Ever-changing Technology Landscape that is making planning, design and life decisions increasingly tough!

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While you are thinking of purchasing an advanced EV that goes 396 miles per charge, another startup (Michigan) promises to launch an EV battery With a range of 750miles.

The moment you install a city wide Fast charging infrastructure that charges EV in 30 minutes, the new ultra-fast charging technology or startup (Israel) surfaces that promises to full charge EV in just 5 minutes.

The moment city municipality in one corner of world purchases a fleet of 200 modern buses an autonomous Driving Bus Line Officially Commences Operations in another part of world (Guangzhou).

By the time you sanction a mega hydrogen generation plant that uses fossil fuel based electricity, a new technology or company (California) emerges that uses sunlight to generate green hydrogen using "Sunlight Refinery" that stores solar heat to be used even in night making technology commercially viable.

As soon you clad building glass façade with very distinct conventional checkered blue Building Integrated PV glass, a new higher efficiency transparent PV Glass (California) makes way to renewable market.

By the time you inaugurate new building facility equipped with state of art fixed fire sprinkler system at the same time an auto-targeting fire sprinkler system emerges and provides a better alternative.

Unfortunately you can't change expensive city infrastructure at the pace and frequency that you change mobile devices!

Author: Anoop Jha

#technology #EV #VR #IOT #AR #IIOT #Autonomousvehicle #Urbanplanning #PV #Energy #ClimateChange #SmartCity #smartinfrastructure #BIPV #power #IBMS #Startup #Future #tech

Why to make smart cities?

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Thinking other way round, do we have choice not to make smart cities?

Thinking of all the inexhaustible technological breakthrough that is happening, the unimaginable pace of it and the ever-disruptive potential of technology; do we have purpose, choice or even capabilities to stop that?

Thinking of intellectual quest of minds, uncompromising force of commerce and vested business interests, that drives and support technological innovations, do we have intention, choice or even capacity to stop that?

Are there prolific examples in history, where forces of technological progress and commerce were challenged, disrupted or tamed, or weren’t they possibly the very latent or obvious force which throughout shaped the world in general and cities in specific?

So, as, innovations, backed by powerful businesses and capable investors are anyway going to exponentially continue, irrespective; then the question remains is that, where will they apply such novel concepts and emerging technology; the obvious prime choice in this case remains “cities”; cities of specific minimum threshold size, with optimum density and known economic stability, cities that provide ultimate testing ground for smart technology, a vast “living laboratory”!

Acknowledging the inevitability of proliferation of smart interventions in cities, even if in bits and pieces, even if in uncoordinated and scattered manners, that too without choice; it is apt and thoughtful to increasingly align our aptitude, our values and institutions to embrace such unstoppable changes, so that at least those technological efforts could be coordinated and channelised in a desired direction in any given urban environment, may be collectively labelling it "smart city".

If we already labelled them as smart city, that only shows awareness, proactiveness and receptiveness to this idea that smart city may not be a mere choice! 

Author: Anoop Jha

#smartcities #smartcity #future #startup #university #sustainability #business #commerce #history #amsterdam #rotterdam #delhi #india #netherlands #urbanplanning #urbandevelopment #urbanmanagement

Top 15 Business and Startup Quotes

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Via @urbanoregional

Dynamism is tamed volatility! #business #entrepreneur #quote

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) October 25, 2015

Don't be afraid of mere dolfins, you have to tackle big sharks and whales one day. #business #entrepreneur #startups

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) November 15, 2015

You wake up with a purpose only if you dream of success when wide awake. #business #entrepreneur #startups

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016

You are moving as long as dust doesn't accumulates on you. #startup #business #entrepreneur

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 6, 2015

In market the loudest attracts customers but neighbours reap the benefit. #business #startups #locationmatters

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016

Would you be crocodile of still water or fish of running water. #business #startup #chooseyourniche

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016

Like your shadow opportunity always follows you but many fail to notice as people rarely notice their own shadow. #business #startup

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 13, 2016

Road towards success is uphill, hownhill is lessons learnt. #business #success #entrepreneur

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) March 6, 2016

Iron is only strong when its cool! #staycool #startup #business #entrepreneur

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 23, 2015

You are prodigious, slow and clumsy, but momentum is also about mass. #business #startups #success

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 6, 2015

Its a good merger where business of Cloud meets Silver Lining. #quote #business #startup #entrepreneur

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) November 8, 2015

Get it right in the first go, you can sip coffee leisurely when second chance comes! #succeds #focus #startup

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) February 7, 2015

Success- if it has not happend yet its due. #business #entrepreneur

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) December 16, 2014

Expecting next big thing in life is a good milestone. #quote #qod #inspirational

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) February 26, 2015

You haven't made somthing worthwhile until you are overwhelmed yourself looking at it. #design #architecture #product

— UrbanORegional (@UrbanORegional) February 3, 2015

By Anoop Jha