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Li Qian makes lifestyle easier, safer they wake up in the night.
鈥淲e have heard cases where
Smart cities promise a bet- be covered with 21,000 digital the situation escalated to fire.鈥? 鈥淣ow, we put sensors every
ter lifestyle, but how does sensors. By the end of Septem- He added, 鈥淎ctually, there are six floors so we can detect of- the elderly have refused their
this vision of the future ber, 500,000 sensors are to be fenders ,鈥?he said. children鈥檚 suggestions that they
actually work in daily installed, covering 14 commu- so many problems, like people install monitoring cameras at
life? The Linfen Road Commu- nities and towns in Jing鈥檃n. living on high floors throwing The community has more home because they don鈥檛 like
nity may have one answer. trash off their balconies, driv- than 100 people 80 years and the idea of being watched 24
So far this year, 323 sensors ers parking cars in banned older who live alone. hours,鈥?said Yu. 鈥淏ut our sen-
The community is installing have been installed in the Lin- areas and elderly people who sors just detect their conditions
鈥渄igital sensors鈥?everyone in a fen Road Community. Officials live alone and suffer medical Three sensors have been instead of capturing what they
prototype project. Among them: said they have received more problems.鈥? installed in their complex, in- are doing. So, they have wel-
sensors in restaurant kitchens than 600 useful alerts from the cluding one at a gate to ensure
for smoke detection, sensors sensors, including 16 potential Elderly care that they are back home safely. comed them.鈥? in sewers to monitor manhole accidents that were nipped on Zheng Weijing, director
cover theft, and sensors in the the bud, according to Yu Lin- Yu cited himself as one One infrared sensor is in-
beds of the elderly to track their wei, chief of the Party鈥檚 Working example. stalled in the living room of of the neighborhood in
vital signs. Committee in the community. each of the elderly to detect Lane 380 of Linfen Road,
Once, someone living up- movement. All other informa- said the elderly aren鈥檛 charged
The sensors automatically up- 鈥淢any small retailers and stairs to him didn鈥檛 properly tion about them is automatically for the sensors.
load information to a big data restaurants don鈥檛 use electric- extinguish the butt of a cigar deleted. 鈥淭hey just have to live their
analytics platform. Alerts are ity properly,鈥?he said. 鈥淪everal before throwing it outside. It lives the way they are accus-
triggered if the data clash times, smoke sensors have alert- dropped on a quilt being dried A third sensor is installed tomed,鈥?he said. 鈥淚f they
with pre-set parameters. ed us to potential risks, and we on Yu鈥檚 balcony. Fortunately, he under their beds to monitor take ill, we will automati-
were able to intervene before was at home at the time, so he vital signs such as blood pres-
It鈥檚 all part of what is extinguished it immediately. sure and heart beat. The sensors cally be alerted and send
commonly called the also record how many times someone to check on
Internet of Things, them.鈥? the backbone of Senior citizens
smart cities. suffering from
dementia are
It means that equipped with
everything Bluetooth
about our lives bracelets that
will be connect- connect with
ed to improve community
infrastructure, sensors to alert
public utilities and services. It
promises optimum efficiency officials if they get lost.
and convenience. 鈥淚t achieves 24-hour monitor-
Shanghai has been one of the ing,鈥?said Zhou Jun, director of
pioneers in the global trend to- Jing鈥檃n鈥檚 science and technology
ward smart cities, and Jing鈥檃n authority. 鈥淎lso, it eliminates
has been designated to spear- barriers that restrict informa-
head the effort in Shanghai tion to one department. Now the
because it鈥檚 home to the Shang- data is shared.鈥? hai Data Exchange, China鈥檚
leading big data center. The big data realm does worry
people who fear that personal
According to Tang Qifeng, information may be leaked.
chief executive of the exchange,
a sensor network of data collec- 鈥淲e have a system to safe-
tion is part of a four-tier system guard sensitive information,鈥? aimed at creating a smart city. said Tang.
The second tier involves trans-
mission networks, and the third Still, his team is calling for
addresses big data processing. comprehensive regulation 鈥?at
The fourth will apply artificial the city and even national level
intelligence to city operations. 鈥?to ensure that personal infor-
mation is kept private.
By the end of this month, the
Linfen Road Community will As part of that effort, his team
has been collecting and study-
ing related rules adopted in
Europe and the US since 1990.
Sensors in sewers Bluetooth sensors Monitoring centers Sensors on the ground
Sensors are installed in sewers to Community Bluetooth sensors assist Monitoring centers are being set up Ground sensors will trigger alerts
monitor manhole-cover thefts and residents. Senior citizens suffering in communities, allowing neigh- when cars are parked in banned areas
water levels to avoid overflows that borhood officials to collect data,
from dementia will be given bracelets or are blocking fire passages.
cause flooding on rainy days. that connect with sensors and can receive alerts and dispatch help to
alert officials if they get lost. deal with problems. All photos by Jiang Xiaowei
