From 1st March 2020 Luxembourg will become the first country to make all public transport free: no more tickets on trains, trams and buses for residents, cross-border workers and tourists. An initiative about sustainability, urbanisation and social inclusion.
The technologies that interoperate within a smart home can be classified into five main application groups: Energy & Lighting, Health & Prevention, Home Appliances, Home Entertainment and, last but not least, Security & Safety.
After about one year of the launch of the Wi-Fi EasyMesh™ programme, the Wi-Fi Alliance® adds new functionalities to Wi-Fi CERTIFIED EasyMesh™ to enhance the user experience of consumers and the intervention capabilities of operators.
Densely packed cities are more vulnerable to disease outbreaks, such as the COVID-2019 and the SARS ones. The solution, as reported by The World Health Organization, could be the so called “20-minutes city”. The city of Melbourne is already testing its pilot program to “live locally”.
The novel Coronavirus has locked down entire cities, triggering the world’s biggest work-from-home experiment, as reported by CNN and the China Daily. Remote working opportunities have expanded along the years thanks to new technologies and changing family demographics. Nevertheless, research from WSP UK showed that the sustainable future of smart working is still to be fully depicted.