Google Launches Sidewalk Labs To Develop Smart Cities Tech

dkatana writes: Google wants to join the Smart Cities movement with the launch of a new start-up, "Sidewalk Labs", to develop technologies for cities, including IoT and mobility solutions. Larry Page and Dan Doctoroff describe Sidewalk Labs as an "urban innovation company", geared to developing new technologies to improve city living by reducing pollution, streamlining public transportation, and effectively managing energy use. The company wants to create its own technology and invest in other public and private initiatives. Dan Doctoroff was New York City's Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding during the Bloomberg administration.

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Another Future Abandoned Technology

[jabberw0k]

Google seems to excel at Embrace, Extend, Evaporate.

Re:Advantages of living in a small town

[afgam28]

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Re:Content free article

[cayenne8]

Hey, let them have it.

Personally, I don't wanna live cramped up to everyone else and sharing walls with others.

I prefer to have a decent house, a yard where I can do things....backyard for a smoker, grill, crawfish boils, etc.

You can do all you want to make the urban life more palatable to those who choose it, but I prefer to have my space, and be able to come and go door-to-door when I please on MY schedule and not on the local bus schedule.

I like my neighbors, but I like to have my own personal space away from them too.