The just-concluded provincial conference on national economy and social informatization once again aroused people's yearning for the information society. So, what will the future "information society" look like? Cisco and Siemens recently launched their ideas about digital city and smart home respectively.
digital city
Electronic systems make travel easier. The navigation system installed in the car enables drivers to easily obtain real-time traffic information from the Internet, enables people to choose the most reasonable route to walk, and greatly reduces the chance of urban traffic jams. Using parking management and modern parking navigation system can completely avoid the traffic problems caused by drivers looking for parking spaces. Intelligent traffic lights can automatically adjust the signal program according to the current road traffic conditions, greatly shortening the waiting time of vehicles and reducing harmful gas emissions 15%.
In the future, passengers don't need to prepare coins when they get on the bus, and they don't need to enter the price range and destination on the machine. All this can be done by a small computer with the function of "personal travel assistant". Passengers only need to swipe their cards on the card reader, and their travel expenses can be automatically deducted from the balance in the card.
How many people use a table?
According to a survey, due to the highly developed information and communication technology, people in developed countries now spend only 40 minutes a day on average, accounting for only 5% of the theoretical available time; The average business person only spends 40% of his working time in the office. Therefore, in the near future, the office used by one or two employees will be cancelled and replaced by a "conference office"-several people use a desk at different times, and the time sequence is flexibly arranged by the information management system. This can reduce the number and area of office buildings and make more space for parks and entertainment areas.
Plug in the power socket and you can surf the internet.
In the process of transmitting information to users, how to make users receive information more conveniently is a big problem. Siemens has developed a set of PLC software programs, which can expand the world's largest network-power grid into a data expressway. PLC users can make phone calls or perform remote control operations through the power cord-just plug in the main line and get online.
In addition, Siemens is developing an intelligent and decentralized network system. These systems can almost automatically respond to energy transactions on the Internet, including heating, gas supply and power supply, and can be self-debugged and operated to realize remote operation and service. In the future, users can buy electricity directly from the best bidder.
Smart home
The Internet has become the infrastructure of smart homes, and the Internet will become the infrastructure of families, just like gas, tap water and electricity. Stepping into the door of smart home, a centralized touch screen is installed in a comfortable and convenient place, through which the lighting and security system can be controlled. In addition, you will notice a universal socket, which can provide high-speed data, voice and video connections for the whole family. Broadband and high-speed Internet access will enable you to easily contact colleagues and customers through fax, video conferencing and data transmission, and working from home will become more and more common.
Digital photo albums and remote rooms
As the center of the family, the living room of smart home provides a unified wireless remote controller and wireless handheld Internet access machine, which can control all connected monitors and security facilities. In the comfortable living room, you can watch TV, movies, or check the camera of the home security system. You can also share your digital photo album with your family and friends online.
Smart home is equipped with a remote room, which can communicate with family members remotely through a webcam (a video device) connected to a standard personal computer, so that parents who are not at home can have a video conference with their children at home.
Internet kitchen and online doctor
There are many devices in the internet kitchen of smart home for monitoring. For example, a refrigerator with Internet access can better arrange recipes and manage your recipes online. You can download recipes and send the cooking materials to the oven and other necessary equipment. You can also download recipes to your shopping list and send them to an online grocery company.
Smart home has an interactive system, which can be connected with blood sugar level, blood pressure, weight and other monitoring devices, thus providing information for medical providers and allowing online doctors to provide medical care services for family members.