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Piecing together a crime in bits and bytes
While forensics coaxes the details of a crime out of the physical evidence, analytics can coax the story of a crime out of the data; names, ID numbers, photos, videos, signatures, even information gathered decades ago. Take a look.
Intelligent Transport: How cities can improve mobility
Cities face urgent transport challenges.This study details five recommendations to assist cities in using new technologies for easing transportation challenges
The Tale of a Smarter City (via IBMSocialMedia)
“A city is more than just a collection of buildings, streets, parks, and people, and the many different entities engaged in many different trades.
Its a living environment of different cultures, peoples, ideas and systems that are interdependent yet all determine and shape the others identity.”
The story of smarter cities — told through simple narration, music and illustrations.
Words, voice, sound: Chris Luongo
Art: Jane Harris
A Vision of Smarter Cities
As the transportation, education, public safety and governmental systems of our cities become smarter, they contribute to making our cities more livable, vibrant and sustainable.
A vision of smarter cities: How cities can lead the way into a prosperous and sustainable future
Smarter cities topics: Energy (via IBM Smarter Cities) Intelligent energy networks can balance loads, reduce outages and loss and allow consumers more control over their power usage. CenterPoint Energy is working to create one of the industry’s first intelligent utility networks, serving Houston, the fourth largest city in the U.S.
