Technology Advancements
This is a link I found that talks about technologies advancements.
“IBM
Analytics Help Memphis Cops Get Smart”
I chose to look at the article “IBM Analytics Help Memphis Cops Get
Smart” because I think it had a funny title. The article talks about the crime in Memphis and how police
are going about doing their crime reports on their smart phones. They are using data analysis to cut the
crime rate. They believe this is
revolutionizing how crime is being reported. I think for a big city like Memphis it is crucial to have a
system like this. In this decade
we will spend $108 billion dollars in smart city infrastructure such as smart
meters and grids, energy efficient buildings, and data analytics. Technology surrounds us now but what
about in ten years, it is going to take over this country.
While Memphis’s focus has been on reducing crime, other
cities such as London are using smart city tools to deal with challenges posed
by population growth, as cities attract more people than rural areas for the
first time. Last year, about 50.5 percent of the world’s population, or 3.5
billion people, lived in cities, according to a March 2010 report from the
United Nations. By 2050, the urban population is forecast to rise to 69
percent.
Memphis’s data-analysis effort, called Blue Crush, came
about after the success of pilot projects, including one where 5,000 sexual
assault cases were examined by variables including location and time of day.
Researchers learned that women in low-income neighborhoods were being attacked
while using pay phones at convenience stores at night. The phones tended to be
located around the corner of the building in poorly lit areas.
Honestly I think this is great. It is also a very scary thing because it is showing how
advanced we are in this day of age.
It scares me because what if we advance to a point that we are not ready
for nor can we handle and something happens like the great depression of the 21st
century. We will have to wait and
see what the future.
Jensen I agree with you about this article. I believe that this is a great idea and other cities should adapt this type of technology to make their cities safer. I think it is pretty cool that the cops are allowed to use their phones to do their crime reports. I believe this is a good use of technology to do a good thing and it is an easy way to make a big difference. I wouldn’t think that something so simple could make such a big difference. This just shows how far technology has come and how it impacts our world today. IF something this small can make a huge difference I can’t image how technology will be in the future. This is kind of scary as you said but I am anxious to see what technology has in store for us in the future.
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