IoT for Smart Cities

Smart cities can be considered as an merger of real-time sensor-based monitoring with intelligent analytics to improve habitation. Waste collection management is a focal area of concentration in any urban environment preparing to join the smart city narrative. In the present study the mounting of residential waste bins with IoT sensors for real-time monitoring significantly improved collection efforts, streamlining resources where most needed while reducing costs.

The proposes an off-the-shelf IoT-based waste monitoring solution, combined with back-end data analytics for efficient waste collection. Real-time bin status and machine learning analytics are used to identify present as well as predict future waste collection scheduling. Dynamic collection servicing routes are accordingly mapped for utilization by waste collection vehicles. During a ten-day trial and validation period in a cooperating municipality, the proposed design has shown significnat promise.

Blockchain-based Monitoring and Locking Solution

Internet of Things and home automation seeks to innovate and improve everyday living. However, security and privacy are key concerns for the end user seeking to avail the comforts of a smart living space. This project seeks to explore the utilization of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in tandem with the Internet of Things paradigm to provide security in smart homes. Using AI, specifically user behaviour profiling, the security related decision making process(es) can be improved while blockchain technology can offer suitable privacy and robustness for storing sensitive (user) credentials.