FEATURE: SMART CITIES
management and smart bins, smart
parking, smart kiosks and smart utilities,
cities also need to address the softer
aspects of liveability linked to healthcare
and education, which in turn drive
economic growth.
These findings are from a new report by ABI
Research, a market-foresight advisory firm
providing strategic guidance on the most
compelling transformative technologies.
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Advanced Smart Cities like Singapore
(FutureSchools programme, Smart Nation
healthcare initiatives) and Dubai (e-Services
portal for universities, Healthcare City)
are leading the transition from legacy
Smart Cities practices to next-generation
healthcare and educational reforms,
leveraging smart home and mobile
technologies, AI, robotics, 5G, Blockchain,
sensors and platforms to promote eLearning
and eHealth.
“Common to both healthcare and education,
the provisioning of remote, online services
is transforming service industries in cities,”
said Dominique Bonte, Vice President End
Markets at ABI Research. “The centralised
‘brick and mortar’ approach of providing
standardised education and healthcare at
physical locations and at discrete times is
giving way to virtualisation characterised by
real-time, adaptive, continuous, flexible and
intelligent monitoring and guidance.”
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