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Ajit JaokarWorld Economic Forum - future of the Internet UK based - Handson Publisher (futuretext) - Author (Mobile Web 2.0, Social MediaMarketing, Open Mobile) - Chair: Oxford Universitys Next GenMobile Applications panel - PhD student UCL/UK - Consulting –Operators, Governments/EU, Startups –Recent and forthcoming talks includeMobile world congress(2007,2008,2009, 2011),CEBIT, Stanford University - MIT Sloan - Web 2.0expo - AjaxworldSupernova - CNN money - BBC - Oxford UniversityEuropean parliament Global top 20 wireless blogger www.opengardensblog.futuretext.com Policy bloggers network www.policybloggersnetwork.com 1 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Deja Vu ... Boulder – Dr George Arnhold (NIST) Can you build a smart grid WITHOUT a Smart meter? – Yes! (Telecoms + DLNA + Homeplug etc) 2 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

What makes a city dumb?What makes a city dumb?Are the vendors who drive the idea of Smart cities say that the city is currently dumb? 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Boulder Colorado Boulder Colorado – Smart grid city is a smart grid flop? (gigaom) Xcel + GridPoint, Accenture, Current Group, SmartSynch, Ventyx and OSISoft,That’s an expensive bit of research. (estimated 15m – actual 42m costs and rising) at taxpayers expense with customers footing extra bills .. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Wisdom of the earth?Internet + Internet of things = Wisdom of the earth - Wen Jiabo 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

1. Songdo, South KoreaThe world‟s most expensive privately developed city (cost: $35 billion andclimbing) is also the flagship of Cisco‟s Smart + Connected CommunitiesSongdo will be the test bed Cisco‟s vision of ubiquitious telepresence – 10 smartest cities – Fast company 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

2. Lavasa, IndiaIf all goes according to plan, next year Lavasa will become the first city in history tofloat itself in an IPO worth 20 billion rupees ($437 million) as part of a spin-off from itsparent, Hindustan Construction Company. The smarts will be provided courtesy ofWipro and Cisco 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

3. PlanIT Valley, PortugalThe first city to be designed like software – complete with its own “Urban OS” – isslated to break ground this year in the hills outside Porto. brainchild of softwarestartup Living PlanIT, plans call for 150,000 residents, nearly all of whom will be itspartners‟ employees. In turn, they‟ll be expected to experiment on themselves.Buildings, sensors, and services alike will be connected through the cloud, andobsolete buildings will be “decommissioned” Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Scheduled to break ground next year, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev‟s petproject is his country‟s second attempt to build its own Silicon Valley – the Soviet-eraversion didn‟t work out so well. “Technopolis Skolkovo‟s” centerpiece will be thecampus of the Moscow School of Management .In June, Cisco pledged to invest $1billion in the project and establish Skolkovo as Russia‟s first smart city, focused onsmart grids, transportation, education, and health care. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

5. Masdar, United Arab EmiratesMasdar is low-tech in its design, according to The Guardians Rowan Moore: “The Masdar planhas been accused of being gated and exclusive. It is not, although there is something spookyin the controls it employs in the name of the environment – a touch of eco-Orwell or at leasteco-Huxley. A hidden brain, for example, knows when you enter your building, so that your flatcan be cooled before you arrive, while in public places flat screens broadcast uplifting newson the environmental performance of the complex.” 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

6. Wuxi, China “Little Shanghai” is the epicenter of China‟s evolving strategy to own the Internetof Things, an effort which kicked into high gear this summer after Chinesepremier Wen Jiabao gave a speech in the city in which he offered the equation“Internet + Internet of Things = Wisdom of the Earth.” China appears ready to winthe smart city market as surely as its manufacturers conquered solar panels. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

7. King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi ArabiaRising from the sands near Jeddah, King Abdullah Economic City – abbreviatedKAEC, pronounced “cake” – is just one of four new instant cities explicitly intended create amillion-plus jobs and to house nearly half of the 10 million Saudis under the age of 17 -- alargely uneducated workforce described as a “human time bomb.” To that end, KAEC wasconceived as Saudi Arabia‟s Silicon Valley (along with a port expected to open next year).KAEC‟s developers have promised a smart city that is “7-24-60,” as in services are ready to go24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are ready within 60 minutes. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

8. Dubuque, IowaIn 2009, IBM declared Dubuque would become the “first integrated, smart city” inAmerica, with interlocking systems watching the interplay betweenwater, electricity, and transportation. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

9. Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamIBM dispatched a SWAT team of executives to Vietnam‟s largest city this yearon a mission to develop a strategy for upgrading the city‟s infrastructure. Theplan is to create a software model capable of predicting when the city‟sbusiest thoroughfares will clog with motorbikes – so the city can changetraffic signals as needed or dispatch extra traffic cops to the scene. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

10. Nano City, IndiaMaybe 2011 will be the year Hotmail creator Sabeer Bhatia finally startsconstruction of his dream city, which he hatched in 2006 as – you guessed it –India‟s answer to Silicon Valley. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Hammer and nail“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” (Maslow)For example:For Microsoft, convergence is a software problem: to be solved using an upgrade of the windowsoperating system (Microsoft‟s strength). Intel sees convergence as a „microprocessor problem‟, -Intel inside everything! Cisco sees convergence as a home networking problem, to be solved with ..guess what .. networking! Translated to video conferences Yahoo and Google see convergence asan online services problem. To them, the solution lies through the web browser – a common elementin all devices. Sony sees convergence as a consumer hardware problem, to be solved withconsumer devices, new standards built around its own strengths like the playstation Handsetvendors: Nokia, Google, Samsung etc all look at the deviceas the on ramp to convergence .. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Instrumentation (recording of data)is not enough ..Instrumentation (recording of data) is not enough ..In Star Trek, “tricorders” are handheld devices used for sensor scanning, data analysisand recording data. A company called Vital Technologies intentionally replicated it in themid-90s with a device that it called the TR-107 Mark 1. Like its fictional counterpart, thedevice included several scientific functions such as an electromagnetic fieldmeter, thermometer, barometer and light meter. the company sold about 10,000 of theseunits before it went out of business. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

ERP for Smart cities? Sounds like the ERP systems of the late 1990s .. A consultant‟s dream .. A customer‟s nightmare .. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Data.gov – Google powermeter – MSFT hohmData.gov 35m to 8m Vivek Kundra, Google powermeter, MSFT hohm 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Complex ecosystems cannot have a business model .. Complex ecosystems are like ant colonies .. They don‟t have a business model per-se which can be Proven .. If anyone says otherwise, run as fast as you can .. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj2X4zsPSgY/SmEKUZxNX0I/AAAAAAAAAWk/6hqInfZ60qU/s400/boy-running-away.jpg 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

So what makes a city smart?What makes a city Smart? A non vendor driven definition of a „Smart City‟The closer a city behaves to the ethos of the Internet, the smarter it is That means, the city is a platform – an enabler for the people .. So, empowering people is at the centre of the perfect storm 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

SMS, WAP, Voice MMS, V.sFacebook , iPhone, Android, Twitter 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Platform - light bulbs and transmission towards Source- http://www.kulekat.com/led-home-lighting/installing-low-energy-light-bulbs.html 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

The magic wandThe phone becomes a magic wand to the cloud services: Mobile sensor basedinterface to the cloud to jump start the Internet of things .. 0 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Apps for Smart city = Intelligent places + Data + Mobile apps + Community + Services = City as a platformSo, what does a Smart City look like?A city can be defined as smart when investments in human and social capitaland traditional (ex transport) and modern(ex ICT) communicationsinfrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality oflife with a wise management of natural resources through participatorygovernance 25 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

The city as a platform ..- City has ambition, Data, Sensors, Mobile devices, intelligent spaces, augmented reality and social- Examples might be e.g. air quality values, pollen count, noise levels ...- And people .. Richard Florida – rise of the creative class - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Florida- And art? http://vimeo.com/27197947 26 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

7 important elements in most cases of smart city Source: Xi She1) sensible - sensor sensing the environment2) connectable - a networking devices bring the sensing information to the web3) accessible - the broader information of our environment is published on theweb, and accessible to the user in web, (web)4) ubiquitous - the user can get access to the information thought web, but moreimportantly in mobile any time, any place (mobile)5) sociable - the user acquired with the information, and publish it though his socialnetwork (social network)6) sharable - shared are not limited to data, but also to the physical object, whensome object are in free status, the people can get the notification and usethem. (web, mobile )7) Visible/augmented - to retrofit the physical environment, make the hiddeninformation seen not only through mobile device by individual but seen in naked eyes inmore border range of the physical places like street signs 27 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors andcan affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators.The boards can be built by hand or purchased preassembled; the software can bedownloaded for free.The hardware reference designs (CAD files) are available under an open-sourcelicense and users are free to adapt them to their needs. 28 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Source: Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino + 32 bit Arduino boards 29 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

What is out thereAmarinoThere are actually two ways to connect Android to Arduino. The first is via USB andthe Android Open Accessory Development Kit (ADK). However, this first way hassome limitations. First of all, you need a physical (USB) cable between the Androiddevice and board.Amarino toolkit, originally started at MIT Media Lab, solves these problems. Itallows you to connect an Android device to Arduino hardware boards via Bluetooth.It works with Android 2.x and some 1.6 devices and allows for bidirectionalcommunication. 30 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

We’ve seen this picture before: It’s what happens just before monolithicindustries fragment in the face of countless small entrants, from the musicindustry to newspapers. Lower the barriers to entry and the crowd poursin. and Thus the new industrial organizational model. It’s built around smallpieces, loosely joined. Chris Andersen Wired 31 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

BUG http://www.buglabs.net/is a modular, open source system for building devices. a US based open sourcehardware company, quite famous , recently it unveils a plan to corporate with FordFunnel http://gainer.cc/Funnel is a toolkit to sketch your idea physically, and consists of software libraries andhardware. By using Funnel, the user can handle sensors and/or actuators with variousprogramming languages such as ActionScript 3, Processing, and Ruby. Inaddition, the user can set filters to input or outputs ports: range division, filtering (e.g.LPF, HPF), scaling and oscillators. It is actually a redesigned arduino platformGainer http://gainer.cc/Gainer is an environment for user interfaces and media installations. By using theGainer environment, the user can handle sensors and/or actuators with a PC onvarious programming environments such as Flash, Max/MSP, Processing and so on. 32 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Make controller http://www.makingthings.com/resources/downloads/The Make Controller 2.0 & Interface Board Kit includes the Make Controller Version2.0 and the new Interface Board that makes adding sensors and motors easier thanever! Also available with the Application Board. The Make Controller is built around theAT91SAM7X256, and adds the essential components (like the crystal, voltageregulator, filter capacitors, etc.) required to run it, while bringing almost all theprocessor‟s signal lines out to standard 0.1″ spaced sockets.Wiring http://wiring.org.co/Wiring is an open source programming environment and electronics i/o board forexploring the electronic arts, tangible media, teaching and learning computerprogramming and prototyping with electronics. It illustrates the concept ofprogramming with electronics and the physical realm of hardware control which arenecessary to explore physical interaction design and tangible 33 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

Sun SPOTs https://spots-hardware.dev.java.net/Project Sun SPOT was created to encourage the development of new applicationsand devices. It is designed from the ground up to allow programmers who neverbefore worked with embedded devices to think beyond the keyboard, mouse andscreen and write programs that interact with each other, the environment and theirusers in completely new ways. A Java programmer can use standard Javadevelopment tools such as NetBeans to write code.Pinguino http://pinguino.cc/Pinguino is an Arduino-like prototyping platform based on 8-bit or powerful 32-bit ©Microchip PIC Microcontrollers with built-in USB module (no FTDI chip).Firmata http://firmata.org/wiki/Main_PageFirmata is a generic protocol for communicating with microcontrollers from softwareon a host computer. It is intended to work with any host computer software package.Right now there is a matching object in a number of languages. It is easy to addobjects for other software to use this protocol. Basically, this firmware establishes aprotocol for talking to the Arduino from the host software. The aim is to allow peopleto completely control the Arduino from software on the host computer. 34 Copyright : Futuretext Ltd. London

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