In today’s information age, data is power — and there are few who can match the level of data-driven dominance of Singapore’s. As one of the smartest cities in the world, the little red dot is notable among the tech world for its aggressive efforts in developing a “city brain”: A vast network of sensors across the island to monitor everyday life such as traffic, air quality, flooding, and more.
Singapore’s smart-nation initiatives are all about using data and analytics to create a national operating system to make life better — and one that’s constantly evolving and responding to changes. So, a sort of artificially intelligent central core, like HAL 9000 or GLaDOS.
In any case, Computerworld was interested in knowing more about Singapore’s smart city tech, and it found out how everything’s coming together in the short documentary below:
