This is a hoot! I had no idea that city was being built. The “Internet of Things”(IoT) or “Internet of Everything” (IoE) is becoming all the rage. If you don’t know, that’s where everything talks to everything - Your refrigerator keeps it’s own inventory, and sends grocery orders to Amazon, your thermostat calls your phone and lets you know your A/C is not performing well, cars drive themselves, traffic sensors optimize red lights, etc...
The technology is very promising, but it’s being pushed, not demanded. It’s basically a solution looking for a problem! I’ve worked on projects with some of this stuff, and the brainstorming sessions are very interesting, but the presentations to the finance department or to the Board are DOA... This article shows why.
“The technology is very promising, but it’s being pushed, not demanded. It’s basically a solution looking for a problem!”
It’s pretty rare when “a solution looking for a problem” technology succeeds. In fact, if one made financial bets 100% against all “a solution looking for a problem” technologies, I think one would make money overall ...