SMART CITIES HIGHLIGHTS
The pandemic has demonstrated that the community can play a significant role in improving citizens' health. Smart technologies can help healthcare ecosystems by facilitating not only diagnosis and treatment, but also self-care prevention. This shifts the focus away from individual-centered care and toward a community-based approach. While in term of safety, biometrics, facial recognition, smart cameras and video surveillance all have been gaining traction with increased use by law enforcement services. These technologies help cities identify patterns and trends in crime data, reduce response times and explore crime prediction. Besides, the energy revolution helps to create a circular economy by decentralizing energy production with renewable sources. This paves the way for cities to become self-sufficient in terms of energy consumption. In addition, infrastructure serve as a backbone of a city which Gartner study predicts more than 4 billion connected IoT devices in commercial smart buildings by 2028, powered by telecommunications infrastructures, with 5G and High Efficiency Wi-Fi along with smart utilities such as power, waste and water. Trending technologies include bridge inspection systems, IoT sensors for wastewater and congestion monitoring, parking sensor apps, lighting sensors and fire detection systems. Finally, smart cities magnify the voices of their residents. Apps allow citizens to instantaneously report local issues, while community networking platforms allow people to pool together and share resources.
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MSCA 2022
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