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CONTENTS

Foreword .........................................................................................................................................................................ii
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................ii

Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... iii

List of abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................................vii
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................1
Cities of the future ...................................................................................................................................................1
Connecting cities with the Sustainable Development Goals ...................................................................................3
The objectives of this report ....................................................................................................................................4

Artificial intelligence .......................................................................................................................................................5
AI and the fourth industrial revolution ....................................................................................................................5
Optimising urban operations using AI ....................................................................................................................7
In focus – using AI to create cycling routes, London .............................................................................................10
In focus – AI for water quality monitoring, Shandong province ............................................................................11

The Internet of things ..................................................................................................................................................12
IoT and a connected city ........................................................................................................................................12
Improving city efficiency using IoT .........................................................................................................................14
In focus – the smartest building in the United Arab Emirates – the Burj Khalifa, Dubai ......................................16
In focus – IoT for food and farm systems- IoF2020 project, European Commission ............................................18

Digital twin ....................................................................................................................................................................20
Overview of digital twin ........................................................................................................................................20
Digital twin and cities ............................................................................................................................................20
In focus – virtual Singapore, Singapore..................................................................................................................22

Unmanned aerial vehicles/drones ...............................................................................................................................24
Overview on drones ..............................................................................................................................................24
Enhancing urban monitoring and mapping using drones ....................................................................................24
In focus – the camp fire in 2018, California ..........................................................................................................27
In focus – tackling the novel coronavirus situation - June 2020, Telangana (India) .............................................28

Wearable technology ....................................................................................................................................................29
Overview on wearable technology ........................................................................................................................29
Improving health and quality of life using wearable devices ................................................................................29
In focus – cultural engagement and entertainment using wearables - MONICA, Lyon ........................................30
Virtual reality/Augmented reality ................................................................................................................................31
Overview on VR/AR ................................................................................................................................................31
Enhancing urban planning using VR/AR ...............................................................................................................31
In focus – VR for urban planning and citizen participation, London, Canada .....................................................33

Tracing the future path of frontier technologies in cities ............................................................................................34
The technical challenges remain............................................................................................................................34
The role of standardisation in driving frontier technologies ................................................................................36
Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................................................38

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