Trade Shows
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full-scale reproduction of a large urban space
with an area of over 2,000 m2. Located in the
centre of the show site, this plaza was installed
with a score of technologies and solutions,
which featured drones equipped with urban
applications as the star attraction.
City and art
The show also included a sample from the art
exhibition
Big Bang Data
, a project that explored
the phenomenon of the explosion of data in
which our ever-more technological societies
are becoming immersed. The show,
a fusion of technology, critical meditation
and art, encouraged visitors to wonder to
what extent these innovations will improve
people’s quality of life.
Once more in 2014, recognition was given to
the most year advanced projects and the most
innovative initiatives around the world in the
World Smart City Awards. Tel Aviv, the Israeli
capital, received the prize in the city category
for the introduction of a new model for relations
with citizens, one that is more direct and
uses the power of digital technologies and
geolocation thanks to the mass installation of
Wi-Fi technology. The winners in the Initiative
and Project categories were, respectively,
Omomi
a mobile application that helps parents
to monitor their children’s health, developed
by the Nigerian company Mobicure, and
Copenhagen Connecting: Driving Data to
Quality Service, a project implemented in the
Danish capital.
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