Villages in the 21 st Century Raj Reddy Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213 Sep 4 2016 Lot of Hype about Smart Cities Lot of Interest and Activity in Advancing the Technology Of Smart Cities ID: 604338
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The Role of Smart Villages in the 21st Century
Raj Reddy
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Sep 4
,
2016Slide2
Lot of Hype about Smart CitiesLot of Interest and Activity in Advancing the Technology Of Smart Cities. The Sheer Scale and Scope of Providing Essential Services in a City of 10 Million Can Be Daunting.
Cities Also Have Problems of Crime, Homelessness, Migrant Families etc.
Smart Villages, on The Other-hand, may be Amenable to Simpler Solutions.
To Control The Growth Of Cities
Need To Develop Smart Villages That Provide Many Of The Same Facilities And Services As In Cities
Making It Unnecessary For Village Populations To Migrate To Cities. Slide3
Usually Existing Amenities in VillagesVillages Evolved Through the Ages as Self Sustaining Self Sufficient Communities
Villages Usually Have Access to
Water
Food
Housing
Sanitation
But Need Knowledge and Resources to Upgrade to 21
st
Century Solutions
while Ensuring
Self Sustaining Self Sufficient
CharacterSlide4
Some Amenities of Smart Cities Not Needed in Smart VillagesSmart Villages May
N
ot Need Expensive Infrastructure of 20
th
Century
Electric Grid
Roads
Railways
Airports
Leapfrog to 21
st
Century Solutions
Use Solar
Power
Use Autonomous Land, Sea, and Air Vehicles
Self driving cars
DronesSlide5
Providing Missing Amenities in VillagesTechnology to the Rescue: Create Smart VillagesIT Enabled Solutions for
Education
Entertainment
Health Care
Medical Supplies
Shopping
Banking
Voting
Necessary Conditions
Connectivity: Balloon, Solar Drones or Satellite
Computing:
Smat
Phones and iPads
Digital Literacy
Apps for Education, Entertainment etc.Slide6
Necessary ConditionsInfrastructure in Every VillageSolar Energy
Wi-Fi Connectivity
Smart Phone/Tablet for Everyone
Digital Literacy
Village Centric Apps
Speech To Speech Dialog Based Interfaces
f
or Semi-literate PopulationsSlide7
In ConclusionWe Need toDevelop Smart Villages in Addition to Smart Cities
By Providing
IT Enabled Solutions for
Education
Entertainment
Health Care
Medical Supplies
Shopping
Banking
Voting
In Every Village