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Inside Amsterdam's Efforts To Become a Smart City

First time accepted submitter MollsEisley writes Throughout Amsterdam there are "Living Labs," or communities that act as petri dishes for ideas and initiatives to be tested before scaling them across the city. In IJburg, Amsterdam's youngest neighborhood, projects like free Wi-Fi and a new Fiber network, personalized television and transportation services, and a coworking space allow residents to experiment and test city projects to improve healthcare, environment, and energy programs in the city.

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  1. Re:Sounds like Agile by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my workplace we have replaced Agile with Fugile ... which subtly combines agile with knowledge that all efforts are really futile and at the whims of upper management and sales.