Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is a vast, dispersed system in which a diverse array of
objects, humans, and other living things is connected via “smart” technologies and the …

Purpose–This paper aims to provide a critical assessment of the Internet of things (IoT) and
the social and policy issues raised by its development. While the Internet will continue to …

Of the build out of humanity predicted up to the end of the century, a substantial portion will
occur within informal urban settlements–areas characterised by poor access to infrastructure …

The trend of cities leveraging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to sustain
their growth and offer additional services to citizens became mainstream in the past few …

Purpose This study aims to conduct socio-technical analysis of the rapidly evolving Internet
of Things (IoT) ecosystem and industry, including such factors as market growth and user …

This essay focuses on the premise that all current global vertical institutions will break under
the weight of the internet based actions of ever-growing groups of people organising …

In traditional engineering, technologies are viewed as the core of the engineering design, in
a physical world with a large number of diverse technological artefacts. The real world …

The development of connected, communicating objects is showing no signs of slowing
down. With an increasing number of objects available on the market, the evolution of the …

I was always skeptical about the buzzword Web 2.0-at least, it seemed like nothing more
than a buzzword to me, until I read the paper from OReilly titled What is Web 2.0?(O'Reilly …

In this paper we will present studies aimed at uncovering the attitudes, needs, and
expectations people have towards novel types of urban computing technologies deployed in …