Why Everyone May Soon Be Adopting Smart Sensor Technology

San Diego

San Diego is an innovator in smart sensor technology, but others are quickly catching up. Last week, we reported that the city has partnered with Current by GE to adopt a smart city program whereby smart sensors installed on 3,500 street lamps will collect and disseminate data to citizens and a variety of city departments. The technology has the potential to really revolutionize cities, real estate and development, and already others are taking note. Current by GE has already started working with the Port of San Diego and the City of Portland, as well as Georgia Power.

Cities that own their utility poles are the best candidates for the program. “There are some cities that own their own streetlights and some that do not,” Austin Ashe, co-founder and general manager of Intelligent Cities at Current by GE, tells GlobeSt.com. “San Diego owns all 65,000 of their streetlights, and so it is very easy for them to adopt a program like this. Portland is another city that we just announced is doing a big project with us, and they own their own streetlights.”