How IoT can Make Cities Smarter

How IoT can Make Cities Smarter

Volker Hirsch@vhirsch

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IoT is like this superhero

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She can be invisible

Sue Storm, The invisible woman

Iot has hidden treasures

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Yerebatan Sarnici, Istanbul

Relayr, Iot World Europe, Berlin 2015

And sometimes hidden is fine

The Rise of the City: Iot amplified

UN Habitat Report 2012

lots of ideas...

World economic forum, Top ten urban innovations, 2015

Clusters

- infrastructure - traffic - energy - food

- planning - mobility - citizens

At the heart: The quest for Data

Data: Who

tweets

Data: Where are the highest buildings

http://morphocode.com/data-city-urban-visualizations/

Data: Where is the money

The challenge of Data

Access +

ActionMinority Report

Access: The quest for Open Data

http://cdni.wired.co.uk/1920x1280/o_r/Open_Data.jpg

World Bank: data.worldbank.org

UK Government: data.gov.uk

Open Data Institute: theodi.org

Global Open Data Index: index.okfn.org

Open Data examples

http://travelingclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Wide-Open-Space-with-poles.jpg

However: mostly guarded

http://travelingclues.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Wide-Open-Space-with-poles.jpgOptimus PrimeChange it !!!

Proprietary Data impedes usefulness

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2013/05/on-the-border/b01_85427302/main_1200.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/141/6/1/Size_Matters_by_seenew.jpg Metcalfe’s Law

V N2~

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/141/6/1/Size_Matters_by_seenew.jpg

Action, Real-time action

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http://flickr.com/photos/nolifebeforecoffee/124659356/

context

https://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760/FinalProjects/f2014/rdv28_mjl256/webpage/images/IMAG0147.jpg

Visualising Context

IoT is multi-faceted (that means hard)

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/flip-3.jpgflipped iceberg, antarctica

The Start of a city

https://waxnwings.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ya021345-1680x1050.jpg

Is People!https://luggagetagtravels.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/img_1486.jpg

Regular d e s i g n Process

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http://www.urbanmatters.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Barcelona03.jpeg

The people it really speaks to are the city managers who can say, ‘It wasn’t me who made the decision, it was the data.’

Smart City Vernacular De-coded

In: Steven Poole, The Guardian, 17 Dec 2014, “The truth about smart cities: ‘In the end, they will destroy democracy’"

Usman Haque, Umbrellium

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consumers are clueless!

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Smart Grid Smart Motoring Smart logistics Smart buildings

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7.8 Gt

= 7.8 trillion kg

???http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/life/technology/2014/06/26/tv_watching_other_screens_increases_death_rate/tv_watching.jpg

= 66 billion Dwayne “The Rock” johnsons

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7.8 Gt

= 1.4 billion african elephants

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7.8 Gt

= 15,600 Burj Kalifas

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We need

the people

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Cities People Love to live in

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Win People over

so they won’t be

scared

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concerns

privacy security control surveillance overload ...

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The last mile

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The last mileFIRST

Focus on the User

gapingvoid.com

Smart homes as we see them

https://www.zynya.com/3/2015/01/home-decor-the-smart-home-can-have-more-than-just-lighting-and-blinds-control-smart-house-ideas.jpg

Smart homes as a user sees them

Thanks Louisa Heinrich for Inspiration!

Thanks Louisa Heinrich for Inspiration!

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Who is at the centre?

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Who is at the centre?

You !

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Build Amazing things with the user in mind always!

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Thank You!

@vhirsch

me@vhirsch.com

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