Stu Higgins, Head of Smart Cities and IoT at Cisco, gave a presentation on smart communities and the Internet of Things. By 2020, over one million new connected devices will be added every hour, growing the IoT from around 15 billion devices currently to over 82 billion devices. Smart community applications can address challenges around public safety, transportation, healthcare, the environment and more. Successful smart communities require a strategic plan, foundational connectivity technologies, platforms to support thousands to hundreds of thousands of connected devices, data ownership and security policies, and identifying multiple uses for each technology.
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Transforming Communities through IoT and Digital Health
1. Stu Higgins
Head of Smart Cities and IoT
November 2018
ECO 17: Transforming care through digital health
Introduction to Smart Communities and IoT
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IDC predicts that the worldwide installed base of Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints will grow from 14.9 billion at the end of 2016 to more than 82 billion in 2025
Source: IDC Worldwide Internet of Things Installed Base by Connectivity Forecast, 2017–2021, March 2017
The London ambulance service says each patient costs on average £7.81per 999 call. To be further reviewed on the telephone by a clinician costs £64.59, to receive an ambulance and be treated at home is £155.30,and to receive an ambulance and be taken to hospital costs £254.57.
Frequent callers – a term preferred within 999 services to “fliers” –include people with chronic, often multiple conditions, mental health issues, high levels of anxiety, lack of confidence in managing their own problems, and people who feel socially isolated and may be seeking attention.
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UK faring worse
In the UK, about 8% or 50,000 deaths are estimated to be linked to pollution. This puts the UK in 55th place out of the 188 countries measured, placing them behind the US and many European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark.
Dr Penny Woods, of the British Lung Foundation, said: "Air pollution is reaching crisis point worldwide, and the UK is faring worse than many countries in Western Europe and theUS.
"A contributing factor could be our dependence on diesel vehicles, notorious for pumping out a higher amount of poisonous particles and gases.
"These hit people with a lung condition, children and the elderly hardest.”
How bad is air pollution in the UK?
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said a £3billion plan had been put in place to improve air quality and reduce harmful emissions.
A spokesman said: "We will also end the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040, and next year we will publish a comprehensive Clean Air Strategy which will set out further steps to tackle air pollution."
Mike Hawes from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the latest diesel cars were the cleanest in history. He said the biggest change to air quality would be achieved "by encouraging the uptake of the latest, lowest emission technologies and ensuring road transport can move smoothly".