Space Based Systems and Cities of the Future
The Satellite Systems & Applications Network recently organised a daytime seminar on “Space systems, Services and Applications for Cities of the Future” to consider how space systems, services and applications could address the challenges likely to be faced by cities of the future’. The main themes of the event were personal navigation and localisation, urban applications for the Internet of Things and autonomous personal transport vehicles. A programme of speakers from ESA, Google, TRL, UK Government Office for Science – Future cities, Airbus Defence and Space amongst others, delivered an excellent series of presentations: Here are some facts that popped up during the seminar: 3/5ths of 22-30 year olds in the UKs largest cities move to London – therefore how can cities influence graduate migration…