Smart cities are the future for urban areas across the world. The integration of digital systems into the already created fabric of systems will allow for cross-system coordination. As Professor William J. Mitchell of MIT explains, by adding a digital nervous system it will be possible to cross-coordinate systems in order to make them more energy efficient, reliable, and economically feasible. In order to figure out how to introduce these "digital nervous systems" it is imperative that every aspect of the systems in place be analyzed. By doing this design problems can be reframed and looked at in new ways. Smart cities will allow citizens to utilize everything the technology age has to offer; there is no reason why transit and governmental services should not be available via technology (computers, smart phones, tablets, etc). There are already projects springing up that are trying to incorporate smart city technology into the existing systems of cities. The Smart Cities Project was founded in 2009 and seeks to integrate E-government and E-services into cities in Europe. Through research the Smart Cities Project has created the capacity for inter-regional government service sharing. By using technology it is possible to eliminate unnecessary waste in terms of personnel, energy, and space. Smart cities will allow for the transfer of information like never before. They will allow transit, energy, communication and other systems to be linked to create seamless information flow from cities to citizens.
-Kate Chambers
I like the idea of of Smart Cities, i think it is really interesting to see all the possibilities of smart cities. It could really tie into sustainability and efficiency in cities. It could also increase the safety and security of an urban area.
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I think that the idea of a smart city is just amazing if you look at how far our cities have come in the last 100 years. Hopefully in the future all major cities have the blue towers that we have on campus to improve security, police response times and civilian's safety. This could cut out a large amount of waste and people won't have to worry about having cell phone service in order to call 911.
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