Technology Magazine July 2020 | Page 309

Keeping America moving takes more than technology alone
Keeping America moving takes more than technology alone
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309 sense the outside temperature , it can sense whether there is a sand storm , as we often have in the Middle East , it can sense if there is rain coming , if the humidity is too high or too low and then , using those analytics and those sensors , it can adjust the environment in the building . Similarly , we have solutions for power resilience . Now every building could be a power plant . In Germany , there are millions of power plants in every city , and it ’ s similar here in the Middle East and in the US .”
Safety is another topic immeasurably improved by smart infrastructure .
“ For example ,” Manzoor says , “ if there is a fire alarm or an evacuation needed , instead of just sounding a fire alarm , Siemens Smart Infrastructure could also send a tweet to you on your mobile phone specifying where the fire is and which exit to take . This intelligence can be built into those buildings using our technology , to make those buildings and the users happier .”
Siemens is now dedicated to answering the question of how such technology can help our lives to return to the ways they were . Thanks to its
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