“Smartphone apps, in the hands of residents and city workers, give cities new and more powerful ways to expand their data-collection efforts.” – Michael Totty, Wall Street Journal
This video describes an innovation in enabling crowdsourcing of emergency, hazard, or risk incident information, incentivizing citizen participation with blockchain rewards.
https://vimeo.com/247107927The emerging phenomenon of ‘smart cities’ is the logical conclusion of the direction of travel for this set of technologies: the creation of large-scale settlements that make extensive use of data, sourced from a huge variety of sensor networks and individuals, to make delivery of public services and facilities safer and more efficient.
