Anything that can be connected, will be connected.
ith the ubiquitous influence of artificial intelligence, our everyday life has entered the enchanted realm of hyper-connectivity. We live in a time of massive opportunity in the digital space, to lead better, easier and more connected lives.
The application of the internet of things (IoT) has become a mainstay of contemporary life. With the constant obsession over “smart” — everything, we seem to be on the precipice of a utopia of digitally — assisted living. The world has never revolved around our needs more than it has right here, right now.
In the developed world, the future is always released a season ahead. Anything that can be connected, will be connected. However, in the emerging world, focusing on the IoT appears to be putting the cart before the horse. Digitalization shouldn’t be about things — it is about people. We need to focus on the Internet of People.
The over-reliance on smart devices and capital-intensive technology has given the emerging world limited access to new world connectivity. To extend wider access to connectivity, private smart devices are not the only gateway for individuals to step into a collective digital consciousness. We need to ensure our public infrastructure is as connected as the technologies we use in our daily lives.
The recent national emphasis on digitalization and collection of data as an asset has brought another essential building block of the future into the spotlight.
Lighting is a much overlooked physical public infrastructure already in place that could put us on the high speed road to a well-lit, sustainable future.
Digitalization does not always have to require significant capital outlay or an overhaul of existing infrastructure. There are existing turnkey solutions in the market where current infrastructure can be retrofitted with newer technologies. Case in point: Connected lighting is a future-proof ‘plug-and-play’ platform for data collection and urban sensing, managed through smart controls in the IoT.
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