Melody Williams

Monday - January 31, 2022

Building Cities Smart Enough to Deter Cybercrime

While it would be nice if the old adage “Crime doesn’t pay” were true, in reality, it pays handsomely. If cybercrime were a country, it would have the world’s third-largest economy after the U.S. and China. Research organization Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that cybercrime will have inflicted $6 trillion in damages in 2021, with figures growing […]

Monday - December 6, 2021

Smart Lighting Systems Open Cities for Success

Like Rome, smart cities aren’t built in a day. When starting the journey to smart city status, many municipalities find it makes sense to begin with smart lighting. At its core, smart lighting is defined as LED streetlights connected to an underlying network that centrally controls them. Once this infrastructure is in place, smart lighting becomes […]

Monday - November 1, 2021

The Scalability Advantages of Open Systems for Smart Cities

History is littered with examples of what not to do. While electronic health records were lauded as the future of healthcare – allowing for digital sharing of medical information, remote diagnostics, and tele-health – a lack of interoperability between platforms has left the industry with an expensive, Byzantine mess on its hands: many healthcare systems […]

Monday - October 11, 2021

Smart Waste Management for Cleaner, More Livable Cities

When it comes to smart cities, most of us imagine smart traffic lights, futuristic public transportation, and sustainable energy. Waste management is often overlooked, perhaps because it’s not particularly glamorous. Anyone who has ever lived in a city, however, knows that improper waste management can quickly affect the health and well-being of a populace. Delays […]

Monday - September 20, 2021

How to Implement Dynamic Lighting Solutions with Smart Nodes

In previous blogs, we discussed smart node technology’s applications for making cities – and first responders’ jobs – safer. In this post, we’ll discuss what putting smart node-controlled dynamic lighting to work for first responders looks like. Dynamic lighting, or connected streetlight technology, refers to the ability to brighten or dim lighting levels using smart […]

Wednesday - September 8, 2021

How Can Smart Nodes Improve Emergency Response Outcomes?

First responder personnel face dangers every day in the line of duty. They interact with the community during moments of chaos and confusion. They’re often called to intervene during dangerous events. One of the most underreported dangers of their jobs, however, is from traffic collisions that occur when they’re traveling in emergency response vehicles or assisting […]

Monday - August 30, 2021

Guiding Smart Node Technology to Its Full Potential

Most of us today grew up with neighborhood streetlights that popped on with a welcoming glow at dusk. These traditional lighting systems were the ancestors of today’s smart nodes, or smart streetlight technology. While older versions were standalone, today’s smart nodes communicate in a network. Over the past decade, smart nodes have emerged as a key […]