Smart Cities should not come at the price of our privacy and individual choice
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Julie Snell
- 05 September 2018
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Science & Technology, Planning & Development
Over the last few years, we have seen significant research, development and trials in the Smart City arena with some reaching live implementation. Apart from a relatively small number of exceptions, we are still to achieve significant scale and roll out of solutions that are really changing citizens lives at the grass roots level.
We have learnt so much about how technology can help us make a step change in the way we provide city services, protect and improve people’s lives, but we continue to…
A&E: The canary in a changing world
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Dr Chris Moulton
- 04 September 2018
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Healthcare
In biology, the state of certain creatures - indicator species - is known to reveal the condition of their environment. They are usually among the most sensitive living things in a region and as such, often provide an early warning to ecologists. A&E interacts with much of our current society and is affected by almost all socio-economic changes. The fact that last winter’s performance figures for A&E were the worst ever recorded is common knowledge and throughout the spring and summer, A…
Better Urban Living through Smart Infrastructure
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Mike Pitts
- 22 August 2018
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Science & Technology, Planning & Development
Urban areas are home to more than half the world’s population, with another 1.5 million people joining these areas every week. Though cities only cover around 3% of the Earth’s surface, they are responsible for up to 85% of global GDP and consume two-thirds of global energy. These growing populations mean that local authorities are under increasing pressure to deliver quality services to their citizens, often with decreasing funding to do so. Issues such as air pollution, ageing populations, ph…
