Categoria: News

  Aggregate data and decision making are being hoarded by a few technology companies with powerful data infrastructure. Does it have to be this way? Or could we create a future in which this data infrastructure is available for use by anyone in the world? Source: www.technologyreview.com See on Scoop.it Leia mais… »

Em janeiro de 2015 começamos o projeto “AUGMENTED URBANITY AND SMART TECHNOLOGIES: HOW “SMART” ARE OUR CITIES BECOMING?”, vencedor do edital NEWTON FUND (UK) e que reúne pesquisadores das Universidades de Durham e Plymouyth no Reino Unido e da PUC-PR e FACOM-UFBA para discutir o tema das “cidades inteligentes”. Mais Leia mais… »

Source: alias.estadao.com.br Feliz 2015 See on Scoop.it – Lab404 – Digital Media, Network and Space Lab

Routers on 600 buses and taxis allow free Internet access and collect data for city planners. Source: www.technologyreview.com See on Scoop.it – Lab404 – Digital Media, Network and Space Lab

Should you believe the hype on the Internet of Things? Can it really be the (NBTE) Next Biggest Thing Ever? Gartner thinks there will be 26 billion “Internet of Things” units by 2020. Not to be outdone, IDC predicts 212 billion “things”. Source: linkis.com See on Scoop.it – Lab404 – Leia mais… »

Security professionals need to increase their understanding of IPv6 and the new threats that it and the Internet of Things (IoT) will bring. Source: securityintelligence.com See on Scoop.it – Lab404 – Digital Media, Network and Space Lab

The European Union plans to tighten-up data protection by passing regulations – not a directive – that will be applicable not just in the EU, but globally Source: m.computing.co.uk See on Scoop.it – Lab404 – Digital Media, Network and Space Lab

Ignore the futuristic visions of governments and developers, it’s humble urban communities who lead the way in showing how networked technologies can strengthen a city’s social fabric Source: www.theguardian.com See on Scoop.it – Lab404 – Digital Media, Network and Space Lab

Adam Greenfield proves again that he’s one of the best writers and thinkers on “smart cities,” explaining how the top-down, expensive, tech-centered approach produces unlivable corporate dystopias in which people are just another “thing” to be… Source: boingboing.net See on Scoop.it – Lab404 – Digital Media, Network and Space Lab

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