Re:An Inconvenient Truth about Smart Cities
by im3w1l on Saturday November 18, 2017 @02:02AM
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The important thing will be to build for upgradeability, so that a house/city with 20 year old tech can be upgraded without tearing it down and rebuilding from scratch.
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Re:An Inconvenient Truth about Smart Cities
by twobyfour on Saturday November 18, 2017 @07:23AM
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To be fair, that's always been the case with technology. The difference is that digital moves faster than analog and adds an additional layer of incompatibility.
NYC is currently learning that lesson all over again (or more likely failing to learn it) with the long overdue and long-dragged-out upgrade of our subway's 80 year old signaling systems. (Not to mention the hundred year old water tunnels that we can't afford to take out of service for repairs.)