Emergent Futures Tumblelog

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December 10th 2011

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How The “Internet Of Things” Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms

When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can reach a level of performance never before seen. First up, water systems that automatically know when it will rain and react accordingly.

Full Story: FastCompany

Posted at 1:17pm and tagged with: technology, tech, cities, internet of things,.