From: SmartMeters
The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has initiated a year-long global city teams challenge to encourage communities to address challenges such as air quality, traffic management, and emergency services coordination by fostering smart cities that implement technologies that will both better manage resources and improve quality of life. The challenge is open to participants around the world.
The Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) will support the challenge by connecting US participants that want to market their products internationally with government officials around the world.
The challenge is a sequel to the successful SmartAmerica Challenge that saw the development and application of networked technologies. NIST reports, “Smart cities rely on effective networking of computer systems and physical devices. These Internet of things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems (CPS) currently account for more than $32 trillion in global economic activity, a number that is projected to grow as they bring improvements to health care, advanced manufacturing and a host of other industries.”
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