IDHUS Institute

Big data, information and privacy, IoT, Blockchain and internet applications

Advanced technologies that improve citizen information services in a Smart City

Mar 13, 2023

The combination of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, IoT and blockchain offer opportunities to optimise many of a city's information systems to help us improve its infrastructure and services to its residents The implementation of new technologies to transform a city into a Smart City involves the integration of advanced systems to improve the quality of life of citizens and increase the efficiency of public services. In fact, one of the key aspects of a Smart City is the provision of timely and accurate information to citizens, contributing to greater transparency and participation in decision-making about what should be done…

Smart Cities

Basic blocks of technology that make up the infrastructure of a Smart City

Jan 16, 2023

The transformation of a city into a Smart City can only happen through technology. It may be a basic concept, but many residents of cities that are already quite advanced may not be aware that it is the innovations that have emerged under the umbrella of Industry 4.0 that are being used to improve the efficiency, quality of life and sustainability of their places of residence. To achieve this, a smart city needs this technology to be organized in a solid and well-planned technical infrastructure, composed of some "basic" blocks that form the cogs that are to make the city's…

Internet, cybersecurity and digital systems, Smart Grids and energy

Cybersecurity parameters to be considered for a smart grid

Jan 11, 2023

Within the urban transformation processes, working with the city's electricity and energy supply is one of the key points for the success of a Smart City. In fact, in many cities, solutions have been implemented for years to transform the grid into a smart grid, which is an energy supply system that uses communication and information technology to improve the efficiency, safety and resilience of the electrical system. In general, the main components of a smart grid include the same elements as a "conventional" grid, adding communications and technology elements to improve its efficiency and optimize resources, so that: On…

IoT, Blockchain and internet applications, Smart Grids and energy

Tokenizing the energy supply of a Smart City

Dec 27, 2022

The tokenization of different types of elements and assets is one of the possibilities, so to speak, that the introduction of blockchain technology beyond the realm of cryptocurrencies has brought to our business and industrial ecosystem. "Tokenizing", adapting the English voice "token" to our language, consists of creating a digital asset that represents that which we are working on in order to be able to divide it into many parts. Taking into account that, in a Smart City, a service or infrastructure cannot generally be physically divided, the best way to achieve this is to represent it with a token…

Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Blockchain and internet applications

Combining blockchain technology with artificial intelligence to improve Smart Cities services.

Dec 19, 2022

As more and more cities seek to improve the infrastructure and services that enable the management of cities, we realize that using applications that converge and combine with each other is what makes it easier for us to consider huge technological leaps in the way of implementing solutions for the transformation of cities into Smart Cities. Within the Industry 4.0 paradigm, blockchain and artificial intelligence are two of the emerging fields that are gaining a lot of popularity in the world of technology applied to the Smart Cities ecosystem. Both offer innovative solutions to a number of problems and…