What does a ‘Smart UK’ a ‘Smart Europe or world’ looks like, and what can you do to help that happen?
Oct 17, 2014
What does a ‘Smart UK’ a ‘Smart Europe or world’ looks like, and what can you do to help that happen?
The Internet of Things, ecology of barcodes, qr codes, rfid, active sensors, ipv6 logical extension of the computer to the environment, the environment as interface (ubicomp, pervasive computing, Mark Weiser 1991) seamless flow between the ² BAN (body area network) : ambient hearing aides, t-shirts (ehealth) ² LAN (local area nework) : smart meter, home interface (convenience services) ² WAN (wide area network) : the car (eCall) ² VWAN (very wide area network) : the ‘smart’ or ‘wise’ city (e-gov services)
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1914. 2014. What a difference a century makes: This year in March, German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened CeBIT with its partner country UK. The BriMsh Prime Minister David Cameron keynoted: “Take BriMsh ingenuity in soRware, services and design, add German excellence in engineering and industrial manufacturing and together we can lead in this new revoluMon.” The revoluMon he is talking about is the Internet of Things (IoT) – an area in which both countries see huge potenMals. The UK government will spend an extra £45m on developing IoT technology: "I see the internet of things as a huge transformaMve development – a way of boosMng producMvity, of keeping us healthier, making transport more efficient, reducing energy needs, tackling climate change." With Germany’s long-‐standing manufacturing tradiMon, Industry 4.0 is also one of the projects for the future under the German government’s High-‐Tech Strategy.
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We can call this progress indeed. But for Europe to become leading in IoT, a lot more is needed. This work needs to be done primarily by the engineering / technological communiMes, whether it is in research, large industry or SME. They have to become more poliMcal. I do not make this statement out of the blue – this has been done before. I think of Robert Bosch: It is exactly because of the strong focus on society and ethics that he was able to lay the foundaMons for what is currently one of the largest privately held company on earth. The kind of world that I want and that is within reach for the Internet of Things provides generic infrastructures that are open for even smallest communiMes to the scale of 1 to build applicaMons, services and personalized hardware on and from.
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The crucial next step is building a EU pladorm that aligns the technological realiMes of today with the decision making systems that are complexity friendly. And this is a job for engineers and makers, the Internet of Things community that is a radically new intelligence that resembles that of the old guilds but is a highly connected dynamic amalgam of large industry, individual Mnkerers, 30.000 makers involved in IoT Meetups, loosely organized hacker networks all demanding more common sense, accountability and real Mme data streams informing decision-‐making whether it is about health, home, mobility, city or global issues like Climate Change.
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Pessimism of the intelligence, opMmism of the will – Gramsci
What does a smart Guildford look like? Which direcMon is it going? Who is co-‐
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