IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years:
- Cities will have healthier immune systems
- City buildings will sense and respond like living organisms
- Cars and city buses will run on empty
- Smarter systems will quench cities’ thirst for water and save energy
- Cities will respond to a crisis -- even before receiving an emergency phone call
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2009 | IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years |
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Smarter Buildings
Date added: 17 Dec 2009
City buildings will sense and respond like living organisms
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Smarter Healthcare
Date added: 17 Dec 2009
Cities will have healthier immune systems
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Smarter Transportation
Date added: 17 Dec 2009
Cars and city buses will run on empty
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Smarter Water
Date added: 17 Dec 2009
Smarter systems will quench cities’ thirst for water and save energy.
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Smarter Security
Date added: 17 Dec 2009
Cities will respond to a crisis -- even before receiving an emergency phone call.
Contact(s) for the Press kit
Vineeta Durani
IBM Media Relations
917-472-3694 (o)
917-855-2680 (m)
vineeta.durani@us.ibm.com
Jennifer McTighe
IBM Media Relations
914-945-1016 (o)
917-499-8123 (m)
galitz@us.ibm.com
Steve Tomasco
IBM Media Relations
917-472-3738 (o)
917-687-4588 (m)
stomasc@us.ibm.com
Additional resources
PDF documents
Cities Will Respond To A Crisis: Even Before the Emergency Phone Call (53 KB)
Fact Sheet
Cities Will Have Healthier Immune Systems (56 KB)
Fact Sheet
Cars and City Buses Will Run on Empty (48 KB)
Fact Sheet
City Buildings Will Sense and Respond Like Living Organisms (49 KB)
Fact Sheet
Smarter Systems Will Quench Cities’ Thirst for Water and Save Energy (52 KB)
Fact Sheet