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Who pays for smart cities?

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This post was originally published by TDWI (The Data Warehousing Institute) as a Flashpoint feature on January 12, 2018.

One recent sunny morning there was a traffic jam on Cottage Street, a narrow street within view of my house, aptly named for its width. Commuters heading toward the nearby bridge over San Francisco Bay found themselves inching forward after their “smart” navigation devices had sent them on a shortcut.

The trouble with “smart” tech is that it starts out stupid. Users and neighborhoods suffer inconvenience to train developers’ algorithms—which is one part of to a common question about smart cities: “Who pays?”… Read the rest “Who pays for smart cities?”

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AI / Apple to acquire autonomous-dog startup DogGone / HomeKit’s “best friend”

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Back when autonomous cars first scratched at reality’s doorstep, someone loaded six labradors into a self-driving Prius. It rolled down the freeway and became one of the best pranks of the day. But laugh no more. Datadoodle’s bloodhound reporters have caught wind of a so-far unannounced Apple acquisition that enables self-walking dogs.

DogGone, a secretive Oakland, CA startup, has done it. If DogGone’s trail leads to an actual product, it would be the greatest labor saving tool known to man. It’s certainly what dog owners have dreamed of.

DogGone founder Jake Tipperary said what you’d expect from a startup owner who just cashed in.… Read the rest “AI / Apple to acquire autonomous-dog startup DogGone / HomeKit’s “best friend””

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Smart cities / Cisco’s smart pipes plus Teradata’s scary-smart tech

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Cisco’s plumbing will soon feed Teradata’s brains, according to last week’s announcement. That’s a no-brainer of a partnership, since everyone knows that Cisco’s good at data plumbing and Teradata’s good at data analytics. But the news release lets the interesting part go unexplained.

To get a glimpse, you have to do look at Teradata’s newish Customer Journey. It’s a bundle of technology that monitors and guides customers along each person’s path from flirtation to commitment.

To see the city application, just skew it away from large commercial organizations, which are the current users, and point it toward cities. Call this repurposed bundle Citizen Journey and you have an urban designer’s wet dream.… Read the rest “Smart cities / Cisco’s smart pipes plus Teradata’s scary-smart tech”

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