Dlodlo, NGcaba, OSmith, Andrew C2016-07-202016-07-202016-05Dlodlo, N. Gcaba, O. and Smith, A. 2016. Internet of things technologies in smart cities. In: IST Africa 2016, 11-13 May 2016, Durban, South Africahttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/8673IST Africa 2016, 11-13 May 2016, Durban, South AfricaA smart city is a developed urban area that excels in the area of economy, governance, people and life through strong human capital, social capital and ICT infrastructure. It is a new approach to managing the complexity of city life, increase efficiency, reduce expenses and improve the quality of life of the citizens. This paper is on potential smart cities applications as applied to the domains of smart transport, smart tourism and recreation, smart health, ambient-assisted living, crime prevention and community safety, governance, monitoring and infrastructure, disaster management, environment management, refuse collection and sewer management, smart homes and smart energy. These smart cities applications support the future vision of cities, which aim at exploiting ICTs, namely internet of things technologies (IoT), for value-added service delivery. Furthermore, the paper presents a technical solution for energy control and comfort in a home for proof of concept of a smart city infrastructure application. The demonstrator described here is on how smart applications can manage energy control and comfort in a room that has a varied number of people and electrical appliances, with each being a source of heat.enInternet of thingsSmart citiesHuman capitalSocial capitalConference PresentationDlodlo, N., Gcaba, O., & Smith, A. C. (2016). Internet of things technologies in smart cities. IST- Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8673Dlodlo, N, O Gcaba, and Andrew C Smith. "Internet of things technologies in smart cities." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8673Dlodlo N, Gcaba O, Smith AC, Internet of things technologies in smart cities; IST- Africa; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8673 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Dlodlo, N AU - Gcaba, O AU - Smith, Andrew C AB - A smart city is a developed urban area that excels in the area of economy, governance, people and life through strong human capital, social capital and ICT infrastructure. It is a new approach to managing the complexity of city life, increase efficiency, reduce expenses and improve the quality of life of the citizens. This paper is on potential smart cities applications as applied to the domains of smart transport, smart tourism and recreation, smart health, ambient-assisted living, crime prevention and community safety, governance, monitoring and infrastructure, disaster management, environment management, refuse collection and sewer management, smart homes and smart energy. These smart cities applications support the future vision of cities, which aim at exploiting ICTs, namely internet of things technologies (IoT), for value-added service delivery. Furthermore, the paper presents a technical solution for energy control and comfort in a home for proof of concept of a smart city infrastructure application. The demonstrator described here is on how smart applications can manage energy control and comfort in a room that has a varied number of people and electrical appliances, with each being a source of heat. DA - 2016-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Internet of things KW - Smart cities KW - Human capital KW - Social capital LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 T1 - Internet of things technologies in smart cities TI - Internet of things technologies in smart cities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8673 ER -