had seen the same article. And as a native Arizonan, I'm extremely curious about where he plans to build this smart city. Is he going to really show his bravado and pick an area where there is literally nothing, or is he going to go for a suburb of say, Phoenix or Tucson and tap off their water sources? Since, being a desert and all, water is really the big key when you start to talk habitation. And then the topic quickly needs to move to shade, shelter and cooling down of the environment. Because Arizona is only getting hotter, for longer periods of time. (Their winter is down to the months of December and January. And it wasn't like that when I was growing up.) I'd imagine if anyone can do it, he can though. Still an odd location.
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