IBM、次5年程度で実現可能な5つの注目技術、The Next 5 in 5を公開

　IBMは、ここ数年自社の保有する技術や研究成果から次世代の技術を次5年に実現可能な5つの注目技術として発表しています。今年も、このThe Next 5 in 5を発表しました。
　発表されたのは、

・自動防疫を備えた都市
・生命体のようなセンシングと制御機能を備えエネルギーなどの管理能力を高めた建物
・再生可能エネルギーを利用し、自動でエネルギー補給可能な電気自動車とバス
・スマートメーターによる水道の見える化と管理
・犯罪や災害に通報前から対応できる危機管理能力を備えた都市

　の５つ。あくまでもしな研の意訳なので正確には原文を参照してください。いずれも、スマートメーターやスマートグリッドを可能にする技術が反映した内容になっています。

プレスリリース / IBM,17 Dec 2009
・BM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years

The Next 5 in 5

(IBMSocialMedia,December 17, 2009)

" Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years:

・ Cities will have healthier immune systems
・ City buildings will sense and respond like living organisms
・ Cars and city buses will run on empty
・ Smarter systems will quench cities’ thirst for water and save energy
・ Cities will respond to a crisis -- even before receiving an emergency phone call

An estimated 60 million people are moving to cities and urban areas each year ? more than one million every week. The fourth-annual “IBM Next 5 in 5” focuses on cities because the world is experiencing unprecedented urbanization. Last year, our planet reached an important milestone - for the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population resided in cities.
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Cities will have healthier immune systems
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City buildings will sense and respond like living organisms
　As people move into city buildings at record rates, buildings will be built smartly. Today, many of the systems that constitute a building - heat, water, sewage, electricity, etc. - are managed independently. In the future, the technology that manages facilities will operate like a living organism that can sense and respond quickly, in order to protect citizens, save resources and reduce carbon emissions. Thousands of sensors inside buildings will monitor everything from motion and temperature to humidity, occupancy and light. The building won't just coexist with nature - it will harness it. This system will enable repairs before something breaks, emergency units to respond quickly with the necessary resources, and consumers and business owners to monitor their energy consumption and carbon emission in real-time and take action to reduce them. Some buildings are already showing signs of intelligence by reducing energy use, improving operational efficiency, and improving comfort and safety for occupants. China Hangzhou Dragon Hotel (Dragon Hotel) has selected IBM to build an instrumented, interconnected and intelligent hotel management system as part of the hotel's transformation into a "Smart Hotel". Under the agreement, IBM will integrate the hotel's major systems.

Cars and city buses will run on empty
.....

Smarter systems will quench cities’ thirst for water and save energy
　Today, one in five people lack access to safe drinking water, and municipalities lose an alarming amount of precious water -- up to 50 percent through leaky infrastructure. On top of that, human demand for water is expected to increase sixfold in the next 50 years. To deal with this challenge, cities will install smarter water systems to reduce water waste by up to 50 percent. Cities also will install smart sewer systems that not only prevent run-off pollution in rivers and lakes, but purify water to make it drinkable. Advanced water purification technologies will help cities recycle and reuse water locally, reducing energy used to transport water by up to 20 percent. Interactive meters and sensors will be integrated into water and energy systems, providing you with real time, accurate information about your water consumption so you will be able to make better decisions about how and when you use this valuable resource.

Cities will respond to a crisis -- even before receiving an emergency phone call
.......... "

関連
・IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years-----IBM,25 Nov 2008(昨年版）

・IBM - Five innovations that will change the way we live over the next five years - United States-----IBM,09 Jan 2007（一昨年版）

IBM's Next 5 in 5

(jgluckibm,November 24, 2008)

・今後5年間に都市を一変させる5つのイノベーション - IBMが発表-----マイコミジャーナル、2009/12/18

コメント続き
　上の昨年版、一昨年版とみてくると今回のIBMの描く次代の技術は、現実的ながら安全保障と管理を強く意識している内容になっている気がします。これが、アメリカやヨーロッパの描く市民生活の未来を支える技術なのだと考えると、結構重い現実を意識します。それだけ、IBMという企業が現実の問題に真剣に取り組んでいるということなのかもしれませんが、、、、。
　COP15の結論持ち越しの現状を考えると、なおさら将来に待ち受けるのが管理社会とそれをささえる技術だという気がなさらしてしまいます。(t_t)

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