George Osborne’s announcement that the government will pledge £40 million in funds to develop applications for the Internet of Things and Smart Cities got me thinking.
Can digital technologies and data-sharing drive sustainable economic development, reduce costs and make the ancient Uni city an attractive place to live, work and visit?
Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County Council, the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University and the Local Enterprise Partnership have teamed up to scope out and develop smart city approaches.
ITProPortal spoke to Rashik Parmar about the increasingly pressing topic of smart cities, and why the next generation of urban connectivity will have to be built on opt-in models.
Within the next four years, a bunch of cities around the world will be transformed into smart cities, technology research firm IHS Technology suggests.
Where are our cities headed in the future? What can we expect from the long sought after “smart cities”? Can we really expect anything different?
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