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COPENHAGEN The leaders of Copenhagen must be happy to see that their sustainable innovations are paying off: the city was ranked by Siemens as number one on the green scale. Well, this is due to their cumulative efforts in pursuing a carbon neutral city by 2025. The locals also already promote and use bicycle as an alternative to cars. Photo by: Shutterstock HONG KONG The smart cards are Hong Kong’s key in this list. The city has been successful in forwarding the use of RFID technology in almost everywhere: airport, public transit, library, residential, car parks, and shopping centers. Their digital governance is working to their advantage. Photo by: SCMP BARCELONA The edge of this smart city in Spain primarily lies in its lowcarbon solutions. Barcelona is among the pioneers in solar thermal ordinance more than a decade ago, and is now promoting the adoption of EVs and charging infrastructure. The city also has a living lab for smart-city innovation to tap other sectors. Photo by: Fast Company 74 JULY 2016 Future Cities & Robotics
ROBOTS CAN NOW RECORD YOUR MEMORIES Recently, a new feature has been announced for the humanoid robot, NAO, by French researchers working at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. This new feature will allow NAO to build up an autobiographical memory. Sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it? It is, in fact, pretty awesome as this technology can be used in space and can even reach to far more ordinary tasks like taking care of the elderly. The scientific explanation is that a human can teach NAO new actions via physical demonstrations, voice command or visual imitation. Physical demonstrations are performed by putting the limbs of the robot in the correct position while visual imitation uses the Kinect system. NAO will learn and store the information gathered as procedures, which the robot can later recall and even explain to other people. That’s quite a nifty skill for a little robot to have! This ability to not only learn but also teach information can be quite useful for the International Space Station. After all, in the ISS, astronauts have to come and go and still solve a problem right on the spot. In situations which have not been foreseen, this ability can be extremely useful. An experienced astronaut can teach the solution to a problem to NAO. Later, when a new crew arrives and the same problem occurs, NAO can help the new crew members solve it. In other words, NAO acts as a guide in different unexpected scenarios. It will be capable of providing information rarely found in manuals. This ability can also be used for serving people suffering from short-term memory loss back here on earth. This can make NAO a great companion for taking care of the elderly. Now, where was NAO during our exams at school? Photo by CNRS JULY 2016 Future Cities & Robotics 75
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