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DSM419 I find myself lying on my couch sometimes just staring up at it. Each time you find something new. It really is a masterpiece!
Mujuku It's not something I know an awful lot about, but you're right. There needs to be new legislation to cover the use of big data by government, and private companies for that matter. The story about...
Mary Jander Mujuku, you bring up a key point: Privacy issues are forcing city governments to clarify their positions relative to the public data available for use. So while mobile info via GPS may be available...
Mujuku A stimulating read - thank you Mary. There are some very promising leads here. Transport planning springs most to mind. The use of Oyster cards here in London (which you pre-load with credit...
arv The Cloud based solutions and Collocation of different techonlogy is the way forward for organisations and enterprises. I agree that the cost of incorporating the infrastructure is high at...
arv @Mary: Thanks for sharing the experience about the Amsterdam Museum and I concur with your title for the piece, truely "A Communication of Color". DSM419: Me too have a print of Starry Night hanging...
Resurgent phoenix Stotheco,
Thank you very much! Especially for the comment below!
What city officials must do then is develop the city and improve the way of life for the people
stotheco It's all well and good until the hackers come along. I am impressed by innovation like this, but sometimes it makes me wonder if some cities, like the ones you described, are just not ready for them....
stotheco I've read and seen concepts for smart lamp posts over the past few years and have always been excited at the prospect of them. They're an investment, at best. While it might cost a considerable amount...
Alan Reiter Hi Resurgent phoenix, Theft is a problem in all cities, and criminals will steal all sorts of public and industrial components, such as cables, fibers, pipes, bricks, etc. The Intellistreets lamp...
Alan Reiter Hi Toby, Unless some other city has claimed the "honor," I think London has the distinction of having more cameras per person in the world and Londoners are the most photographed residents in the...
Resurgent phoenix I was very excited and happy about the intelligent Lamp Post until you spoke of hackers. That can really be dangerous. We had a problem in my city of people stealing metals from the lamp...
Mary Jander That song always gets to me too. While not the world's greatest, I think it hits the mark emotionally.
We remain haunted by Van Gogh, don't we?
Toby @Alan: fascinating article and product. A few months back I was thinking of something like this for highways, not so much towns and cities. In the highways scenario the lights would switch off...
Resurgent phoenix I love the color in his popular paintings...they had an exhibit here a few years ago and discussed his color schemes, some people think he was colorblind. If I travel overseas, I will make...
Alan Reiter Hi Shariq Baig,
Perhaps the cost in some countries is a few hundred dollars, but I think it's more than $1,000 for modern metal or concrete poles.
Shariq Baig Ahan i see i assumed it to be few hundred dollars. Thanks for clearing my misconception. Thank you Alan.
Alan Reiter Hi Shariq Baig, The price of regular lamp posts depends on many factors, such as their height, the materials used, the type of light, etc. A lamp post often costs more than $1,300. When the labor,...
Alan Reiter Hi Shariq Baig, The price of regular lamp posts depends on many factors, such as their height, the materials used, the type of light, etc. A lamp post often costs more than $1,300. When the labor,...
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The terms "analytics" and "big-data" are ubiquitous these days; and like many other buzzwords, they seem to switch meanings, depending on who's using them.
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5/3/2013
Street lamp posts can do much more than merely illuminate cities. Think of them as computerized Swiss Army knives, only much taller and unable to fit into your pocket.
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5/1/2013
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4/26/2013
Only 7 percent of IT pros in municipal government say their city's IT strategy for providing better, more efficient public services is progressive and well conceived.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
4/24/2013
Urban violence comes in many forms, some of which -- gun violence, terrorism, rape -- are on the rise. We hear shocking reports daily about violence in global cities.
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4/24/2013
China has eaten away at US IT manufacturing. But recent hacking attacks, and other fears, have led to attempts to redress the balance, and cities stand to gain here.
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4/23/2013
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Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/13/2013
The terms "analytics" and "big-data" are ubiquitous these days; and like many other buzzwords, they seem to switch meanings, depending on who's using them.
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DSM419 I find myself lying on my couch sometimes just staring up at it. Each time you find something new. It really is a masterpiece!
Mujuku It's not something I know an awful lot about, but you're right. There needs to be new legislation to cover the use of big data by government, and private companies for that matter. The story about...
Mary Jander Mujuku, you bring up a key point: Privacy issues are forcing city governments to clarify their positions relative to the public data available for use. So while mobile info via GPS may be available...
Mujuku A stimulating read - thank you Mary. There are some very promising leads here. Transport planning springs most to mind. The use of Oyster cards here in London (which you pre-load with credit...
arv The Cloud based solutions and Collocation of different techonlogy is the way forward for organisations and enterprises. I agree that the cost of incorporating the infrastructure is high at...
arv @Mary: Thanks for sharing the experience about the Amsterdam Museum and I concur with your title for the piece, truely "A Communication of Color". DSM419: Me too have a print of Starry Night hanging...
Resurgent phoenix Stotheco,
Thank you very much! Especially for the comment below!
What city officials must do then is develop the city and improve the way of life for the people
stotheco It's all well and good until the hackers come along. I am impressed by innovation like this, but sometimes it makes me wonder if some cities, like the ones you described, are just not ready for them....
stotheco I've read and seen concepts for smart lamp posts over the past few years and have always been excited at the prospect of them. They're an investment, at best. While it might cost a considerable amount...
Alan Reiter Hi Resurgent phoenix, Theft is a problem in all cities, and criminals will steal all sorts of public and industrial components, such as cables, fibers, pipes, bricks, etc. The Intellistreets lamp...
Alan Reiter Hi Toby, Unless some other city has claimed the "honor," I think London has the distinction of having more cameras per person in the world and Londoners are the most photographed residents in the...
Resurgent phoenix I was very excited and happy about the intelligent Lamp Post until you spoke of hackers. That can really be dangerous. We had a problem in my city of people stealing metals from the lamp...
Mary Jander That song always gets to me too. While not the world's greatest, I think it hits the mark emotionally.
We remain haunted by Van Gogh, don't we?
Toby @Alan: fascinating article and product. A few months back I was thinking of something like this for highways, not so much towns and cities. In the highways scenario the lights would switch off...
Resurgent phoenix I love the color in his popular paintings...they had an exhibit here a few years ago and discussed his color schemes, some people think he was colorblind. If I travel overseas, I will make...
Alan Reiter Hi Shariq Baig,
Perhaps the cost in some countries is a few hundred dollars, but I think it's more than $1,000 for modern metal or concrete poles.
Shariq Baig Ahan i see i assumed it to be few hundred dollars. Thanks for clearing my misconception. Thank you Alan.
Alan Reiter Hi Shariq Baig, The price of regular lamp posts depends on many factors, such as their height, the materials used, the type of light, etc. A lamp post often costs more than $1,300. When the labor,...
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