We are
...connecting the smart citizen with the smart city.
Smart environments (cities, campuses, etc.) are the future. Smart citizens are the present. Connecting the two has never been more critical.
Why
Smart cities have taken an extremely vertical turn, with the focus on deploying devices in the interest of managing, measuring and reporting.
Smart citizens are oddly disconnected from these smart environments due to a lack of connection between the government operated public space and the privately held devices.
Application publishers are interested in connecting users to apps for specific purposes, segregating populations and fostering silos.
Disruptions like social media, shared vehicles, spaces... and smart technologies in general, are increasing instead of shrinking the digital divide.
We must begin to think about IoT differently.