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Figure 11 – Emerging applications of future ICT infrastructure

Convergence markets with energy, transportation, and healthcare, etc.

When information and communication technologies are applied to other industries like energy,
transportation, health, education, and public safety, new behaviours and benefits will appear for individuals
and communities in their own work environments. People working in other industries may have a chance to
get new practices and experiences by using ICT and social media. When IoT/M2M devices plug-in at the
network, these physical entities will become a partner of people in the same business domain, and they will
be ready to connect people, activate systems, and process tasks.
For example, when the smart grid adopts social media technologies, overall energy consumptions are
collaboratively controlled with the help of communities by being aware of energy generation and delivery
status. To reflect the status of power generations including solar cells and wind turbines, the collaborative
behaviours among people can make a shift of energy consumption to reduce peak energy consumption. The
social network can measure the status of energy generation and consumption in real time. It acts properly to
reduce peak energy consumption with the help of social communities.
For intelligent transportation management in a smart city, traffic signals at the crossroad are adaptively
controlled according to the numbers of vehicles and driving behaviours of people. People may call a taxi or
ride a bus at the nearest location with the help of social media. The new functionality of social media,
combined with IoT/M2M technologies, makes transport easier and safer to people. To allow for seamless
usage and on-time availability of transport means, an ideal solution may be a mix of individual vehicles,
vehicle sharing, and railway.
For health applications with social media, smart monitoring equipment reports health conditions of patients
and individuals periodically. The healthcare systems are equipped with the identification systems for tracking
patients and individuals. The social media platform can gather health data of individuals and report to

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