The Next 5 in 5 2009

Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years

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Buildings that know when they need to be fixed before something breaks; sensors that tell the fire department details of a fire before they receive the emergency phone call; smart water and sewage systems that filter and recycle water. . . . .

Its that time of year here at IBM - when look to the future and make five predictions of technological trends that will change the way we live in the next five years. Given the current attention to making our cities smarter, for this years we have focused on five innovations that will change our cities in the next five years.

Importantly, the list is intended to serve as a discussion point to discuss - and debate - the prospects for our cities and how progress can be made.

If theres one common thread in all of the advances we see in the coming years, its the ability to monitor our environment with sensors and the application of analytics complex algorithms baked into software to make decisions based on all of that data. In reality, its what weve been talking about for the past year here on this blog, but we are just now beginning to see these efforts implemented at the city level to really change how cities work.

Analytics will predict the patterns of how diseases will spread, will enable buildings to evaluate the relationships between their systems and provide real-time information to management, will enable city smart grids to draw on clean energy during peak and off peak hours, find water leaks and more efficient ways to move water, and predict emergencies before they happen to limit their impact.

While these are predictions for the future, in each case the innovation is rooted in work we are just beginning to see pop up with some of our city clients or in our labs today.

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• smart grids
• sustainable cities
• urban development

[zuperxtreme]

This video made me laugh, In what reality will all of this happen in 5 years? The world is in recession, senseless wars happening all over the place and all-round worldwide instability. In 5 years there's going to be a new war in some other god forsaken country, the rich will still be rich(and some richer), the poor will still be poor(some poorer) and all these nice little ideas will remain where they are. On the drawing board.

Get real ...

[IBMSocialMedia]

@zuperxtreme I think you are missing the point a bit. No, not every city is going to have all of these innovations in 5 years. But many will have some of them by then. Each of these are beginning to take on some level of reality now in certain cities. That these technologies will be more advanced, and more common in some cities isn't too much of a stretch. At least we don't think so. But predictions ARE... well... predictions.

[dvdragon]

Who is going to pay for this?

[AustrianChaos]

1984, HERE WE COME!

I wanna be arrested for thought crime! =D

[TheMrSpam]

2:21

predictive policing...

sounds scary... aspecially with ndaa

[E2ekiel555]

Pre-crime and fast emergency services>? Or more like having A. I. Computers hear and read you and if you speak up against the current NWO bye bye!! This is such NWO propaganda like it fools anyone who has an iq or 85 or above!!

[E2ekiel555]

We are on to you NWO Scum!!

[isleida3]

I don't think It would be so perfect.

[cense13]

Hubris.

[Meowbay]

OK, for one:

WHO is going to create all the sensors (Asia is already over-taxed with pressure from green electronics demand) and WHO is going to pay for the HUGE investments needed for these things? What city even HAS this kind of money?

I don't think ANY of these will be made reality before 2016 at the earliest.

[freeasaphoenix]

I'm all about green technology, but this is way too 1984 for me! How the hell can you predict a crime, an illness, an emergency before it happens? Scary!

[blenderuser]

reminds me of 1984..

[777equals666]

The 2009 U.S. Health Care Bill:

Subtitle C-11 Sec. 2521— National Medical Device Registry

(Page 1001 - 1007)

Bottom line people, they are creating the frame work to microchip us all under this IBM / Positive I.D. system deal in which all of our medical records, commerce (Purchase Items) and national/international travel will be monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by IBM.  The only way IBM can pull off Predictive Crime Prevention and Medical Tracking is if everybody is microchipped.

[KzrrainzYes]

Fail.