Berto Jongman: China’s Smart City Prisons?
“Smart Communities” Turn People’s Homes into Prisons Residents are deprived of privacy and freedom, as the state watches their every move using big data, facial recognition, and invasive surveillance.
Police City Smart City: Bilderberg and the Digital New World Order UPDATE 1 Denver and Panasonic
Below the Fold: Max Igan on 5G at Open Mind Conference
Answers on Smart Cities + Smart City RECAP
I’m looking for examples of the most cutting edge uses of technology in smart cities. What’s your thinking on the future of smart cities? If you were doing research on the future of cities, what would you focus on?
Koko: IBM Smart City and Portland OR Interactive Plan
How does a city work? Interactive model gives Portland answers. Rutrell Yasin Government Computer News, 9 August 2011 How does public transportation affect education? What impact does population density have on public health? Is there a connection between CO2 levels and obesity? Officials in the City of Portland, Ore., have collaborated with IBM to find …
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SmartPlanet: Staggering Costs of Fukushima Clean Up (Never Mind Toxicity Blowing East) + Fukushima RECAP
The staggering costs to clean up Fukushima More than two years since the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the Fukushima power plant meltdown is still a major, global environmental problem. And the staggering price tag for cleaning it up continues to rise. The Japanese government just announced that it’s borrowing about $30 billion more to …
SmartPlanet: US Encouraged to Allow Private Retaliation Attacks Against Hackers — Pathetic Insanity Spurred on by Incapacity of USG — + Cyber-Idiocy Meta-RECAP
U.S. encouraged to allow firms to retaliate against hackers Throwing money at creating cyberpolice forces and technology to keep up with digital threats may not be the only tactics the U.S. will employ in the future. As a meeting between President Obama and the new president of China, Xi Jinping, draws near, former senior officials …
Graphic: City Fragility (Understated)
Source Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor Berto Jongman.
