{"id":19761,"date":"2017-01-18T14:16:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=19761"},"modified":"2024-09-27T04:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T01:17:15","slug":"2016-2017-trends-smart-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"2016\u20132017 Trends: Smart Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><small>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijkswaterstaat.nl\/english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Featured image credit<\/a>)<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<center><small>This post is a part of the series that reviews the <b>Top 10 trends in enterprise IT<\/b> for 2016\u20132017:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-year-2016-in-review-top-10-issues-of-enterprise-it\/\">All Trends<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-in-review-a-varietal-cloud-and-the-paas-revival\/\">A &#8220;Varietal Cloud&#8221; and PaaS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-in-review-neo-ai-and-neo-luddism\/\">Neo-AI and Neo-Luddism<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-blockchain-proliferation\/\">Blockchain<\/a> | Smart Cities | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-industry-4-0-or-industrie-4-0\/\">Industry 4.0<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-the-open-source-ecosystem-is-universal\/\">Open Source<\/a><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/#Trend_4_Smart_Cities\" >Trend #4: Smart Cities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/#From_smart_benches_to_smart_nation\" >From smart benches to smart nation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/#Chicago_is_my_kind_of_a_smart_town\" >Chicago is my kind of a smart town<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/#Transforming_the_globe\" >Transforming the globe<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/#Measuring_the_%E2%80%9Csmart%E2%80%9D_opportunity\" >Measuring the &#8220;smart&#8221; opportunity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trend_4_Smart_Cities\"><\/span>Trend #4: Smart Cities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>More of a populist political movement than a particular technology, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smart_city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart Cities<\/a> trend is number 4 on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-year-2016-in-review-top-10-issues-of-enterprise-it\/\">Top 10 list<\/a> of IT trends for 2016\u20132017. It can incorporate technologies such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-in-review-a-varietal-cloud-and-the-paas-revival\/\">PaaS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-in-review-neo-ai-and-neo-luddism\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a>, and is ultimately an Internet of Things (IoT) play.<\/p>\n<p>What makes a city smart? According to a Seattle-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcitiescouncil.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart Cities Council<\/a>, a Smart City \u201cuses information and communications technology to enhance its <em>livability<\/em>, <em>workability<\/em>, and <em>sustainability<\/em>.\u201d In this spirit, Smart City projects encompass many things, ranging from modest <a href=\"https:\/\/soofadigital.com\/4qabn6xzi7optl5a6t4b6rdohtsntu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart benches<\/a> in U.S. to a full-scale data gathering and analysis being conducted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016-11-03-singapore-smart-nation-smart-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart City and Nation<\/a> of Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Smart-City-Boston.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Smart-City-Boston.jpg\" alt=\"Smart bench and President Obama in Boston. Source: AFP\/Getty Images\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19766\" \/><\/a><small>The Soofa smart bench (<a href=\"https:\/\/soofadigital.com\/blog\/2016\/5\/27\/introducing-the-soofa-states-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image credit<\/a>)<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Smart Cities Council has created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcitiescouncil.com\/resources\/smart-cities-readiness-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart Cities Readiness Guide<\/a> that outlines a uniform approach to developing Smart City projects. In the first step, the guide refers to <em>smart devices<\/em> (i.e., sensors and meters) that measure utility usages, traffic flows and conditions, and the locations of city buses via GPS data. Mobile phone carried around by people can also add to the data flow and collection.<\/p>\n<p>As the guide notes, \u201ca smart city, then, is one that knows about itself and makes itself more known to its populace,\u201d whether informing city employees about the progress of garbage trucks or informing everyone about traffic congestion or water main leaks.<\/p>\n<p>Crunching the data is done for three purposes, according to the guide: <b>presenting<\/b>, <b>perfecting<\/b>, and <b>predicting<\/b>. Indeed, predictive analytics is an enterprise IT trend in itself, something we&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/a-challenging-path-to-building-predictive-analytics-into-iiot-deployments\/\">written about<\/a> extensively over the past year. The guide mentions a \u201cvirtuous cycle wherein data is made useful, people make use of that data to improve decisions and behavior, which in turn means more and better data is collected, thereby further improving decisions and behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Examples of sensor data usage include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>balancing electricity supply and demand<\/li>\n<li>monitoring all aspects of an emergency situation<\/li>\n<li>better synchronizing traffic<\/li>\n<li>optimizing energy use (<a href=\"http:\/\/producersoftomorrow.economist.com\/renewable-energy-in-construction-from-niche-to-necessity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a big topic<\/a> in its own right)<\/li>\n<li>balancing traditional and renewable power sources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smart-city-models.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smart-city-models.jpg\" alt=\"smart-city-models\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20022\" \/><\/a><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nxp.com\/applications\/solutions-for-the-iot-and-adas\/smart-connected-solutions-for-the-iot:SMART-CONNECTED-SOLUTIONS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image credit<\/a><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_smart_benches_to_smart_nation\"><\/span>From smart benches to smart nation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>So, is the Smart City designation something of value? Or is its perceived worth diluted by such a low bar easily met?<\/p>\n<p>My view is that it does have value. Widespread use and a low bar encourages wide participation. Conveniences like the Boston smart benches or services like <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsgroupinc.com\/case-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart parking meters<\/a> in many cities can add a little civility to urban life while adding direct value to the cities.<\/p>\n<p>On a larger scale, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartgrid.gov\/the_smart_grid\/smart_grid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart electricity grids<\/a> are not only more efficient for developed nations, but address an enormous issue in the developing world. Developing nations use only 3 to 5% per person of the electricity used in the developed world. It&#8217;s physically impossible to bring the entire world up to developed standards without dramatic new efficiencies in per-person use of electricity. Smart grids bring some hope to meeting this challenge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-use-of-iot-who-owns-the-data\/\">We should worry<\/a>, of course, about having all the new data being collected by governments used as tools against citizens to control them, rather than as mines of insight to improve things. Such Orwellian perniciousness is a feature of modern life in the most democratic of places, let alone those with dictators in power.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chicago_is_my_kind_of_a_smart_town\"><\/span>Chicago is my kind of a smart town<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A nice example of the Smart City strategy is provided by the City of Chicago (which happens to be the center of the metro area in which I currently live). The city has developed what it calls an <a href=\"https:\/\/voices.uchicago.edu\/compinst\/press-releases\/chicago-becomes-first-city-launch-array-things\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Array of Things<\/a>, designed as a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartchicagocollaborative.org\/launch-of-array-of-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fitness tracker<\/a>\u201d for the city, according to the Smart Chicago Collaborative. The Array focuses on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>preventing urban flooding<\/li>\n<li>improving traffic safety and air quality<\/li>\n<li>assessing the nature and impact of climate change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smart-cities-array-of-things-architecture-chicago.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smart-cities-array-of-things-architecture-chicago-1024x576.png\" alt=\"smart-cities-array-of-things-architecture-chicago\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20030\" \/><\/a><small><a href=\"https:\/\/arrayofthings.github.io\/images\/2016-diagram-lg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image credit<\/a><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Its first phase involved 50 sensor-filled nodes installed on traffic poles in various parts of the city to measure: air and surface temperature, barometric pressure, light, vibration, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, ambient sound intensity, etc.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cTwo cameras will collect data on vehicle and foot traffic, standing water, sky color, and cloud cover,\u201d according to the Collaborative.<\/p>\n<p>The challenges facing Chicago have inspired the development and location there of a Smart Cities organization called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanccd.org\/#urbanccd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Center for Computation and Data<\/a>, which addresses issues expected to arise as the world&#8217;s urban areas double in population to more than 5 billion people over the next half century. \u201cThis massive growth in urban density and scale will compound ongoing city challenges related to climate change, energy, infrastructure, and public health,\u201d according to the Center.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/array-of-things-chicago-asthma-alerts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/array-of-things-chicago-asthma-alerts.png\" alt=\"array-of-things-chicago-asthma-alerts\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19923\" \/><\/a><small>Sensors for alerting about the danger of allergy\/asthma (<a href=\"http:\/\/arrayofthings.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image credit<\/a>)<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Transforming_the_globe\"><\/span>Transforming the globe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A few short takes on some of the other initiatives around the world gives an idea of the diversity of ideas being developed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cape Town.<\/strong> This city is using software from Microsoft to transform its infrastructure with a private cloud to standardize service delivery to all constituents. Cape Town engages its citizens through an eGovernment portal that&#8217;s chartered to take a &#8220;people first&#8221; approach. For example, the city works with local startup <a href=\"http:\/\/whereismytransport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhereIsMyTransport<\/a> to let people access transit information. Inquiry data is stored for analysis to design future transit services and infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rio de Janeiro.<\/strong> Working with IBM, the Brazilian city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterworldsolutions.eu\/smart-city-projects-rio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collects information<\/a> from 30 different city departments about transportation, water, energy, weather, and other conditions. Data flows to a unified control center to get a current picture and to work on predicting flood conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Netherlands.<\/strong> The Dutch Government is using Cloud Foundry as the platform in a Smart Cities project called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAM alert system<\/a>. It handles <i>hundreds of alerts<\/i> per day, everything from \u201cthere are ducks in the road to the operating hours of specific locks to accommodating new agency employees,\u201d according to government spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bas-van-essen-79aaa91a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bas Van Essen<\/a>. Many other initiatives include efficient <a href=\"https:\/\/staticresources.rijkswaterstaat.nl\/binaries\/Water%20Management%20in%20the%20Netherlands_tcm21-37646.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water management<\/a>, building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/latest\/news\/2016\/06\/13\/minister-schultz-dutch-infrastructure-energy-neutral-by-2030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy-neutral infrastructure<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/watermanagementcentre-Netherlands.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/watermanagementcentre-Netherlands-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20037\" \/><\/a><small>The Rijkswaterstaat agency at work (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijkswaterstaat.nl\/english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image credit<\/a>)<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dubai.<\/strong> This Gulf state is developing a <a href=\"https:\/\/ochen.com\/smart-transport-modelling-essential-to-dubais-future-liveability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart City strategy<\/a> that focuses on traffic management, in a city that&#8217;s experiencing rapid growth in its population and the number of annual visitors. There are many other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldubai.ae\/foundation_dimensions.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart projects<\/a> considered, combining &#8220;green IT,&#8221; smart homes\/offices, connected hospitals, e-government, etc.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dubai-smart-agro-city-project.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dubai-smart-agro-city-project-1024x424.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20016\" \/><\/a><small>The Dubai Smart Agro City concept (<a href=\"http:\/\/dubai.smartagrocity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image credit<\/a>)<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Measuring_the_%E2%80%9Csmart%E2%80%9D_opportunity\"><\/span>Measuring the &#8220;smart&#8221; opportunity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you believe there is such a thing as a Smart Cities market, then you&#8217;ll like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketsandmarkets.com\/Market-Reports\/smart-cities-market-542.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> that says we&#8217;ve already reached $300 billion in revenue for it, growing to more than $757 billion by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s economy stands at about $75 trillion, with national governments alone spending about 25% of that amount. State and local governments add significant amounts (as much as double) to that total.<\/p>\n<p>So, even the seemingly optimistic figure above would represent only about 5 to 7% of non-federal spending in 2020. (The City of Chicago scrapes by on an annual budget of about $9 billion annually, more than $3,000 per person, for example.)<\/p>\n<p>It thus seems smart to take a sharp look at Smart Cities and their potential to improve your life from a citizen&#8217;s standpoint and improve your business from a technology provider&#8217;s standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-year-2016-in-review-top-10-issues-of-enterprise-it\/\">2016\u20132017 Trends: Top 10 Issues of Enterprise IT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-in-review-a-varietal-cloud-and-the-paas-revival\/\">2016\u20132017 Trends: A \u201cVarietal\u201d Cloud and the PaaS Revival<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-in-review-neo-ai-and-neo-luddism\/\">2016\u20132017 Trends: Neo-AI and Neo-Luddism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-blockchain-proliferation\/\">2016\u20132017 Trends: Blockchain Proliferation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-industry-4-0-or-industrie-4-0\/\">2016\u20132017 Trends: Industry 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-the-open-source-ecosystem-is-universal\/\">2016-2017 Trends: The Open-Source Ecosystem Is Universal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center><small>This post is written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/rstrukhoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Strukhoff<\/a>, edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/alex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Khizhniak<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/sophie-turol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophie Turol<\/a>.<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Featured image credit)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis post is a part of the series that reviews the Top 10 trends in enterprise IT for 2016\u20132017:<\/p>\n<p>All Trends | A &#8220;Varietal Cloud&#8221; and PaaS | Neo-AI and Neo-Luddism |<br \/>\nBlockchain | Smart Cities | Industry 4.0 | Open Source<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trend #4: Smart Cities<\/p>\n<p>More of a populist political movement [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-19761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","tag-iot"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2016\u20132017 Trends: Smart Cities | Altoros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Smart Cities make urban life more convenient, grabbing government budget shares from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town. 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