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By 2030, the world is projected to have 41 mega-cities with 10 million inhabitants or more. To prepare for the urban explosion, civic leaders know cities have to be smarter. 
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Machine-to-machine (M2M), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the even more expansive Internet of Everything (IoE) are concepts now in sharp focus for the technology industry.
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Sam Lucero of the analyst firm IHS points out that IoT connectivity needs to become simpler, with more scalability -- interoperability is, of course, key. The Internet of Everything (ndlr: a Cisco term) will need to transition from point applications to true interconnected ones.
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What is the "internet of things"? An interactive visualised tour of the tech, the possibilities, main players and the challenges of this new revolution.
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"The impetus behind the new system is to provide more precise results from deployed sensors, which can be incorporated into the many facets that comprise a city. The new sensors include a particle, dust and pollen sensor, a calibrated gas sensor, noise sensors, and light sensors.
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Libelium’s selling point lies in being able to upgrade at a later date using the existing network infrastructure. Interviewed at MWC 2015 by Alex Davies, Alicia Asin pointed to a deployment in Latin America that added new sensor functionality to a previously purchased smart parking system for only 2% of the cost it initially paid for the parking – simply by plugging new sensors into the already-installed Waspmotes.
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a smart city should be a vision and a long-term strategy that is searching for a change in cities.
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Saia-Intel truck-tracking project shows the growing relevance of IoT to supply chain and logistics
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The IoT is expected to generate new activities and value in sectors that weren’t major users of sensor and gateway technology in the past, including transportation and logistics.
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At the latest edition of MWC, the IoT was as omnipresent as mobile phones. While the hype and attention is for Smart Cities and Industrial M2M, the IoT is more than that. Some years ago Libelium created an infographic to show what the world will look like thanks to the IoT and we even wrote a "50 IoT Apps Ranking" describing all the sectors where we see potential: http://www.libelium.com/top_50_iot_sensor_applications_ranking/pdf But customers are always more creative, showing the many ways sensor networks can change and improve the way things work...
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A note from Alicia Asin, of Libelium, talking about how projects are evolving in the IoT.
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IBM is talking about how you can derive deep business insight from the Internet of Things (IoT)-- an integrated fabric of devices, data, connections, processes, and people.
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How many companies have implemented an IoT strategy -- and what are the goals and milestones?
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Specialist firms like PTC want to be players, but Apple and Google own the developers.
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Matt Asay writes that the way to pick winners in the growing Internet of Things field is to look for Internet of Things companies with the biggest developer populations.
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The IoT is beginning to shake off its 'emerging tech' label, yet there are significant challenges ahead. Is the future really IoT-centric?
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The IoT is beginning to shake off its 'emerging tech' label, yet there are significant challenges ahead. Is the future really IoT-centric? For Alicia Asín, CEO and co-founder at Libelium, a company that makes open IoT sensors aimed at M2M and smart cities, the possibilities of IoT are clear: "by 2050, the world will be full of sensors and it will be possible to integrate them to any communication protocol," she told an MWC session on IoT.
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A new study warns that sprawl is costing the U.S. $1 trillion a year
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Urban sprawl, suburban spread: any future for a car-centric life, however bucolic, in the era of DIY drones and always-on...? Interesting point to debate.
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Want fairer taxes, less corporate lobbying and more open politicians? Our guide to open data day
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"Knowledge is power," right? What if we think of the IoT (and Open Data) as a set of tools that offer citizens and civil society groups a base of evidence and analysis to use to hold their elected representatives to account...
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Eight Spanish cities reduced electricity consumption by 64% and saved over 4,300 tonnes of C02 last year. How did they do it? Enel Group companies installed thousands of cutting-edge lights and smart controls, replacing traditional lampposts.
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Enel’s public lighting projects have led their companies to install some 183,250 Archilede LED devices in more than 1,600 towns between 2009 and 2014, enabling an overall energy saving of around 111 gigawatt-hours.
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Mike Kuniavsky on PARC's work on IoT and the mindset shift the IoT will require.
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The biggest challenge for those working with the IoT is the shift in mindset required to realize the possibilities. Kuniavsky explains.
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EOIT, an acronym for Eyes on Inspiring Technology, is a young entrepreneurial company that views wireless sensor networks as an opportunity to improve agriculture, at a local level and internationally.
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Spain as startup nation? A small Spanish company Libelium has been getting much attention, in no small part to its young charismatic CEO Alicia Asin Pérez.
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Joe Barkai, formerly of IDC, is piqued by the strong contribution of Spanish companies to the Internet of Things. Libelium's horizontal approach to enabling the IoT, in Smart Cities, smart agriculture, and industrial applications brings system integrators into the solution, as well as interoperability with Cloud and communication protocols, whether developed for the IoT or not.
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The Internet of Things can improve operational efficiency and extend business opportunities in your organization. Here are seven points to consider.
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Startups are some of the few organizations capable of very rapid, efficient growth and have the potential to dramatically improve cities.
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Shaun Abrahamson of Urban.Us thinks that startups are capable of approaching old problems with new eyes. How we redesign our cities will impact the world we leave to future generations. Redesign must support a growing global population and curb climate change. Startups can quickly and efficiently test many promising ideas instead of debating them.
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How can business really make the most of the changing digital landscape around the IoT, and how does this drive product strategies? Via jean-luc scherer
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Gartner believes embedding technology more deeply into products and our way of life will create touch points for users everywhere, and this will form the foundation of digital businesses in Europe. The IoT will continue to be the biggest trend in the tech industry, and will have the most significant impact on consumers and businesses operating within the Digital Economy in Europe.
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Security was in focus at RSA Conference with top cryptographers, the Secretary of Homeland Security and others sharing views on everything from IoT to policy.
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Smart street lights are emerging as a favorite on-ramp to a smart city. So it may be time to start shopping around like Paris did. Some of the city's most iconic neighborhoods will soon sport a citywide canopy network for street and traffic lights that Silver Spring Networks will deploy.
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A comprehensive new report details how cities can leverage private investment in building more resilient and integrated infrastructure and features solutions that worked for eight cities in the U.S. but can be applied around the world.
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A comprehensive new report details how cities can leverage private investment in building more resilient and integrated infrastructure and features solutions that worked for eight cities in the U.S. but can be applied around the world.
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Cities can leverage private investment to build more resilient and integrated infrastructure. Bechtel's report summarizes projects that create both public value and private investment opportunities to create a pipeline of investable resilient infrastructure projects that benefit communities and society. RE.Invest initiative is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, and their roster of 100 resilient cities.
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Bristol hopes to become the UK’s Flagship smart-city following the announcement of the Bristol is Open project. The project, which starts this spring and plans to run for 5 years, will see a collaboration between Bristol city council, Bristol University, and Silver Spring Networks (SSN). It will initially see over 1,500 SSN lamp posts installed…
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The Spanish city of Barcelona has been ranked the world’s smartest city, beating off competitors, New York, London and Singapore.
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To support millions more residents, cities simply have to be smarter about sustainability. This means sensors, high-speed fiber networks, using big data to tackle problems such as air pollution, traffic control, assisted living for the elderly, or bike-share and automatic car initiatives.
Smart electrical grids collect and communicate data for better operation, boosting efficiency and safeguarding against fraud.
Pilot projects are moving to full scale programs in cities, often linking the old infrastructure with new technologies to improve the quality of life in urban areas. That's the promise of the IoT...