IoT World Austin 2022: Chunghwa Telecom on the future of smart cities
What is a smart city? While it’s a term many of us have heard countless times, in reality few people actually know what it entails, and what a city needs to have to be classified as “smart.” So what will the cities of our future look like? IoT tech guru Jeff Mo from Chunghwa Telecom delved into the topic at this year’s IoT World and AI Summit Austin.
According to Mo, around 70% of people surveyed don’t know what a smart city is, though 70% also said they wouldn’t agree that where they lived was a smart city. Given the fact that we are seeing newly high levels of people moving into cities, it’s a perfect time to implement the technologies of tomorrow to make city living smarter, greener and more sustainable, as well as improve the understanding of just what a smart city is.
“There are three main aspects of a smart city,” said Mo. “These are mobility, energy and city management – meaning how things are connected within the city. We are using AI, big data and IoT to inform how we drive these aspects and create cities.”
For mobility, Mo says advancements in unmanned self-driving vehicles will continue to progress to incorporate more and more elements of the driving experience, including self-maintenance and self-charging. Developing wireless EV charging points would offer a low-cost, effortless charging experience that takes the manual element out of plugging in your car.
Ongoing high energy prices have already given governments cause to consider how to adapt cities to mitigate this problem, and Mo says we can expect to see the integration of solar panels into the original design of houses to create self-contained, self-sufficient clean energy homes.
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