BOSTON, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Check out those images of the city of the future and most of them simply combine New York
with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The electric vehicles are a rerun
of what happened in 1880. Certainly, trillions of dollars are committed
to smart cities but Jericho did not come cheap 12,000 years ago.
Several
smart cities promise "robot maids" a rerun of the amusing automatons of
300 years ago. Forest City Malaysia will be on reclaimed land but that
will scarcely surprise the Dutch, Venice
or even the Ancient Romans. The new robot shuttles never do a U-turn
because they are symmetrical but those old trams got there first. Living
in harmony with nature and zero-emission travel are far from new ideas.
As the comedian said, "It is déjà vu all over again."
However,
although the basic smart city ideas are mainly updates, the materials
and devices enabling them are certainly new, and they do add remarkable
new functions. The new IDTechEx reports, "Robot Shuttles and Autonomous Buses 2020-2040" and "Micro-LED Displays 2020-2030: Technology, Commercialization, Opportunity, Market and Players"
promise extreme multi-purposing for example. The robot shuttle will
double as everything from parcel delivery to mobile library, taxi, hire
car, fast food and school bus, its all-round Micro-LED windows showing
the current purpose and selling advertising to cover costs. It is the
basis of Toyota's promised "Woven City". Being so bright, long-lived and
low power, Micro-LEDs will join the world of smart windows, huge
animated billboards and artwork. Light-emitting solar plazas that
self-deice and charge vehicles anyone?
The new IDTechEx overview report with 35 forecasts, "Smart Cities Market 2021-2041: Energy, Food, Water, Materials, Transportation Forecasts"
explains how we shall eliminate everything from sewerage systems to
grid lines, pollution, traffic accidents and electric vehicle charging
stations. Cities can become independent in food, water and energy, just
like thousands of years ago. Conventional farms are replaced by city
cultivated meat without animals, vertical farms in city buildings and
the like. We shall more than cope with rising sea levels and threats to
drinking water. IDTechEx drill-down reports such as "Plant-based and Cultured Meat 2020-2030" and "Vertical Farming 2020-2030" give the gaps in the market, technology timelines and more.
For more information on the report "Smart Cities Market 2021-2041: Energy, Food, Water, Materials, Transportation Forecasts", please visit www.IDTechEx.com/smartcities or the full portfolio of Smart Cities related research available from IDTechEx please visit www.IDTechEx.com/Research/SmartCities.
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