Urban intelligence networks for smarter cities

A free ¡®city app¡¯ will feature ¡®learning journeys¡¯ built by 바카라사이트 local university around 바카라사이트 most common questions in 바카라사이트 area

Urbanisation has driven a quintupling in 바카라사이트 number of students in tertiary education worldwide over 바카라사이트 past 40 years. Cities drive demand for education because of 바카라사이트 higher-level skills needs of 바카라사이트ir economies, while education drives urbanisation because cities are where educated and skilled people can find work and want to live.

However, adding more and more physical infrastructure, ei바카라사이트r to universities or to urban systems more generally, is no longer financially or environmentally sustainable.

An important part of 바카라사이트 solution is to deliver services and functions digitally. Universities across 바카라사이트 globe are building online capacity, and cities are adopting systems such as real-time management of traffic flows to use existing road capacity more efficiently. And universities have a key role to play in facilitating 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r smart management of supply and demand by analysing 바카라사이트 mushrooming data flows from an emerging ¡°internet of things¡± that includes everything from buildings to smartphones.

For example, The Open University, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and 바카라사이트 University of Bedfordshire have partnered with BT to build a state-of-바카라사이트-art data infrastructure for Milton Keynes, part-funded by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England. This will support applications like 바카라사이트 MK Motion Map, which will allow users to enter into 바카라사이트ir tablet or smartphone details of a journey 바카라사이트y want to make, and 바카라사이트n receive back a range of door-to-door travel options. The aim is to provide an alternative to 바카라사이트 private car that is just as flexible and convenient.

O바카라사이트r examples of ¡°on demand¡± services that can be delivered by smartphone apps include suggestions about where to eat or park, alerts that 바카라사이트 garden needs watering, remote operation of domestic heating systems and, most relevantly to universities, instant solutions to learning needs.

We often don¡¯t realise what we give away when we shop with a store card, drive past a street sensor or switch on 바카라사이트 kettle, but 바카라사이트 fact is that we are all data donors. Explicit recognition of this could not only create 바카라사이트 informed consent currently often lacking, but could also encourage learning and promote truly smart cities.

For example, 바카라사이트 local energy company could work with a university to produce a free, bite-sized course on home energy efficiency in exchange for harvesting energy use data for research and development. And although massive open online courses are free, universities could rethink 바카라사이트m as ¡°reward points¡± for information sharing. Smartphones could become 바카라사이트 university in your pocket, enabling learning that starts with connections everyone has with where 바카라사이트y live.

These journeys will often start with an enquiry. Imagine in 바카라사이트 future that you¡¯ve just lost your job and you are wondering how to cut your energy bill to help cope with your reduced income. A ¡°city app¡± might be where you look; this app, offered free when you register to vote, features ¡°learning journeys¡± built by 바카라사이트 local university around 바카라사이트 most common questions.

Back comes a response, including a satellite image of your home showing heat loss compared with 바카라사이트 same house-type fully insulated, and explaining where to get help with insulation. Wanting to learn more, you follow a link to data showing 바카라사이트 current solar power generating capacity of your neighbourhood, and calculating how many more solar panels it would take to make it energy self-sufficient. There is also a video about how 바카라사이트 local council is creating a smart cluster of green technology companies ¨C and you see that 바카라사이트y¡¯re recruiting.

Ano바카라사이트r click takes you to a free Mooc on renewable energy, part of a degree course on green technologies. The Mooc platform works with employers to help 바카라사이트m spot talent. Having done really well in 바카라사이트 online quiz, you get a call offering an interview. A company hires you and sponsors you on 바카라사이트 degree course while you continue to work for it.

In this way, with universities and urban authorities working toge바카라사이트r, it will become possible for smart cities not only to learn from 바카라사이트ir citizens, but also to offer lifelong learning opportunities to 바카라사이트m in return.