b'SMART CITY ERAcontrolandconnectedparking,willthe opportunity to make our neighborhoods yieldamobilitysavingsof60hoursasafer and smarter.year.Betterpublicsafety,informedby PROMISES BIGmachine learning algorithms that enableThe network in San Diego will include 3,200 proactive policing of high crime areas, willintelligentsensornodesthatareturning yield a savings of 35 hours. Preventativestreet lights into connected devices. These IMPROVEMENT FORhealthcareappsandtelemedicinewillnodes run on Intel IoT technology, Intel Atom save urbanites nine hours a year. Finally,processors, and Wind River software. The moreefficientdeliveryofcityservicessystem has the ability to extract massive URBAN ECOSYSTEMSwillimproveadministrativeproductivity,amounts of data and to produce intelligent saving residents 21 hours annually. analytics in near real-time.Singaporetopsthelistofsmartcities,SanDiegosuseofsmarttechnologyis By Intel accordingtoJuniper.Butothermajorindicative of how connectivity can benefit a metros, including New York, San Francisco,city. San Diego did not just install cameras Chicago, London, and Seoul are all on theforpublicsafetyreasons,saysSharma. list of top cities implementing technologyTheir system has the potential to handle Connectedtechnologyisusheringinaimperative to find cost-effective solutionssolutions to improve mobility, health, safety,everythingfromtrafficmanagementand new era of Smart Cities, which promisestotheproblemsfacingurbanareas.Inand productivity. smart parking to license plate recognition to improve the quality of life for billions ofgeneral,citiesarestretchedintermsofand pedestrian recognition.people around the world. their budgets, he says, They are thinkingMany smaller cities are also embracing IoT. abouthowtoefficientlyutilizealloftheFor example, San Diego has deployed anMoreover, adds Sharma, San Diego has a Smart citieswhich are using technology toassetstheyhave.Forexample,betterintelligent network citywide in an effort toscalable solution. It will get better over time make urban areas safer, more efficient, andtrafficmanagementcanbeaneconomicoptimize traffic and parking and facilitateas computer vision and artificial intelligence more livablerepresent the transformativealternative to building a new highway. Thebetter energy management. updatesaremadeover-the-air,hesays. power of the Internet of Things (IoT). Now, asultimategoalisnotnecessarilytobuildSo, instead of thinking of a camera as a the new 5G wireless standard is deployed,roads;itstoimprovemobility,anddoaFosteringinnovationandimprovingcamera, think of it as a combination of an data transfer will be even faster and morebetter job of getting people from point A toinfrastructureareimportanttoenhancingeye and a brain for the city.reliable. The transition from 4G to 5G willpoint B. thelivesofallSanDiegans,saysSan facilitate the shift to ubiquitous connectivity. DiegoMayorKevinFaulconer.ThisnewSmart Cities is now more than a concept; Sharmasaysthatsocialmediaandtechnology will give the city and developersincreasingly, it is a reality. Learn more about Our strategy at Intel is to focus on open- awareness of new technology is increasingSmart City Solutions from Intel.com. nstandards-baseddata-centricsolutions,themotivationofurbanplannersand includingartificialintelligenceand,morepoliticians to implement smarter solutions to specifically,computervisiontechnology,problems such as traffic congestion, parking which will be powered by 5G infrastructure,shortages,security,andfirst-responder says Sameer Sharma, General Manager forresponsetimes.Citizensaredemanding Intels Smart Cities IoT Solutions. Our recentmore from their leaders, he says. I think launchofOpenVINOtoolkittoenablethis will motivate policymakers, and result in Vision-based intelligence at the edge acrossthe right decisions when it comes to using multiplearchitecturesisagreatexampledigital technology.ofthis.Datafromtechnologies,suchasSameer Sharma is the Global GM (Cities and autonomousdriving,willbeanalyzedArecentlyreleasedreportfromJuniperTransportation) for IOT Solutions at Intel and instantly,providingreal-timeinsightsthatResearch,sponsoredbyIntel,looksatathoughtleaderinIOT/Mobileecosystem. revolve around IoT connectivity. the evolution of smart cities in the contextSameer leads a global team that incubates and scalesnewgrowthcategoriesandbusiness ofmobility,healthcare,publicsafety,models for Intel in IOT and Smart Cities. His Sharmasaysthat5Gwillunlocktheandproductivity.Thereportshowstheteam also focuses on establishing leadership potentialforutilizingconnecteddevices,potentialtosavecityresidentsthreeacross the industry, playing a pivotal role in from smart cameras to vibration sensors,weeksoftimeeveryyearwhensmartdeployingsolutionsforthedevelopmentof tocollectdatathatwillenablebettertechnologies are deployed, underscoringsmart cities around the worldan important management of everything from city streetswhy city-dwellers may soon be pushingeffort in furthering the goal of sustainability. to transit systems. for cutting edge IoT solutions. Economicviabilityisimportant,saysAccordingtothereport,smarttraffic Sharma,becauseofthepublicpolicysystems,includingdynamictraffic 7 8'