COMMENT October 2021 Automation Smarter solutions for industrial efficiency
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e – the collective ‘We’ – must become more sustainable and mindful of our impact on everything around us. But where do we start? Efforts are on their way in some sectors – automotive, packaging, manufacturing, etc. – buoyed by countries’ political decisions. Sustainability will also be at the heart of future, smart cities, enabled by sensors, connectivity, AI and machine learning, among many other technologies. This will provide certain amenities as and when necessary; such as in lighting, for example: when a vehicle or pedestrian enters the sensor zone, lights will come on automatically rather than needlessly burn forever on empty roads. In streetlighting, the introduction of 5G mobile networks is already showing great promise. The massive machine-type communication (mMTC) feature in 5G is expected to enable new central- monitoring capabilities for municipal lighting. Streetlight poles are also an ideal host for the 5G microcells required for dense network coverage in urban areas. A new generation of smart lampposts that can read body temperature and detect overcrowding to stop the spread of viruses are already adopted by cities like Barcelona, Copenhagen and Munich. These cities’ 21st-century light columns go beyond street illumination by incorporating sensors that can receive and transmit information about crowds or individuals, and incorporate CCTV, air quality sensors, flooding monitors, digital signage and act as 5G Wi-Fi hotspots. Barcelona uses such lampposts in its Las Ramblas
area to ensure public health on beaches and implement crowd control measures to help tackle Covid-19. Images are supplied by scanning devices and sent to a central control centre, where artificial intelligence analyses them to determine what parts of the beach are overcrowded.
Across the pond, Los Angeles already boasts over 400 smart streetlights, equipped with electronic vehicle chargers, and the city is now looking to incorporate air-quality sensors, fire spotters, gunshot locators and earthquake sensors.
So, future lamppost will a lot more than just simple illuminators that George Formby can lean on to play his ukulele.
Svetlana Josifovska, Editor
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