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Singapore aims to become the first smart nation

SiliconANGLE's Smart World Round-up

This week’s Smart City roundup features what may be the first smart nation, a competition for smart city initiatives and printable electronics may be the future of smart buildings.

Singapore aims to be the first smart nation

 

More and more cities are looking to the Internet of Things to help transform their cities into smart ones. Sensors are being placed in roads, lamp posts, traffic lights and other infrastructures for cities to determine which problems need immediate attention, how they can reduce pollution or even how to solve traffic congestion. For Singapore, authorities aims to transform the whole nation into a smart one to build better services.

“We are working to ‘dashboard’ the entire nation of Singapore, and to use a range of data to continuously improve how we provide critical services to citizens in areas such as health care, transport, and resources,” says Steve Leonard, the executive deputy chairman of Infocomm Development Authority, Singapore’s national technology arm.

Singapore is looking into integrating data and smart services, such as how transport data can be used for self-driving vehicles in getting to their doctor’s appointment or to the hospital. Though the plan to connect the entire nation to the Internet may be for the good of its citizens, some are wary about people’s privacy when every aspect of their lives are connected to the Internet.

Smart London Districts Challenge-led Innovation Competition

 

The Mayor of London’s Office is inviting entrepreneurs and businesses to enter its Smart London Districts Challenge-led Innovation Competition. The competition is in partnership with the Institute for Sustainability and involves some of the capital’s highest-profile redevelopment districts, including Battersea Nine Elms, Croydon, Elephant and Castle, Imperial West and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The competition is looking to award innovations directed at helping London connect its growing population to its surroundings via navigation and wayfinding solutions. The competition is open to anyone, but is also looking to help small businesses get their innovative products off the ground.

The deadline for submission entries is on February 15, 2015 and the winners of the competition will be invited to pitch their innovations to the Smart London Districts Network members later this year.

The promise of printable electronics

 

The Canadian Printable Electronics Industry Association, which is the united voice of Canada’s Printable Electronics sensor and the Continental Automated Buildings Association, a group dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and building technologies, has signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the future of printable electronics in smart buildings.

CABA members will have a number of PE applications that would spike their interest such as PE-based photovoltaic energy collection, flexible and large-area lights, flexible and large-surface heating elements, PE-based large-area displays, or PE touch pads to replace traditional switches.

“The future of building automation and intelligent buildings lies with innovative and economical solutions that can make buildings smarter, user-centric, greener, more efficient and less costly to operate,” said Ronald J. Zimmer, CABA President & CEO. “PE definitely has a significant role to play in evolving this industry with new products and applications. We welcome the opportunity to work together with the CPEIA and its members.”

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