With all the talk of incorporating smart technologies within cities that already exist, it is hard not to wonder what it would be like to build a smart city from the ground up. Bureaucracy, limited resources, and rigid infrastructure often haunt urban planners’ dreams today and slow down progress. What does it take to build a truly smart city? And how can cities approach smart...
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Even though we’re moving at lightning speed towards a truly connected future, one issue stands in the way of smart cities. Currently, every segment of the smart city ecosystem is built separately. This is sometimes due to the lack of funding, the lack of existing legislation (or the will to create a new one), or simply because we still lack the necessary components to integrate...
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5G networks hit the headlines during the past couple of years for various reasons – from technological issues that threatened to ground aviation to a certain vaccine controversy that we all want to forget ever happening. What news outlets failed to mention is that 5G can significantly speed up not only our internet connection but also the integration of smart city technologies. Let’s talk about...
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2021 is the year of big hacks – hacks that affected thousands of businesses and consumers. From the Colonial Pipeline hack to the SolarWinds hack, it became clear that cybercriminals will become bolder and more effective at extorting gigantic sums as ransom. This is a wakeup call for companies to reconsider their current cybersecurity protocols. What about companies that are still innovating their processes and...
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