Our Cities Could Get a Whole Lot Smarter

[dnetesn]

http://nautil.us/blog/our-cities-could-get-a-whole-lot-smarter

[rverghes]

I saw this title and immediately thought of the Alpha Centauri wonder, The Self-Aware Colony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwqN3Ur-wP0

Probably not the connotations the author wanted.

[fennecfoxen → rverghes]

But how can anyone be against 50% savings on maintenance for all your base facilities?!?! :)

[maerF0x0]

also this: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways

[aetherson → maerF0x0]

I thought this was a fairly convincing takedown of the solar roadways project:

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/183130-solar-roadways-pas...

[maerF0x0 → aetherson]

Take down seems to forget that we have to replace road surface sometime and _if_ the claim that the solar roadway is net cost cheaper, then it seems to be the best choice. We dont have to dump $51T all at once, or even over 51 yrs timespan. Plus, doing it incrementally has the advantage of evolving in response to field reports/experience.