A smart city is a collection of sensors and devices which can collect information and communicate with each other over the internet to increase a city's operational efficiency. These devices can improve areas such as traffic and transportation systems, crime detection, utilities, and community services.
Within Zetta, we have a table-scale Smart City which is a project designed to help you better understand the Internet of Things (IoT). If you're interested in IoT but you're not sure where to start, the Smart City is a great platform to learn about IoT.
The Smart City is located in the IoT Lab (ICT 215). It is a city model at the scale of a table (9 ft x 4 ft) with 12 different blocks.
Each block can be a project on its own including modelling, 3D printing and implementing an IoT project. For example, you could design and 3D print a community of buildings with smart street lights that can be controlled over the internet, or based on environment conditions (e.g., using light sensors or motion sensors).
IoT has been used to describe any device that interacts with the physical world around it, either by gathering data from sensors, or providing real-world interactions via actuators (devices that do something like turn on a switch or light an LED), generally connected to other devices or the Internet.
In this training, we will:
This guide is the introduction guide to our Smart City learning path. For more information, visit: